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Janaki, the livewire of the Lilacs
‘Janaki and the Lilacs’ is a popular music group in the oriental music field. This seven piece band is led by visharadha Janaki Eroshani Edirisinghe.

Though the band is from Pannipitiya , they have performed in almost every where in Sri Lanka . Started in 1998, ‘Janaki and the Lilacs’ was an all girl group . But with the time, most of the girls have left the lineup and only Janaki’s sister Chamindika Priyadharshni, the bassist of the band, is left with other male members .

The band comprises Janaki on keyboards and vocals, Chamindika on bass and vocals, Harsha Satharasinghe on guitar, Ruwan Ekanayake, the Manager of the outfit on guitar, Lalith Perera on drums and vocals, Malith Wasantha Perera on octopad and Chandrasena Weerakkody and Jagath on vocals.

Although the leader Janaki studied both Western and Eastern music, her favour of eastern music make her to study up to the Visharadha level.

She is a versatile performer. Janaki can play guitar, drums, electric keyboards, violin and piano. She is a popular music teacher and she conducts music classes at her own institute ‘Lilacs Institute of Music’ in Pannipitiya.

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