{"id":91,"date":"2017-11-10T00:18:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T00:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iddawela.com\/blog\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2018-02-28T03:29:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T03:29:37","slug":"mudiyanse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iddawela.com\/?page_id=91","title":{"rendered":"3. Mudiyanse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wijesundara Mudiyanselage Mudiyanse Iddawela (1909-1994) was the third of Ukkubanda & Lokumenike’s 13 children. He married Leelawathie Kumarihamy Tennakoon (1926-2015) of Kobeigane in 1943 and settled there.\u00a0They had 6 children 5 sons and 1 daughter (2nd in family). They were Senarath<\/a>, Sumitra<\/a>, Ananda, Shantha<\/a>, Gamini and Neil. In addition, Lumbini, the only daughter and youngest child of Wije Iddawela grew up with them as one of their own children from infancy.<\/p>\n

Mudiyanse was educated at…. He started his career as a pupil teacher then as a trained teacher and finally he became a Principal. During his 41 year teaching career, he served in various schools including, Kobeigane M.V., Halmillawewa M.V., Rathmalgama M.V. Bamunapotha Primary School, Alakoladeniya Primary, etc.\u00a0Mudiyanse’s wife Leelawathie was also a teacher. She is the daughter of C.A.Tennakoon (Korale) and Seelawathie Bogollagama.<\/p>\n

Kobeigane is in Kurunegala District, Wayamba (Northwest) Province of Sri Lanka. Kobeigane is 15 km away from Wariyapola (Airport of ancient King Ravana who kidnapped Seetha, wife of Rama).and 9 km to Panduwasnuwara ancient city.<\/p>\n