Jayaratne, Sunil Edirisinghe and Gunadasa Kapuge etc. His work was vital in the creation of the "sarala gee" genre practised subsequently by artists like Sanath Nandasiri, Victor Ratnayake, T.M. In doing so, he created a uniquely Sinhalese music style that stayed true to folk tradition while incorporating outside influences. Noting that it mostly revolved around a single melody, he decided to add verses that would lead up to the central melody which would now be a chorus thus forming two parts (unseen earlier in traditional Sri Lankan music) removing restrictions that had existed earlier. In the mid-1950s, Amaradeva in his Janagayana project consulted experts of the Kandyan dance tradition like Panibharatha, Kiriganita, Gunamala, Ukkuva and Suramba in his path to understand what constituted Sinhala folk music. Philippine Ramon Magsaysay Award (2001), Indian Padma Sri Award (2002), President's Award of Kala Keerthi (1986), Doctor of Philosophy (Fine Arts) Honoris Causa (University of Kelaniya - 1991), The Degree of Doctor of Letters (University of Ruhuna - 1993), Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (University of Peradeniya) (1998), Deshamanya (1998), Sri Lankabhimanya (2017) , Chancellor of the University of the Visual and Performing Arts
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