Sri Lanka Matha

Śrī Laṁkā Mātā
Srī Laṅkā Tāyē
English: Mother Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Matha
	National anthem of Sri Lanka
Also known as	ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා; ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தாயே
Lyrics	Ananda Samarakoon (Sinhala); M. Nallathambi (Tamil), 1940
Music	Ananda Samarakoon
Adopted	1951
Audio sample
	2017 U.S. Navy Band instrumental version file; help;

The "Sri Lanka Matha" (English: "Mother Sri Lanka"; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා, romanized: Śrī Lańkā Mātā; Tamil: ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தாயே, romanized: Srī Laṅkā Tāyē) is the national anthem of Sri Lanka. "Sri Lanka Matha" was composed by Ananda Samarakoon and was originally titled "Namo Namo Matha" ("Salute! Salute! Motherland").^[1]

"Sri Lanka Matha" was first performed at an official ceremony on 4 February 1949 at the Independence Memorial Hall in Torrington Square during the national day ceremony. The anthem was given full constitutional recognition in the 1978 Second Republican Constitution.^[2]

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