Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who thrice served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1960 to 1965, from 1970 to 1977, and from
Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 1974
The Mahawalatenne family, including Mahawalatenne Rate Mahattaya (back row right) and Agnes Mahawalatenne (née Ellawala, front row right), the maternal grandparents of Sirima Ratwatte.
Horagolla Walawwa, the Bandaranaike ancestral manor
The Old Parliament Building in Colombo, where the House of Representatives met beginning in 1947
Sunethra Dias Bandaranaike, is a Sri Lankan philanthropist and socialite. A member of the Bandaranaike family, she is the eldest child of former Prime Ministers S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Band
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
…for its grandeur. The newly married couple moved into Wendtworth in Colombo's Guildford Crescent, which they rented from Lionel Wendt. Their daughters, Sunethra (1943) and Chandrika (1945), were born at Wendtworth where the family lived until 1946, when S.W.R.D.'s father bought them a mansion known as Tintagel…
Sunethra Bandaranaike's residence at Horagolla
Sunethra Bandaranaike's residence at Horagolla