# Ananda Samarakoon

> Egodahage George Wilfred Alwis Samarakoon known as Ananda Samarakoon was a Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) composer and musician. He composed the Sri Lankan national anthem "Namo Namo Matha" and is considered the father of artistic Sinhala music and founder of the modern Sri Lankan Sinhala Geeta Sahitya.

*Sri Lankan musician (1911-1962)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** Sri Lanka
- **Born:** 1911-01-13
- **Died:** 1962-04-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 48.6
- **Momentum:** 9.0

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0c7ccaea-c69b-4b7c-9785-8d32d40ecc95)
- [اناندا ساماراكون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86)
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- [ஆனந்த சமரக்கோன்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305779)

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