{"id":79,"date":"2017-11-10T00:10:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T00:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iddawela.com\/blog\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2018-03-05T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T14:42:14","slug":"punchi-mahaththayo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iddawela.com\/?page_id=79","title":{"rendered":"2. Manadeniya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eldest daughter Wijesundara Mudiyanselage Punchi Mahaththayo Iddawela (Podi Menike 1907-1999) was the second of Ukkubanda & Lokumenike’s 13 children. She married proprietor Tikiri Banda Dhanapala (1896-1974) of Manadeniya residence, Pilimatalawa which is beside Wijetunga Mawatha (named after ex-president of Sri Lanka) on Colombo-Kandy road.\u00a0They had 7 children 2 male and 5 female namely Cyril<\/a>, Chitra<\/a>, Pramitha<\/a>, Seetha<\/a>, Lalitha<\/a>, Wimal\u00a0<\/a>and Neeta<\/a> respectively. They also adopted Dilip, the youngest son of Wije Iddawela. Cyril’s family chose Manadeniya as last name while Wimal remained as Dhanapala.<\/p>\n

Pilimathalawa is situated between Kadugannawa and Peradeniya along Sri Lanka’s A1 highway Colombo-Kandy road.\u00a0This expanding city belongs to Kandy District of Central Province.<\/p>\n