Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- Sunanda Kodagoda has succeeded in winning the first place in the poetry (Open) section of the 2025 Maharagama Regional Literature Competition. The event was jointly organised by the Cultural Affairs Department and the Maharagama Divisional Secretariat.

This year's Literary and Cultural Festival was held recently at the Pannipitiya Dewram Vehera Auditorium. The event was held under the patronage of Cultural Affairs Director Mrs. K.S. Dilhani.

Kodagoda has previously won first places in both the poetry and lyric writing sections of the Regional and Divisional Literary competitions conducted by the Cultural Affairs Department for several years. He also won the All-Island First Place in the poetry section of the State ...