{"id":78330,"date":"2021-11-19T04:42:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T04:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=78330"},"modified":"2021-11-19T04:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T04:44:46","slug":"veteran-traditional-dancer-dr-vajira-chitrasena-conferred-with-padma-shri-award-by-sunil-thenabadu-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/veteran-traditional-dancer-dr-vajira-chitrasena-conferred-with-padma-shri-award-by-sunil-thenabadu-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran traditional dancer Dr. Vajira Chitrasena conferred with \u201cPadma Shri\u201d Award \u2013 by Sunil Thenabadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Veteran traditional dancer Dr. Vajira Chitrasena conferred <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">with \u201cPadma Shri\u201d Award \u2013 <span style=\"color: #993300;\">by Sunil Thenabadu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78331 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Veteran-traditional-dancer-Dr.-Vajira-Chitrasena-conferred-with-Padma-Shri-Award-\u2013-by-Sunil-Thenabadu.jpg\" alt=\"Veteran traditional dancer Dr. Vajira Chitrasena conferred with \u201cPadma Shri\u201d Award \u2013 by Sunil Thenabadu\" width=\"219\" height=\"288\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Photo source; Daily News &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/archives.dailynews.lk\/2013\/01\/30\/fea20.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/archives.dailynews.lk\/2013\/01\/30\/fea20.asp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637382127255000&amp;usg=AOvVaw13umWu1KVevpDa2aVrMeWY\">http:\/\/archives.dailynews.lk\/<wbr \/>2013\/01\/30\/fea20.asp<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tyhUR3UJlVY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay today delivered the \u2018Padma Shri\u2019, Award to veteran traditional dancer Dr. Vajira Chitrasena, conferred upon her by the President of India for the year 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The award was delivered in a ceremony held at the Temple Trees on the 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0November (17), in the presence of the Prime Minister and Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious &amp; Cultural Affairs, Mahinda Rajapaksa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tCKXe7gOFK4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deshamanya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deshamanya&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637382127255000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1B9lS8MQfkQnescdDbpX3q\">D<\/a>eshamanya\u00a0Vajira Chitrasena\u00a015 March 1932 89 years old is a veteran Sri Lankan traditional dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Vajira is regarded as Sri Lanka&#8217;s first prima ballerina. She is the first Sri Lankan woman to practice the traditional Kandyan dance which was conventionally executed only by men.\u00a0Vajira is acknowledged for designing brand for female style of Kandyan dancing and set the tone for women to become ceremonial dancers.\u00a0She was married to Chitrasena\u00a0who was a well-known legendary dancer and dance guru.\u00a0On 26 January 2020, she along with late professor Indra Dassanayake conferred with the\u00a0PADMA SHRI award which is one of the highest Indian civilian awards coinciding with the 71st\u00a0Republic Day celebrations in India\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Vajira\u00a0 was introduced to the arts at her very young age by her parents.\u00a0She completed her primary and secondary education at Methodist College Colombo.She married her fellow dance partner late Chitrasena in 1951 at the age of 18. Her husband Chitrasena had founded Chitrasena Dance Company in 1943<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75799 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunil-Thenabadu02.jpg\" alt=\"Sunil-Thenabadu\" width=\"160\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Sunil Thenabadu<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran traditional dancer Dr. Vajira Chitrasena conferred with \u201cPadma Shri\u201d Award \u2013 by Sunil Thenabadu &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Photo source; Daily News &#8211;\u00a0http:\/\/archives.dailynews.lk\/2013\/01\/30\/fea20.asp The High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay today delivered the \u2018Padma Shri\u2019, Award to veteran traditional dancer Dr. Vajira Chitrasena, conferred upon her by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":78332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,37869],"tags":[39364,7466,39366,39365,39367],"class_list":{"0":"post-78330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-sunil-thenabadu","9":"tag-dr-vajira-chitrasena","10":"tag-mahinda-rajapaksa","11":"tag-minister-of-buddhasasana","12":"tag-padma-shri","13":"tag-religious-cultural-affairs","14":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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