Two receptions were held recently for Anushka Sanjeevani and Udeshika Prabodhani, who represented the Sri Lankan cricket team that won the Asian Women's Cricket Championship. Anushka Sanjeevani was welcomed in a ceremony held near the Hikkaduwa bus station and then taken in a motorcade to the Hikkaduwa Sri Sumangala Vidyalaya, where she studied.
Udeshika Prabodhani was brought in a procession to her home in Karandeniya Diyapita Gallena to welcome Prabodhani, and a ceremony was held at Karandeniya Gangima Vidyalaya, where she studied. Diyapita Gallena Prashakti Youth Club had organized this tribute ceremony.
Anuradha Priyadarshan
A.R.B.J Rajapaksha