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සිංහල ගීතයෙන් ලොවපුරා ජනප්රිය වූ ඉන්දියාවේ මියා මෙහාක්
මේ දිනවල සමාජ මාධ්යයේ අතිශය ජනප්රිය ගීතයකි “මැණිකේ මගේ” සිංහල ගීතය. මෙම සිංහල ගීතය ඉන්දියාවේ කේරළ ප්රාන්තයේ වයස අවුරුදු පහක් වූ පුංචි මීයා කුට්ටි...
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