• Source: 2005 Sri Lankan national honours

In November 2005 President of Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunga awarded national honours to 231 individuals for distinguished services. The awards ceremony was held on 14 November 2005 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo.




Sri Lankabhimanya


Two individuals received the Sri Lankabhimanya honour:

Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), writer
Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932–2005), politician (posthumous)




Deshamanya


Thirty one individuals received the Deshamanya honour:

William Alwis
Mahesh Amalean (born 1955), engineer
Sohli E. Captain
Radhika Coomaraswamy (born 1953), diplomat
Lalith de Mel
Rohan de Saram (born 1939), musician
Chandrananda de Silva
Ashley de Vos, architect
Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake
M. T. A. Furkhan
Basil Gunasekara (born 1929), soldier
Cyril Herath (died 2011), police officer
A. S. Jayawardena (1936–2018), economist
Asoka Jayawardena, soldier
Harry Jayawardena (born 1942), businessman
Nihal Jinasena (born 1940), businessman
Premasiri Khemadasa (1937–2008), composer
W. D. Lakshman, economist
Paddy Mendis (born 1933), air man
Sunil Mendis, accountant
J. B. Peiris, physician
M. D. D. Peiris
Denis Perera (1930–2013), soldier
P. Ramanathan (1932–2006), judge
P. Deva Rodrigo
Mano Selvanathan
A. H. Sheriffdeen, surgeon
Roland Silva
Bradman Weerakoon (born 1930), civil servant
Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna Wijayadasa
Ray Wijewardene (1924–2010), engineer




Deshabandu


Thirty eight individuals received the Deshabandu honour:

Tissa Abeysekara (1939–2009), filmmaker
Joe Abeywickrama (1927–2011), actor
A. L. M. Abusali
Don Chandraprema Patrick Amarasinghe
Sivaramalingam Anandacoomaraswamy
Ranjit Atapattu (1933–2018), politician
Senaka Dias Bandaranayake
M. A. Careem
Vajira Chithrasena
Lyn de Alwis
Lakshman de Mel
Siran Upendra Deraniyagala (born 1942), archaeologist
Tuley de Silva
Tilak de Soysa
A. E. T. Ellawala
Lionel Fernando, civil servant
Reginald George Bernard Forbes
Olcott Gunasekera
Kapila Gunawardena
Jinadasa Guruge
Macky Hashim
Harold Herath (1930–2007), politician
Indradasa Hettiarachchi, politician
Osmund Jayaratne (1924–2006), academic
S. D. R. Jayaratne
Swarana Jayaweera
Saddhamangala Karunaratne
Stanley Kirinde
A. N. S. Kulasinghe (1919–2006), engineer
Vivendra Lintotawela
N. Navaratnarajah
Tony Ranasinghe (1937–2015), actor
Diyanath Samarasinghe
K. P. Silva
Kirthi Tennakone, scientist
C. G. Uragoda, physician
D. P. Wickremasinghe
Suriya Wickremasinghe




Veera Chudamani


One individual received the Veera Chudamani honour:

Hettiarachchige Gamini Sirisoma Jayasekera




Vidya Jyothi


Thirteen individuals received the Vidya Jyothi honour:

Damian Nobert Lakshman Alwis
Janaka de Silva, academic
Wijaya Godakumbura, surgeon
Colvin Gunaratne
A. D. S. Gunawardena
Mohan Jayatilake
Eric H. Karunanayake
S. Mahalingam (1926–2015), academic
E. W. Marasinghe
Lalitha Mendis
S. Mohanadas, academic
Damitha Ramanayake
Dayantha Wijeyesekera (born 1942), academic




Kala Keerthi


Forty two individuals received the Kala Keerthi honour:

Tilak Abeysinghe
Jackson Anthony (born 1958), actor
Dharmasiri Bandaranayake (born 1949), film director
S. Pani Bharatha (posthumous)
A. J. Canagarathnam
Olga de Livera
Enid Anula Aluvihare de Silva
Malini Fonseka (born 1947), actress
T. B. Richard M. Don Gabriel
Gnarathan
Sanath Gunathilake (born 1955), actor
Asoka Handagama, filmmaker
Gamini Haththotuwegama (1939–2009), playwright
Henry Jayasena (1931–2009), actor
Vimukthi Jayasundara (born 1977), film director
A. Jesurasa
M. Kanakasabai
Geetha Kumarasinghe (born 1955), actress
Swarna Mallawarachchi, actress
Jayalath Manoratne (born 1948), dramatist
S. Maunaguru
Carl Muller (born 1935), writer
Sanath Nandasiri (born 1942), musician
Simon Navagattegama (1940–2005), novelist (posthumous)
Vasantha Obeysekera (1937–2017), film director
Dharmasena Pathiraja (1943–2018), film director
Sumitra Peries (born 1934), filmmaker
Sri Jayana Rajapakse
Tissa Ranasinghe (born 1925), artist
Monica Ruwanpathirana (1946–2004), poet (posthumous)
Pandithar Sachchithanantham
Bharahmasri Sarveswara Sarma
Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965), novelist
Santhini Sevanesan
Kulanthai Shunmugalingam
A. Sivananthan
K. Sivathamby (1932–2011), historian
Somalatha Subasinghe (1936–2015), actress
Prasanna Vithanage (born 1962), filmmaker
Latha Walpola (born 1934), singer
Rohana Weerasinghe (born 1949), musician
Sybil Wettasinghe (born 1927), writer




Sri Lanka Sikhamani


Thirty six individuals received the Sri Lanka Sikhamani honour:

R. I. T. Alles (1932–2013), teacher
S. Arunachalam
Mohamed Zainudeen Mohamed Badiudeen
Jayantha Balawardena
B. E. S. J. Bastiampillai
J. M. S. Brito
Kris Canekeratne
Ferrin Careem
Hiran Cooray
S. D. Gunadasa (1931–2014), businessman
Edgar Gunetunga
Mallika Hemachandra
H. Z. Jaffer
J. K. D. S. H. Jayawardena
Y. Karunadasa (born 1934), academic
Gunadasa Kupuge (posthumous)
Jayasiri Mendis
Ameena Faiz Musthapa
L. G. G. M. L. Mohammadu Naim
Gunapala Nanayakkara
Mahinda Palihawadana
Kamala Peiris
W. H. Piyadasa
M. Ramalingam
Daya Rathnayake
Z. A. M. Refai
Mendis Rohanadheera
Manik Rodrigo
Premila Senanayake
Mahamood Rizwan Shahabdeen
Suppiah Achari Thiagarajah
Sanath Ukwatte
Rodney Vandergert (1935–2009), diplomat
Tony Weerasinghe
Daya Weththasinghe
Hiranthi Wijemanne




Vidya Nidhi


Thirteen individuals received the Vidya Nidhi honour:

S. M. H. Sena Banda
Raja Gnanasiri Hewa Bowala
Niriellage Chandrasiri
M. A. K. L. Dissanayake
C. A. N. Fernando
Angulugaha Gamage Lasath Namal Gamage
Nimal Guanthilake
P. Amitha Jayasinghe
V. Kumar
Shanthi Mendis
Chales Santiapillai
W. P. Siripala
H. H. Subasinghe




Kala Suri


Thirty one individuals received the Kala Suri honour:

Rohana Baddage
Muhanned Nohideen Abdul Cader
Sarath Chandrajeewa
Pradeep Chandrasiri
Somaratne Dissanayake, film director
Udaya Shantha Fernando
Edward Jayakody (born 1952), musician
Pushpakumara Kandegedara
Barbara Sansoni Lewcock
Harsh Makalanda
Dulip Gabada Mudalige
Nelum Harasgama Nadaraja
Parakrama Niriella
M. A. Nuhuman
Stanley Omar
Janadasa Peiris
H. A. Perera (1950–2010), actor
Rohanadeva Perera
Anoma Rajakaruna
Anne Ranasinghe (1925–2016), poet
Chitra Ranawake
R. Rushankan
Oosha Saravanamuttu
Inoka Sathyangani, film director
Rajini Selvanayagam
T. Shanathanan
Sumathy Sivamohan
Chandraguptha Thenuwara
Subramanium Vilvaratnam
Jagath Weerasinghe (born 1954), artist
Channa Wijewardena




Sri Lanka Thilaka


Four individuals received the Sri Lanka Thilaka honour:

T. M. Priyantha Nimal de Silva
Nayanatara Gitani Fonseka
Rohana Upendra Kuruppu
V. A. Thirugnanasuntharam




Sri Lanka Rathna


Nine individuals received the Sri Lanka Rathna honour:

Bernard de Gaulle
Tetsuya Hino
Thilo W. Hoffmann
Michael Morris (born 1936), British politician
S. D. Muni
Hosel Norota
Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), Canadian poet
N. Ram (born 1945), Indian journalist
David C. Sanders




Sri Lanka Ranjana


Eleven individuals received the Sri Lanka Ranjana honour:

Monica de Decker-Deprez
Geoffrey Dobbs
Romesh Gunesekera (born 1954), British author
Evert Jongens
Tadashi Noguchi
Tridev Roy (1933–2012), Pakistani politician
Wang Shihong
Wolfgang Stange
Baik Sung-hak
Sung Woan-jong
Robert Woods




References


"Government Notification - National Honours" (PDF). Government of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

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