Chandrasena Hettiarachchi
Hettiarachchige Chandrasena
  • Birthday : September 07

  • Chandrasena was born on 7 September in Garagoda, Yatiyanthota as the third child of a rural family with six siblings. His father Hettiarachchige Gunawardena was a mason. His mother Waliwita Vidanelage Mary Nona worked in a rubber plantation.[3] He has one elder brother, one elder sister and three younger sisters. He educated at Garagoda Sinhala Junior College. His mother died on 18 October 2018 at the age of 84.
     
    After school times, he went to work at Mahaweli Development Board in Bathalayaya. He had to cut down forests, roads and drains. However after taking first salary, he quit from the job. Then he packed a box full of plastic items and went from house to house selling them.
     
    He is married to Mangalika Hettiarachchi.The couple has one son Gayana Madhuwantha and one daughter; Lihini Vihanga.
     
    His daughter Lihini is also a singer who started career with the song Irai Hadai. Then she sang the songs, Tharu Dilena Ambare and Man Gawa Thani Wechchi. Lihini went to three schools. She was educated at the Sri Sangamitta Girls' College, Colombo. After that she moved to Gothami Balika in Colombo from the grade six to eleven. Finally studied A/L at Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo. She is currently an undergraduate at the University of Jayewardenepura.
     
    Since child age, Hettiarachchi participated in the singing competitions for the Sinhala New Year, Vesak and Poson where he was first in all these competitions. He wrote and mailed a song in his own words such as "Jayabhumi Sri Lanka - Rakaganna Jaya Bhumi Lanka" for a singing competition. In 1979 Youth Awards, he sang the first song Jayabhumi Sri Lanka at the Kegalle Girls' College. Hettiarachchi became the first from the Kegalle district and later competed in the All Island competition and became the first.
     
    In 1980, he joined with the youth choir which was first established by the National Youth Services Council (earlier known as Bellwood Music Academy) on September 1. Hettiarachchi learned music under the music teachers Premadasa Mudunkotuwa and Sisira Kumara Marasinghe. His contemporaries of the choir consist with Somasiri Medagedara, Marshall Janatha, Chandralekha Perera, Dhammika Karunaratne and Theja Damayanthi.[14] Musicians Shirley Vaijayantha and Nihal Gamhewa were the lyricists. He sang the first duet Seetha Kandu Yaye with Chandralekha at the Batangala Training Center.
     
    His first recorded song was Lo Satha Hata Setha Sedu. But the first song that first popularized was Thavalam Api Yanawa, composed at the Bellwood Television Village. At Bellwood, he recorded two more songs; Sede Samayay Jeewithe and Yeheliyaka Se.Meanwhile, the artists in the youth choir made a music cassette called "Yowun Gee 1" under the banner "Sangeetha Samagama".
     
    On 20 September 2014, the concert 'Senehase Gee – Oya Nisa' was held at the Maharagama Youth Services Council Theater to celebrate 35 years of singing career.
     
    On 7 September 2018, the concert 'Senehase Gee – Thawalama' was held at 6.30 pm at the Maharagama Youth Services Council Theater to celebrate 40 years of singing career. On 4 July 2020, he was honored with the honorary title "Manawa Hithawadi Keerthi Sri Veeraputhra Deshabandu" by Dharma Shakthi Social Service Foundation.

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    Music Videoයෙහෙලියක සේ.. සොයුරියක සේ
    Yeheliyaka Se Soyuriyaka Se


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    Music Videoටික කලක සිටන් මා අමතක වන බව දැනුනා
    Tika Kalaka Sitan


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    සුදු පිරුවටයයි මංගල යහනයි
    Sudu Piruwatayai Mangala Yahanai


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    සෙල්ලම් ගේ පාලු වෙලා.. බෝනික්කා තරහා වෙලා
    Sellam Ge Palu Wela


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    සයනේ.. සිහිනෙන් පෙම් කරනා ළඳුනේ
    Sayane Sihinen Pem Karana Landune


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    සඳුන් කපුරු සුළං රොදේ පිරුවට හැඳලා
    Sandun Kapuru Sulan Rode


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    සඳට සැහැසිකම් කළ අය.. සඳ එළියෙන් සැනසුනාට
    Sandata Sahasikam Kala Aya


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    Music Videoඔයා නිසා මගේ සිනා මැකී ගියාදෙන්
    Oya Nisa Mage Sina


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    Music Videoඔයා හින්දා මං වින්දා දුක් ගංගා
    Oya Hinda Man Winda


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    ඔබ හිමිවුණා නොවෙයි ඔබ මට හිමි කළා
    Oba Himi Una Nowei Oba Mata Himi Kala


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    නාවල අන්නාසි කොට්ටේ දොඩම් යස රසය කෑමටා
    Nawala Annasi Kotte Dodam


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    මුතු කඳුළින් මා දෙනෙතේ
    Muthu Kandulin Ma Denethe


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    මල් වයසේ මගෙ නංගෝ.. පෙම් බැඳුණේ ඇයි නංගෝ
    Mal Wayase Mage Nango


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    මල් මල් විලේ.. රොන් සොයා ඇයි ගියේ
    Mal Mal Vile Ron Soya Ai Giye


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    මල් මල් මල්.. මල් මල් මල්.. මල් මල් හසරැල් පාලා
    Mal Mal Mal


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    කෙලෙසක කීවත්.. ඔබ ගැන මතකය
    Kelesaka Keewath Oba Gana Mathakaya


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    දුර ඈත අතීතයේ.. ඔබ හා ඇවිද ගොසින්
    Dura Atha Atheethaye


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    දෑසේ කතාවෙන්.. හසරැල් ලතාවෙන්
    Dase Kathawen


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    ඈත ඈත චන්ද්‍ර මණ්ඩලේ
    Atha Atha Chandra Mandale


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    අම්මා ජීවන උයන්තෙරේ
    Amma Jeewana Uyan There


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