Vajiranath Lakshman De Silva | |
Birth Date: | 29 July 1929 |
Birth Place: | Sri Lanka |
Death Date: | 19 June 2010 |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Known For: | Founder of Saukyadana Movement of Sri Lanka |
Occupation: | Dr |
Dr Vajiranath Lakshman De Silva (Sinhala:වජිරනාත් ලක්ෂ්මන් ද සිල්වා) is the founder of Saukyadana Movement of Sri Lanka.
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.[1]
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.