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Panibharatha to attend his school, Lawrence College, as a student. He was also permitted to work as a dance teacher while studying at the school. Later, he entered the Vidyalankara Pirivena to learn the Sanskrit language and
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Piyumathchari Premalatha, a dance teacher who worked at Henagama Maha Vidyalaya. The couple had two daughters, Upuli and Jayawanthi. Both daughters also became dancers, and Upuli's daughter, Aseka also became a dancer and choreographer. Upuli is married to fellow dancer
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National Dance Day in 2006 by the Ministry of Culture in recognition of his outstanding services to the art of dance. On August 17, 2012, the Gamini Fonseka Memorial Hall of the Sinhala Cultural Institute held the Panibharatha Pranama Festival. On February 24, 2015, the
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dancer. His mother, Dingiri Ukku Amma, was a housewife. Panibharatha's father, uncles, and paternal grandfather all partook in the art of dance and taught
Panibharatha dance and drumming at an early age. Panibharatha studied at Keenadeniya Maha Vidyalaya.
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Colombo, after which he went to Mirigama Junior College. There, he became the head of the first division of the College of Dance. Panibharatha later became the Dancing Instructor at the Teacher Training College, Mirigama.
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in 1954. He has received the
Kalasuri Presidential Honor in recognition of his invaluable service to the field of Dance Arts and the Dharshanasuri Awards presented by the University of Kelaniya in 1996.
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Panibharatha was very fluent in Pali, Sanskrit, and
English and took part in all Sri Lankan dance cultures. He invented a dance called Narilatha and was instrumental in introducing dance items such as
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during this period. After returning to Sri Lanka in 1948, J. D. A Perera established the title of "Panibharatha" in his honor by a leading panel of scholars. Panibharatha was then appointed to the
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in 1975. In 1953, Panibharatha and a dance troupe toured Europe and performed the traditional song "Goyam
Kepeeme Netuma" at the Commonwealth Art Festival in London before Queen
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and named it Panibharatha Theater. On the same day, several students displaying various artistic talents received scholarships under his name.
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Panibharatha's parents pressured him to become a doctor, so he was transferred to the Thibbotuwawe Gunananda Thero, who lived in
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Panibharatha was born on February 24, 1920, in Algama,
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