Veera Chudamani

{{Short description|Sri Lankan national award}}

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| name = Veera Chudamani
වීර චූඩාමනී

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| type = Title of honor/Order of merit

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| eligibility = Sri Lankan citizens

| criteria = Highly notable service to the nation

| status = Currently constituted

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| first_induction = 1986

| last_induction = 2019

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Veera Chudamani ({{langx|si|වීර චූඩාමනී}}) is a national honour for bravery awarded in Sri Lanka. It is awarded "for acts of bravery of the highest order".{{cite book|last=Gunawardena|first=Charles A.|title=Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka|year=2005|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|page=254|isbn=9781932705485|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWLQSMPddikC&dq=Veera+Chudamani&pg=PA254}} It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name.

Veera Chudamani ranks lower than Deshabandhu.

Awardees

Awardees include: http://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/?page_id=340 List of National Honour Awardees

;1998

  • Manorani Saravanamuttu - Founded the Centre for Family Service{{cite web|title=Deshamanya for 14 Lankans|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/980405/news2.html|publisher=Sundaytimes|access-date=10 July 2013}}

;2005

  • Hettiarachchige Gamini Sirisoma Jayasekera {{cite web|title=National Honours|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2005/pdf/Nov/1418-8/1418-8e/1.pdf|publisher=Government Press|access-date=10 July 2013}}

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