{"id":86175,"date":"2022-02-08T17:44:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T17:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=86175"},"modified":"2022-02-08T17:44:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T17:44:01","slug":"rukmani-devi-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rukmani-devi-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"RUKMANI DEVI \u2013 by Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">RUKMANI DEVI \u2013 by Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27368\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rukmani-Devi.jpg\" alt=\"Rukmani Devi\" width=\"380\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She was undoutedly one of the most beautiful, PLUS beautifully talented women, that Sri Lanka ever produced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She was an actress of repute, a singer, better known as the first Nightingale of Ceylon, and, as a dancer, well, I had the ultimate pleasure of waltzing around the dance floor with her, many moons ago, at a private &#8220;house-warming&#8221; party in Wattala, and believe me folks, she was a superb dancer, as well, giving me a few minutes of my life that I&#8217;ll never forget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sukumar Shan, a reputed Journalist of Sri Lanka, did inform me that he would be pleased to have his fascinating account on Rukmani Devi, passed onto thousands of e&#8217;Lanka readers around the World, and it is indeed my pleasure to spread the story of the Nightingale of Ceyou ylon to anyone who missed out on seeing his story, so thank you again, Sukumar. I have passed on (via Messenger),your story, to Neil Jayasekera, Captain, and Managing Director of e&#8217;Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75796\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Desmond-Kelly-2.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond-Kelly\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Desmond Kelly.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(Editor-in-Chief) e&#8217;Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUKMANI DEVI \u2013 by Des Kelly She was undoutedly one of the most beautiful, PLUS beautifully talented women, that Sri Lanka ever produced. 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