Nationality Sri Lankan Died June 19, 2010 | Name Vajiranath De Occupation Dr | |
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Known for Founder of Saukyadana Movement of Sri Lanka | ||
Dr Vajiranath Lakshman De Silva (Sinhala:වජිරනාත් ලක්ෂ්මන් ද සිල්වා) is the founder of Saukyadana Movement of Sri Lanka.
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Early life and education
Vajiranath who received his education from Nalanda College, Colombo graduated as a Medical Doctor by obtaining MBBS degree University of Colombo's Medical Faculty and later further studied at University of London.
Saukyadana Movement
Whilst on a pilgrimage to Sri Pada (Sri Lanka) in 1959 by Dr Vajiranath he observed the difficulties that pilgrims faced along the trek and as a result he decided to set up the voluntary medical assistance unit to help them paving the way to establish the Saukyadana Movement of Sri Lanka being established in March 1960.
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Vajiranath Lakshman De Silva Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA