# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kuveni
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:16:21.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kuveni"
name: "Kuveni"
slug: "kuveni"
description: "Kuveni, (කුවේණි/குவேணி) also known as Sesapati or Kuvanna or Leelavati, was a Yakshini queen in Sri Lanka mentioned in the ancient Pali chronicles Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa of the Sinhalese people. The primary source for her life-story is the Mahavamsa. She is venerated as Maha Loku Kiriammaleththo by the Veddas. Other names for her varying with Veddas habitats are Indigolle Kiriamma, Unapane Kiriamma, Kande Kiriamma, Divas Kiriamma, Wellasse Kiriamma, Kukulapola Kiriamma and Bili Kiriamma."
tagline: "6th-century BC legendary Yakshini queen in Sri Lanka"
gender: "female"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           41.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.760117333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuveni"
    title: "Kuveni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwanna"
    title: "Kuwanna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%92_%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA"
    title: "කුවේණි කුමරිය"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF"
    title: "குவேணி"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6448788"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations