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Durand, Jayasooriya, ed. (September 1975). "කලා පුවත්" [Art News] (in
Sinhala) (1975 Special Edition). Colombo: Department of Cultural Affairs: 49, 50.
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Manawasinghe, Udaya (16 September 1975). "ජනතා ප්රබෝධයට සාහිත්යය - සාහිත්ය මහ උළෙලේදී ජනාධිපතිවරයා කියයි".
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can swallow anyone or anything so the “Makara” symbolically portrays the rich in this story.
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and the winners were awarded by then
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The story has been written few years after Sri Lankan young revolutionaries’
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