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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE" title="শ্ৰী লংকা মাতা – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="শ্ৰী লংকা মাতা" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE" title="শ্রীলঙ্কা মাতা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="শ্রীলঙ্কা মাতা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D1%80%D1%8B-%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Гімн Шры-Ланкі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Гімн Шры-Ланкі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha" title="Sri Lanka Matha – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sri Lanka Matha" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha" title="Sri Lanka Matha – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Sri Lanka Matha" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha" title="Sri Lanka Matha – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sri Lanka Matha" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="سرود ملی سری‌لانکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سرود ملی سری‌لانکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha" title="Sri Lanka Matha – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sri Lanka Matha" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%EB%A6%AC%EB%9E%91%EC%B9%B4%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B0%80" title="스리랑카의 국가 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="스리랑카의 국가" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE" title="श्रीलंका माता – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="श्रीलंका माता" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha" title="Sri Lanka Matha – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sri Lanka Matha" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ar%C4%AB_La%E1%B9%81k%C4%81_M%C4%81t%C4%81" title="Śrī Laṁkā Mātā – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Śrī Laṁkā Mātā" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%94" title="המנון סרי לנקה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המנון סרי לנקה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha" title="Sri Lanka Matha – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Sri Lanka Matha" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98-%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%B0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="შრი-ლანკის ჰიმნი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="შრი-ლანკის ჰიმნი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D3%99%D0%BD%D2%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Шри-Ланка әнұраны – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Шри-Ланка әнұраны" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha" title="Sri Lanka Matha – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Sri Lanka Matha" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80_%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE" title="ശ്രീ ലങ്കാ മാതാ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ശ്രീ ലങ്കാ മാതാ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE" title="श्रीलंका माता – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="श्रीलंका माता" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha" title="Sri Lanka Matha – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sri Lanka Matha" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha" title="Sri Lanka Matha – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sri Lanka Matha" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE" title="श्रीलङ्का माता – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="श्रीलङ्का माता" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%8D%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB" title="母なるスリランカ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="母なるスリランカ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha" title="Sri Lanka Matha – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sri Lanka Matha" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha" title="Sri Lanka Matha – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Sri Lanka Matha" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shri_Lanka_milliy_madhiyasi" title="Shri Lanka milliy madhiyasi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Shri Lanka milliy madhiyasi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE" title="ਸ੍ਰੀਲੰਕਾ ਮਾਤਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸ੍ਰੀਲੰਕਾ ਮਾਤਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="سری لنکا ماتا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سری لنکا ماتا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymn_Sri_Lanki" title="Hymn Sri Lanki – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hymn Sri Lanki" 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class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si" style="font-style: normal;">ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා</span></span><br /><span title="Tamil-language text"><span lang="ta" style="font-style: normal;">ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தாயே</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lyrics</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Samarakoon" title="Ananda Samarakoon">Ananda Samarakoon</a> (Sinhala)<br /><a href="/wiki/M._Nallathambi" title="M. Nallathambi">M. Nallathambi</a> (Tamil), 1940</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Music</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Samarakoon" title="Ananda Samarakoon">Ananda Samarakoon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">1951</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #E6E8FA">Audio sample</th></tr><tr class="haudio"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-top:1em"><div style="display:inline-block;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="174" data-mwtitle="Sri_Lankan_national_anthem,_performed_by_the_United_States_Navy_Band.oga" 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language">Sinhala</a>: <span lang="si">ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Sinhala-language romanization"><i lang="si-Latn">Śrī Lańkā Mātā</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தாயே</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Tamil-language romanization"><i lang="ta-Latn">Srī Laṅkā Tāyē</i></span>) is the <a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. "Sri Lanka Matha" was composed by <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Samarakoon" title="Ananda Samarakoon">Ananda Samarakoon</a> and was originally titled "<b>Namo Namo Matha</b>" ("Salute! Salute! Motherland").<sup id="cite_ref-HT120510_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT120510-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Sri Lanka Matha" was first performed at an official ceremony on 4 February 1949 at the <a href="/wiki/Independence_Memorial_Hall" title="Independence Memorial Hall">Independence Memorial Hall</a> in Torrington Square during the national day ceremony. The anthem was given full constitutional recognition in the 1978 <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">Second Republican Constitution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-priu-const_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-priu-const-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Matha&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Lankan_national_anthem,_performed_by_the_United_States_Navy_Band_(2003).oga" title="File:Sri Lankan national anthem, performed by the United States Navy Band (2003).oga">2003 U.S. Navy Band instrumental version</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="152" data-mwtitle="Sri_Lankan_national_anthem,_performed_by_the_United_States_Navy_Band_(2003).oga" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Sri_Lankan_national_anthem%2C_performed_by_the_United_States_Navy_Band_%282003%29.oga" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/Sri_Lankan_national_anthem%2C_performed_by_the_United_States_Navy_Band_%282003%29.oga/Sri_Lankan_national_anthem%2C_performed_by_the_United_States_Navy_Band_%282003%29.oga.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description"></div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>There are differing accounts as to the origin of the "Sri Lanka Matha". The most widely held view is that Sri Lankan composer <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Samarakoon" title="Ananda Samarakoon">Ananda Samarakoon</a> wrote the music and lyrics to the song, inspired/influenced by the Indian Bengali poet <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TOI030411_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI030411-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TH040216_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TH040216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HT120510_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT120510-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A minority suggest that Tagore wrote the anthem in full.<sup id="cite_ref-Wickramasinghe_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wickramasinghe-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DM300315_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM300315-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DS070511_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DS070511-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TH170511_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TH170511-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some have suggested that Tagore wrote the music whilst Samarakoon wrote the lyrics.<sup id="cite_ref-SU170212_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SU170212-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alexander_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alexander-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tagore being directly involved in the creation of the song has been denied by some historians like Indian Lipi Ghosh and Sri Lankan Sandagomi Coperahewa.<sup id="cite_ref-TelegraphCalcutta_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelegraphCalcutta-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Samarakoon had been a pupil of Tagore at <a href="/wiki/Visva-Bharati_University" title="Visva-Bharati University">Visva-Bharati University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santiniketan" class="mw-redirect" title="Santiniketan">Santiniketan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HT090515_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT090515-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IE120615_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE120615-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After returning to <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a> Samarakoon taught music at <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_College" title="Mahinda College">Mahinda College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Galle" title="Galle">Galle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ST161108_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ST161108-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SO300111_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO300111-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song, which was then known as "Namo Namo Mata", was first sung by students at Mahinda College.<sup id="cite_ref-ST281012_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ST281012-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SO140506_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO140506-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After it was sung by the choir from <a href="/wiki/Musaeus_College" title="Musaeus College">Musaeus College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a> at a public event it became hugely popular in <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a> and was widely played on radio.<sup id="cite_ref-DN020213_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN020213-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to Ceylon's independence (1948) the Lanka Gandharva Sabha had organised a competition to find a national anthem.<sup id="cite_ref-DM060216_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM060216-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DN190111_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN190111-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the entries were "Namo Namo Matha" by Samarakoon and "Sri Lanka Matha Pala Yasa Mahima" by <a href="/wiki/P._B._Illangasinghe" title="P. B. Illangasinghe">P. B. Illangasinghe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Edirisinghe" title="Lionel Edirisinghe">Lionel Edirisinghe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DM060216_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM060216-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DN190111_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN190111-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter won the competition but this was controversial as Illangasinghe and Edirisinghe were members of the judging panel.<sup id="cite_ref-DM060216_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM060216-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DN190111_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN190111-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Sri Lanka Matha Pala Yasa Mahima" was broadcast by <a href="/wiki/Radio_Ceylon" title="Radio Ceylon">Radio Ceylon</a> on the morning of 4 February 1948, <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Independence Day (Sri Lanka)">independence day</a>, but it was not sung at the official Freedom Day celebrations.<sup id="cite_ref-DM060216_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM060216-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DN190111_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN190111-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ceylon continued to use the <a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_Queen" class="mw-redirect" title="God Save the Queen">UK's national anthem</a> as its official national anthem after independence.<sup id="cite_ref-Silva368_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silva368-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the first independence day ceremony held on 4 February 1949 at the <a href="/wiki/Independence_Memorial_Hall" title="Independence Memorial Hall">Independence Memorial Hall</a> in Torrington Square both "Namo Namo Matha" and "Sri Lanka Matha Pala Yasa Mahima" were sung, in Sinhala and Tamil, as "national songs".<sup id="cite_ref-DM060216_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM060216-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More specifically, in 1950 <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Finance (Ceylon)">Minister of Finance</a> <a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene" title="J. R. Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a> requested that the <a href="/wiki/D._S._Senanayake_cabinet" title="D. S. Senanayake cabinet">government</a> recognise Samarakoon's "Namo Namo Matha" as the official national anthem.<sup id="cite_ref-DN020213_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN020213-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government appointed a committee headed by <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Wijeyeratne" title="Edwin Wijeyeratne">Edwin Wijeyeratne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_and_Rural_Development_(Ceylon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development (Ceylon)">Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development</a>, to pick a new national anthem.<sup id="cite_ref-Silva368_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silva368-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee heard several songs but, after much deliberation, picked "Namo Namo Matha".<sup id="cite_ref-DS070511_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DS070511-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DN020213_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN020213-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Silva368_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silva368-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee made a minor change to Samarakoon's song, with his approval, changing the tenth line from "<i>Nawajeewana Damine Newatha Apa Awadi Karan Matha</i>" to <i>"Nawa Jeewana Demine Nithina Apa Pubudu Karan Matha"</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-DN020213_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN020213-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee's decision was endorsed by the government on 22 November 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-ST161108_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ST161108-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Silva368_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silva368-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The anthem was translated into the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil language</a> by <a href="/wiki/M._Nallathamby" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Nallathamby">M. Nallathamby</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DN020213_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN020213-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DBSJ171210_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBSJ171210-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SO220315_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO220315-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Namo Namo Matha" was first sung as Ceylon's official national anthem at the independence day parade in Colombo in 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-DN020213_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN020213-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DBSJ311210_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBSJ311210-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 1950s controversy arose over its first line, "<i>Namo Namo Matha, Apa Sri Lanka</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-SO140506_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO140506-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DN020213_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN020213-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was deemed to be "unlucky" and blamed for the country's misfortunes including the deaths of two prime ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-SO140506_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO140506-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1961 the <a href="/wiki/First_Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet">government</a> changed the line to their present form, "<i>Sri Lanka Matha, Apa Sri Lanka</i>", despite Samarakoon's strong opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-DN020213_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN020213-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DBSJ171210_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBSJ171210-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Samarakoon committed suicide in April 1962, leaving a <a href="/wiki/Suicide_note" title="Suicide note">note</a> complaining that its lyrics had been mutilated.<sup id="cite_ref-DN020213_19-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN020213-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">Second Republican Constitution</a> of 1978 gave "Sri Lanka Matha" constitutional recognition.<sup id="cite_ref-priu-const_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-priu-const-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multilingual">Multilingual</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Matha&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Multilingual"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sri Lankan national anthem is available in an identical version in two languages, Sinhala and Tamil, both <a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">official</a> <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Languages of Sri Lanka">languages of the country</a>. It is just one of a number that are sung in more than one language: <a href="/wiki/La_Braban%C3%A7onne" title="La Brabançonne">Belgium</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>, and <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>), <a href="/wiki/O_Canada" title="O Canada">Canada</a> (<a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, French and <a href="/wiki/Inuktitut" title="Inuktitut">Inuktitut</a>), <a href="/wiki/Maamme" title="Maamme">Finland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>), <a href="/wiki/God_Defend_New_Zealand" title="God Defend New Zealand">New Zealand</a> (English and <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language" title="Māori language">Māori</a>), <a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa" title="National anthem of South Africa">South Africa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sotho_language" title="Sotho language">Sesotho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a> and English), <a href="/wiki/God_zij_met_ons_Suriname" title="God zij met ons Suriname">Suriname</a> (Dutch and <a href="/wiki/Sranan_Tongo" title="Sranan Tongo">Sranan Tongo</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Psalm" title="Swiss Psalm">Switzerland</a> (German, French, <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-SO220315_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO220315-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Sri Lanka Thaaye", the Tamil version of the Sri Lankan national anthem, is an exact translation of "Sri Lanka Matha", the Sinhala version, and has the same music.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC040216_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC040216-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although it has existed since independence in 1948 it was generally only sung in the north and east of the country where the Tamil language predominates.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC040216_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC040216-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sinhala version of the Constitution uses Sinhala lyrics while the Tamil version of the constitution uses Tamil lyrics. Per the constitution both Sinhala and Tamil are official and national languages and thus the anthem could be sung in both languages.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The majority of Sri Lankans (around 75%) speak the Sinhala language. More specifically, "Tamil is the native language for the Tamil people, who constitute about 15% of Sri Lankans, and for Muslims who are nearly 10%", according to the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC040216_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC040216-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until early 2016, the Sinhala version was the only one to be used during official government events and it was the only version used during international sports and other events.<sup id="cite_ref-SO220315_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO220315-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the Sinhala version of the anthem was used at official/state events, the Tamil version was <i>also</i> sung at <i>some</i> events in spite of the unofficial ban which ended in early 2016. </p><p>The Sinhala version of Sri Lanka Matha was used in all parts of the country with the exception of the North and the East which have a large Tamil population.<sup id="cite_ref-DBSJ171210_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBSJ171210-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ST121210_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ST121210-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NIE040216_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIE040216-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some reports indicate that the Tamil version was used at official events held in the Tamil speaking regions in the North and East of Sri Lanka.<sup id="cite_ref-DBSJ171210_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBSJ171210-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SO220315_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO220315-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tamil version was sung at Tamil medium schools throughout the country.<sup id="cite_ref-DBSJ171210_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBSJ171210-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SO220315_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO220315-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tamil version was even used during the period when Sinhala was the only official language of the country (1956–87).<sup id="cite_ref-DBSJ171210_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBSJ171210-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SO220315_25-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO220315-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tamil_version_controversy"><span class="anchor" id="Tamil_version_controversy"></span> Tamil version controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Matha&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tamil version controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 12 December 2010 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times_(Sri_Lanka)" title="The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)">The Sunday Times</a></i> reported that the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Cabinet of Sri Lanka">Cabinet of Sri Lanka</a> headed by <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> had taken the decision to scrap the Tamil translation of "Sri Lanka Matha" at official and state functions, as "in no other country was the national anthem used in more than one language" - even though the national anthems of <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and those of several other countries have more than one language version.<sup id="cite_ref-ST121210_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ST121210-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cabinet's decision had followed a paper on the national flag and national anthem produced by Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister <a href="/wiki/W._D._J._Senewiratne" class="mw-redirect" title="W. D. J. Senewiratne">W. D. J. Senewiratne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DBSJ171210_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBSJ171210-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The paper had drawn on the Singaporean model where the national anthem is sung in the official lyrics and not any translation of the lyrics.<sup id="cite_ref-DBSJ171210_24-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBSJ171210-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on this the paper recommended that the Sri Lankan national anthem only be sung in Sinhala and the Tamil translation be abolished.<sup id="cite_ref-DBSJ171210_24-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBSJ171210-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The paper's authors had failed to realise that the official lyrics of the <a href="/wiki/Majulah_Singapura" title="Majulah Singapura">Singaporean national anthem</a> are in <a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a>, a minority language (75% of Singaporeans are <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Government minister <a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a> had labelled the Tamil version a "joke" on <a href="/wiki/Derana_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Derana TV">Derana TV</a>, and had cited India as an analogy.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some journalists, such as D. B. S. Jeyaraj,<sup id="cite_ref-DBSJ171210_24-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBSJ171210-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> claimed that it was wrong of Weerawansa to cite India as an analogy because according to them the <a href="/wiki/Jana_Gana_Mana" title="Jana Gana Mana">Indian national anthem</a> was not in <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, which is the most widely spoken language of India, but in <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, a minority language.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although sources based on an official <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> website state that the Indian National anthem was adopted in its Hindi version by the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Constituent Assembly of India</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the proceedings of the Constituent Assembly of India on 24 January 1950 does not mention that the National Anthem was "adopted", nor does it mention that it was done so in its Hindi version.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In actual practice the unaltered Bengali version is the version sung as the National Anthem, with its words in original Bengali Tatsama, a highly Sanskritized form of Bengali that has Sanskrit words common to both Hindi and Bengali.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Cabinet's December 2010 decision to scrap the Tamil translation of the anthem<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (which was not subsequently enacted) caused much furore in Sri Lanka. Later, the government denied allegations that the Tamil translation was to be abolished.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Secretariat_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Presidential Secretariat (Sri Lanka)">Presidential Secretariat</a> has stated that there was no basis to the media report and follow up reports which intimated the same.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, an unofficial ban<sup id="cite_ref-NIE040216_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIE040216-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the Tamil version came into being as fearful public officials in Tamil speaking areas stopped using the Tamil version or blocked attempts to use it.<sup id="cite_ref-SO220315_25-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO220315-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DM210315_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM210315-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Army">Sri Lankan Army</a> forcefully stopped any use of the Tamil version and taught school children to sing only the Sinhala version.<sup id="cite_ref-DM210315_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM210315-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2015 newly elected President <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> announced that he would be issuing a circular which would state that there was no ban on singing the national anthem in Tamil.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sirisena's announcement was attacked by <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_Buddhist_nationalism" title="Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism">Sinhalese Buddhist nationalists</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Sri Lanka's 68th national independence day celebrations on 4 February 2016, the Tamil version of the anthem was sung for the first time since 1949 at an official government event, the independence day celebrations.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lifting of the unofficial ban on the Tamil version had been approved by President Maithripala Sirisena (who had said he would unite the nation after the nearly 26-year civil war that ended in 2009) and by others in the government.<sup id="cite_ref-NIE040216_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIE040216-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This step was viewed as part of the plan for "post-civil war ethnic reconciliation".<sup id="cite_ref-ap20160204_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap20160204-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Naturally, Sri Lanka Matha was also sung in Sinhalese. Some groups, and Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, were opposed to the government officially allowing the Tamil version to be sung.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC040216_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC040216-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ap20160204_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap20160204-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, the Sri Lankan government stopped using the Tamil version of the national anthem at the main Independence Day celebration.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, regional independence day celebrations including those with government involvement in regions with significant Tamil populations continue to sing in both Tamil and Sinhala.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, the government once again reinstated the national anthem at the 76th Independence Day.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lyrics">Lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Matha&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sinhala_version">Sinhala version</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Matha&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sinhala version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a> original<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Romanisation </th> <th><a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a> transcription<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා අප ශ්‍රී ලංකා<br /> නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා<br /> සුන්දර සිරිබරිනී<br /> සුරැඳි අති ශෝභමාන ලංකා<br /> ධාන්‍ය ධනය නෙක<br /> මල් පලතුරු පිරි ජය භුමිය රම්‍යා<br /> අප හට සැප සිරි සෙත සදනා<br /> ජීවනයේ මාතා<br /> පිළිගනු මැන අප භක්තී පූජා<br /> නමෝ නමෝ මාතා අප ශ්‍රී ලංකා<br /> නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා<br /> <br /> ඔබ වේ අප විද්‍යා<br /> ඔබ මය අප සත්‍යා<br /> ඔබ වේ අප ශක්ති<br /> අප හද තුළ භක්තී<br /> ඔබ අප ආලෝකේ<br /> අපගේ අනුප්‍රාණේ<br /> ඔබ අප ජීවන වේ<br /> අප මුක්තිය ඔබ වේ<br /> <br /> නව ජීවන දෙමිනේ<br /> නිතින අප පුබුදු කරන් මාතා<br /> ඥාන වීර්ය වඩවමින රැගෙන<br /> යනු මැන ජය භූමී කරා<br /> එක මවකගෙ දරු කැල බැවිනා<br /> යමු යමු වී නොපමා<br /> ප්‍රේම වඩා සැම භේද දුරැර දා<br /> නමෝ නමෝ මාතා අප ශ්‍රී ලංකා<br /> නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා</span></span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span title="Sinhala-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="si-Latn">Śrī laṁkā mātā, apa Śrī laṁkā<br /> Namō namō namō namō mātā<br /> Sundara siribarinī <br /> Suræn̆di ati shōbhamāna laṁkā<br /> Dhānya dhanaya neka<br /> Mal palaturu piri jaya bhumiya ramyā<br /> Apa haṭa sæpa siri seta sadanā<br /> Jīvanayē mātā<br /> Piḷiganu mæna apa bhaktī pūjā<br /> Namō namō mātā, apa Śrī laṁkā<br /> Namō namō namō namō mātā<br /> <br /> Oba vē apa vidyā<br /> Oba maya apa satyā<br /> Oba vē apa shakti<br /> Apa hada tuḷa bhaktī<br /> Oba apa ālōkē<br /> Apagē anuprāṇē<br /> Oba apa jīvana vē<br /> Apa muktiya oba vē<br /> <br /> Nava jīvana demine<br /> Nitina apa pubudu karan mātā<br /> Gnāna vīrya vaḍavamina rægena<br /> Yanu mæna jaya bhūmī karā<br /> Eka mavakage daru kæla bævinā<br /> Yamu yamu vī nopamā<br /> Prēma vaḍā sæma bhēda duræra dā<br /> Namō namō mātā, Apa Śrī laṁkā<br /> Namō namō namō namō mātā</span></span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[sriː laŋ.kaː maː.taː | a.pə sriː laŋ.kaː]<br /> [na.moː na.moː na.moː na.moː maː.taː]<br /> [sun.də.rə si.ri.ba.ri.niː]<br /> [su.ræ.ⁿdi a.ti soː.bə.maː.nə laŋ.kaː]<br /> [dʱaː.njə dʱa.nə.jə ne.kə]<br /> [mal pa.lə.tu.ru pi.ri d͡ʒa.jə bʱu.mi.jə ram.jaː]<br /> [a.pə ha.ʈə sæ.pə si.ri se.tə sa.də.naː]<br /> [d͡ʒiː.ʋə.nə.jeː maː.taː]<br /> [pi.ɭi.ga.nu mæ.nə a.pə bʱak.tiː puː.d͡ʒaː]<br /> [na.moː na.moː maː.taː | a.pə sriː laŋ.kaː]<br /> [na.moː na.moː na.moː na.moː maː.taː]<br /> <br /> [o.bə ʋeː a.pə ʋid.jaː]<br /> [o.bə mə.jə a.pə sat.jaː]<br /> [o.bə ʋeː a.pə ʃak.ti]<br /> [a.pə ha.də tu.ɭə bʱak.tiː]<br /> [o.bə a.pə aː.loː.keː]<br /> [a.pə.geː a.nu.praː.neː]<br /> [o.bə a.pə d͡ʒiː.ʋə.nə ʋeː]<br /> [a.pə muk.ti.jə o.bə ʋeː]<br /> <br /> [na.ʋə d͡ʒiː.ʋə.nə de.mi.ne]<br /> [ni.ti.nə a.pə pu.bu.du kə.ran maː.taː]<br /> [gnaː.nə ʋiːr.jə ʋa.ɖə.ʋə.mi.nə ræ.ge.nə]<br /> [ja.nu mæ.nə d͡ʒa.jə bʱuː.miː ka.raː]<br /> [e.kə ma.ʋə.kə.ge da.ru kæ.lə bæ.ʋi.naː]<br /> [ja.mu ja.mu ʋiː no.pə.maː]<br /> [preː.mə ʋa.ɖaː sæ.mə bʱeː.də du.ræ.rə daː]<br /> [na.moː na.moː maː.taː | a.pə sriː laŋ.kaː<br /> [na.moː na.moː na.moː na.moː maː.taː]</span> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tamil_version">Tamil version</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Matha&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tamil version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> original<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Romanisation </th> <th><a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a> transcription<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span title="Tamil-language text"><span lang="ta">சிறீ லங்கா தாயே – நம் சிறீ லங்கா<br /> நமோ நமோ நமோ நமோ தாயே<br /> நல்லெழில் பொலி சீரணி<br /> நலங்கள் யாவும் நிறை வான்மணி லங்கா<br /> ஞாலம் புகழ் வள வயல் நதி மலை மலர்<br /> நறுஞ்சோலை கொள் லங்கா<br /> நமதுறு புகலிடம் என ஒளிர்வாய்<br /> நமதுதி ஏல் தாயே<br /> நம தலை நினதடி மேல் வைத்தோமே<br /> நமதுயிரே தாயே – நம் சிறீ லங்கா<br /> நமோ நமோ நமோ நமோ தாயே<br /> <br /> நமதாரருள் ஆனாய்<br /> நவை தவிர் உணர்வானாய்<br /> நமதேர் வலியானாய்<br /> நவில் சுதந்திரம் ஆனாய்<br /> நமதிளமையை நாட்டே<br /> நகு மடி தனையோட்டே<br /> அமைவுறும் அறிவுடனே<br /> அடல் செறி துணிவருளே<br /> <br /> நமதார் ஒளி வளமே<br /> நறிய மலர் என நிலவும் தாயே<br /> யாமெலாம் ஒரு கருணை அனைபயந்த<br /> எழில்கொள் சேய்கள் எனவே<br /> இயலுறு பிளவுகள் தமை அறவே<br /> இழிவென நீக்கிடுவோம்<br /> ஈழ சிரோமணி வாழ்வுறு பூமணி<br /> நமோ நமோ தாயே – நம் சிறீ லங்கா<br /> நமோ நமோ நமோ நமோ தாயே</span></span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span title="Tamil-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ta-Latn">Srī laṅkā tāyē – nam Srī laṅkā<br /> Namō namō namō namō tāyē<br /> Nalleḻil poli cīraṇi<br /> Nalaṅkaḷ yāvum niṟai vāṉmaṇi laṅkā<br /> Ñālam pukaḻ vaḷa vayal nati malai malar<br /> Naṟuñcōlai koḷ laṅkā<br /> Namatuṟu pukaliṭam eṉa oḷirvāy<br /> Namatuti ēl tāyē<br /> Namatalai niṉataṭi mēl vaittōmē<br /> Namatuyirē tāyē – nam Srī laṅkā<br /> Namō namō namō namō tāyē<br /> <br /> Namatāraruḷ āṉāy<br /> Navai tavir uṇarvāṉāy<br /> Namatere valiyāṉāy<br /> Navil cutantiram āṉāy<br /> Namatiḷamaiyai nāṭṭē<br /> Naku maṭi taṉaiyōṭṭē<br /> Amaivuṟum aṟivuṭaṉē<br /> Aṭalceṟi tuṇivaruḷē<br /> <br /> Namatōr oḷi vaḷamē<br /> Naṟiya malar eṉa nilavum tāyē<br /> Yāmellām oru karuṇai aṉaipayanta<br /> Eḻilkoḷ cēykaḷ eṉavē<br /> Iyaluṟu piḷavukaḷ tamai aṟavē<br /> Iḻiveṉa nīkkiṭuvōm<br /> Īḻa cirōmaṇi vāḻvuṟu pūmaṇi<br /> Namō namō tāyē – nam Srī laṅkā<br /> Namō namō namō namō tāyē</span></span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɕɾiː ləŋ.gaː taː.jeː | nəm ɕɾiː ləŋ.gaː/<br /> /nə.moː nə.moː nə.moː nə.moː taː.jeː/<br /> /nəl.le.ɻil po.li siː.ɾə.ɳi/<br /> /nə.ləŋ.gəɭ jaː.ʋum ni.rəɪ ‬ʋaːn.mə.ɳi ləŋ.gaː/<br /> /ɲaː.ləm pu.kəɻ ʋə.ɭə ʋə.jəl nə.di mə.ləɪ mə.lə‬ɾ/<br /> /nə.ruɲ.t͡ʃoː.ləɪ ko‬ɭ ləŋ.gaː/<br /> /nə.mə.du.ru pu.gə.li.ɖəm e.nə o.ɭiɾ.ʋaːj/<br /> /nə.mə.du.di eːl taː.jeː/<br /> /nə.mə.də.ləɪ ni.nə.də‬.ɖi meːl ʋəɪt.toː.meː/<br /> /nə.mə.du.ji.ɾeː taː.jeː | nəm ɕɾiː ləŋ.gaː/<br /> /nə.moː nə.moː nə.moː nə.moː taː.jeː/<br /> <br /> /nə.mə.daː.ɾə.ɾuɭ aː.naːj/<br /> /nə.ʋəɪ tə‬.ʋiɾ u.ɳəɾ.ʋaː.naːj/<br /> /nə.mə.de.ɾe ʋə.li.jaː.naːj/<br /> /nə.ʋil su.dən.di.ɾəm aː.naːj/<br /> /nə.mə.di.ɭə.məɪ.jəɪ na‬ːɖ.ɖeː/<br /> /nə.gu mə.ɖi tə.nəɪ.jo‬ːɖ.ɖeː/<br /> /ə.məɪ.‬ʋu.rum ə.ri.ʋu.ɖə.neː/<br /> /ə.ɖəl.t͡ʃe.ri tu.ɳi.ʋə.ɾu.ɭeː/<br /> <br /> /nə.mə.doːɾ o.ɭi ʋə.ɭə.meː/<br /> /nə.ri.jə mə.ləɾ e.nə ni.lə.ʋum taː.jeː/<br /> /jaː.mel.laːm o.ɾu kə.ɾu.ɳəɪ a.n‬əɪ.bə.jən.də/<br /> /e.‬ɻil.goɭ seːj.gəɭ e.nə.ʋeː/<br /> /i.jə.lu.ru pi.ɭə.ʋu.gəɭ tə.məɪ ə.rə.‬ʋeː/<br /> /i.ɻi.ʋe.nə niːk.ki.ɖu.ʋoːm/<br /> /iː.ɻə si.ɾoː.mə.ɳi ʋaːɻ.ʋu.ru puː.mə.ɳi/<br /> /nə.moː nə.moː taː.jeː | nəm ɕɾiː ləŋ.gaː/<br /> /nə.moː nə.moː nə.moː nə.moː taː.jeː/</span> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poetic_English_translation">Poetic English translation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Matha&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Poetic English translation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin-left: 1em;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div class="poem"> <p>Thou Mother Lanka,<br /> Oh Mother Lanka we salute, salute, salute, salute Thee!<br /> Plenteous in prosperity, Thou,<br /> Beauteous in grace and love,<br /> Laden with grain and luscious fruit,<br /> And fragrant flowers of radiant hue,<br /> Giver of life and all good things,<br /> Our land of joy and victory,<br /> Receive our grateful praise sublime, we worship, worship Thee.<br /> Oh Mother Lanka! We salute, salute, salute, salute Thee!<br /> <br /> Thou gavest us Knowledge and Truth,<br /> Thou art our strength and inward faith,<br /> Our light divine and sentient being,<br /> Breath of life and liberation.<br /> Grant us, bondage free, inspiration.<br /> Inspire us for ever.<br /> <br /> In wisdom and strength renewed,<br /> Ill-will, hatred, strife all ended,<br /> In love enfolded, a mighty nation<br /> Marching onward, all of us as Children of One Mother,<br /> Lead us, Mother, to fullest freedom, we worship, worship Thee<br /> Oh Mother Lanka! We salute, salute, salute, salute Thee! </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Matha&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="/w/index.php?title=Mars_Kalimantan_Timur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mars Kalimantan Timur (page does not exist)">East Kalimantan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mars_Kalimantan_Utara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mars Kalimantan Utara (page does not exist)">North Kalimantan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sang_Bumi_Ruwa_Jurai" title="Sang Bumi Ruwa Jurai">Lampung</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mars_Sulawesi_Selatan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mars Sulawesi Selatan (page does not exist)">South Sulawesi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mars_Kota_Tangerang_Selatan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mars Kota Tangerang Selatan (page does not exist)">South Tengerang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mars_Pemerintah_Daerah_Istimewa_Yogyakarta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mars Pemerintah Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (page does not exist)">Yogyakarta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Iraq</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ey_Req%C3%AEb" title="Ey Reqîb">Iraqi Kurdistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_prefecture_songs_of_Japan" title="List of prefecture songs of Japan">Japan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kib%C5%8D_no_Hikari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kibō no Hikari (page does not exist)">Fukuoka Perfecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinano_no_Kuni" title="Shinano no Kuni">Nagano Prefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokushima_Kenmin_no_Uta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tokushima Kenmin no Uta (page does not exist)">Tokushima Perfecture</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=T%C5%8Dky%C5%8D-to_Ka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tōkyō-to Ka (page does not exist)">Tokyo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_anthems_of_Malaysia" title="State anthems of Malaysia">Malaysia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maju_dan_Sejahtera" title="Maju dan Sejahtera">Federal Territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johor_State_Anthem" title="Johor State Anthem">Johor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allah_Selamatkan_Sultan_Mahkota" title="Allah Selamatkan Sultan Mahkota">Kedah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selamat_Sultan" title="Selamat Sultan">Kelantan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melaka_Maju_Jaya" title="Melaka Maju Jaya">Malacca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkatlah_Yang_DiPertuan_Besar_Negeri_Sembilan" title="Berkatlah Yang DiPertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan">Negeri Sembilan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allah_Selamatkan_Sultan_Kami" title="Allah Selamatkan Sultan Kami">Pahang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Untuk_Negeri_Kita" title="Untuk Negeri Kita">Penang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allah_Lanjutkan_Usia_Sultan" title="Allah Lanjutkan Usia Sultan">Perak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amin,_Amin,_ya_Rabaljalil" title="Amin, Amin, ya Rabaljalil">Perlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabah_Tanah_Airku" title="Sabah Tanah Airku">Sabah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibu_Pertiwiku" title="Ibu Pertiwiku">Sarawak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duli_Yang_Maha_Mulia" title="Duli Yang Maha Mulia">Selangor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terengganu_State_Anthem" title="Terengganu State Anthem">Terengganu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Pakistan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Watan_Hamara_Azad_Kashmir" title="Watan Hamara Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Philippines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albay_Forever" title="Albay Forever">Albay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymn_of_Bangsamoro" title="Hymn of Bangsamoro">Bangsamoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awit_sa_Bohol" title="Awit sa Bohol">Bohol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O,_Capiz" title="O, Capiz">Capiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugbo_(hymn)" title="Sugbo (hymn)">Cebu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Union_Hymn" title="La Union Hymn">La Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vizcaya_Hymn" title="Vizcaya Hymn">Nueva Vizcaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imno_ning_Kapampangan" title="Imno ning Kapampangan">Pampanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luyag_Ko_Tan_Yaman" title="Luyag Ko Tan Yaman">Pangasinan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martsa_ng_Taguig" title="Martsa ng Taguig">Taguig</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Russia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_the_Altai_Republic" title="National Anthem of the Altai Republic">Altai Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_Republic_of_Buryatia" title="Anthem of the Republic of Buryatia">Buryatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug" title="Anthem of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug">Chukotka Autonomous Okrug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_Kamchatka_Krai" title="Anthem of Kamchatka Krai">Kamchatka Krai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Anthem_of_the_Republic_of_Khakassia" title="State Anthem of the Republic of Khakassia">Khakassia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_Khanty%E2%80%93Mansi_Autonomous_Okrug" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthem of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug">Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_the_Sakha_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="National Anthem of the Sakha Republic">Sakha Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Men_%E2%80%93_Tyva_Men" class="mw-redirect" title="Men – Tyva Men">Tuva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_Yamalo-Nenets_Autonomous_Okrug" title="Anthem of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug">Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Uzbekistan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_Anthem_of_the_Republic_of_Karakalpakstan" title="State Anthem of the Republic of Karakalpakstan">Karakalpakstan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In exile/<br />disputed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qurtulush_Yolida" title="Qurtulush Yolida">East Turkestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eruthu_Paar_Kodi" class="mw-redirect" title="Eruthu Paar Kodi">Tamil Eelam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_National_Anthem" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan National Anthem">Tibet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hai_Tanahku_Papua" title="Hai Tanahku Papua">West Papua</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_ASEAN_Way" title="The ASEAN Way">ASEAN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Former Russian Empire<br />or Soviet Union</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Let_the_Thunder_of_Victory_Rumble!_(anthem)" title="Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble! (anthem)">Russian Empire</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1791–98)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/How_Glorious_Is_Our_Lord_in_Zion" title="How Glorious Is Our Lord in Zion">Russian Empire</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1798–1816)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Prayer_of_Russians" title="The Prayer of Russians">Russian Empire</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"> (1816–33)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_Tsar!" title="God Save the Tsar!">Russian Empire</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"> (1833–1917)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worker%27s_Marseillaise" title="Worker's Marseillaise">Russian Republic</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"> (then the Russian SFSR, (1917–18)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/How_Glorious_Is_Our_Lord_in_Zion" title="How Glorious Is Our Lord in Zion">Russian State</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1918–20)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Internationale" title="The Internationale">Russian SFSR</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"> (then the Soviet Union, 1918–44)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Anthem_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="State Anthem of the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1944–91)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrioticheskaya_Pesnya" title="Patrioticheskaya Pesnya">Russia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1991–2000)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic">Armenian SSR</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1944–91)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Anthem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Azerbaijan SSR</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(then Azerbaijan, 1944–92)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Anthem of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic">Georgian SSR</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1946–90)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dideba" title="Dideba">Georgia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1918–21, 1990–2004)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic">Kazakh SSR</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1945–91)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_Republic_of_Kazakhstan" title="Anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1991–2006)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Khakassia" title="My Khakassia">Khakassia</a> (Russia) <span style="font-size:85%;">(2007–15)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_Kirghiz_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Anthem of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic">Kirghiz SSR</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(then Kyrgyzstan, 1946–92)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_Tajik_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic">Tajik SSR</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(then Tajikistan, 1946–94)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_Turkmen_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Anthem of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic">Turkmen SSR</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(then Turkmenistan, 1946–96)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_Uzbek_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Anthem of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic">Uzbek SSR</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1946–91)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvan_Internationale" title="Tuvan Internationale">Tuva</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–44)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tooruktug_Dolgay_Tangdym" title="Tooruktug Dolgay Tangdym">Tuva</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"> (1944–2011)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tune_of_Li_Zhongtang" title="Tune of Li Zhongtang">China</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1896-1906)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praise_the_Dragon_Flag" title="Praise the Dragon Flag">China</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1906-1911)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cup_of_Solid_Gold" title="Cup of Solid Gold">China</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1911-1912)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Song_of_Five_Races_Under_One_Union" title="Song of Five Races Under One Union">China</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1911-1912)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Song_to_the_Auspicious_Cloud" title="Song to the Auspicious Cloud">China</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1913-1915, 1921-28)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_Heroically_Stands_in_the_Universe" title="China Heroically Stands in the Universe">China</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1915-1921)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Internationale" title="The Internationale">Communist China</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1927-1949)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="National Anthem of the Republic of China">Republic of China</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(in the mainland, 1930-1949)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_of_the_Khmer_Republic" title="March of the Khmer Republic">Khmer Republic</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"> (1970–75)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dap_Prampi_Mesa_Chokchey" class="mw-redirect" title="Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey">Democratic Kampuchea</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"> (1975–93)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Kampuchea" title="Anthem of the People's Republic of Kampuchea">People's Republic of Kampuchea</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"> (then the State of Cambodia, 1979–92)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shubh_Sukh_Chain" title="Shubh Sukh Chain">Azad Hind</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1941–45)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Korean_Empire" title="National anthem of the Korean Empire">Korea</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1902–10)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_Manchukuo" class="mw-redirect" title="National Anthem of Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1932–45)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuun_Langiin_Joroo_Luus" title="Zuun Langiin Joroo Luus">Mongolia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1915–24)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongol_Internationale" title="Mongol Internationale">Mongolia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–50)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awit_sa_Paglikha_ng_Bagong_Pilipinas" title="Awit sa Paglikha ng Bagong Pilipinas">Philippines</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1942–45)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chom_Rat_Chong_Charoen" title="Chom Rat Chong Charoen">Siam</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1852–71)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulan_Loi_Luean" title="Bulan Loi Luean">Siam</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1871–88)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sansoen_Phra_Barami" title="Sansoen Phra Barami">Siam</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1888—1932, now as royal salute)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shriman_Gambhir" title="Shriman Gambhir">Kingdom of Nepal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1962–2006)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanchi_Bhumi" title="Vanchi Bhumi">Travancore</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1937–47)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ti%E1%BA%BFng_G%E1%BB%8Di_C%C3%B4ng_D%C3%A2n" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiếng Gọi Công Dân">South Vietnam</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1948–75)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gi%E1%BA%A3i_ph%C3%B3ng_mi%E1%BB%81n_Nam" title="Giải phóng miền Nam">Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1969–76)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Islamic world</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Kingdom_of_Afghanistan_(1926-1943)" class="mw-redirect" title="National anthem of the Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926-1943)">Afghanistan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1926–43)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Kingdom_of_Afghanistan" title="National anthem of the Kingdom of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1943–73)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="National anthem of the Republic of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1973–78)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="National anthem of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1978–92)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortress_of_Islam,_Heart_of_Asia" title="Fortress of Islam, Heart of Asia">Afghanistan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1992–96, 2002—06)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="National anthem of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2006–21)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salam_Affandina" title="Salam Affandina">Egypt</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1871–1922, 1936–1958)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eslami_ya_Misr" title="Eslami ya Misr">Egypt</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1923–36)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walla_Zaman_Ya_Selahy" title="Walla Zaman Ya Selahy">Egypt</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1971–79)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ey_Req%C3%AEb" title="Ey Reqîb">Republic of Mahabad</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1946)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_anthems_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Imperial anthems of the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1829–1922</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Salute_(anthem)" title="Royal Salute (anthem)">Persia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1873–1909)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salute_of_the_Sublime_State_of_Persia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salute of the Sublime State of Persia (page does not exist)">Persia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1909–33)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Anthem_of_Iran" title="Imperial Anthem of Iran">Iran</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–79)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ey_Iran" title="Ey Iran">Iran</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1979–80)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payandeh_Bada_Iran" title="Payandeh Bada Iran">Iran</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1980–90)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/As-Salam_al-Malaki" title="As-Salam al-Malaki">Iraq</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1932–58)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawtini_(L._Zanbaka_song)" title="Mawtini (L. 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