Vijaya Kumaranatunga Statue, Kandana

Vijaya Kumaranatunga was assassinated by a member of the DJV, the military wing of the JVP, on February 16th 1988. He was a very popular film star and a charismatic politician who sought a political resolution to the ethnic conflict. He was married to Chandrika Bandaranaike who went on to be twice elected as the President of Sri Lanka, after his death. The statue originally marked the location where he was shot, just outside his rented home on Polhengoda Road, Colombo but was later moved to his childhood home in Kandana.