[5] She played netball and attended other activities at school including learning ballet under maestro Wasantha Kumara.
His father Charles Peter Ranatunga was a school principal and his mother Dona Maslin Kolombage was a housewife.
[13] Her remains were brought to the University of the Visual & Performing Arts at 1.00 pm and later the final rites were held at the Borella General Cemetery on 18 October 2018.
[17][18] She studied "Dhrupad" vocal methods under Prof. Ritwik Sanyal and "Khyal" singing from Dr. Chitta Ranjan Jyothish.
Later, she sang several popular classical songs such as Selalihiniyo Numba Danne Na, Eye Ra Oba Sihinen, Radha Krishna and Amara Devi.
[7] In 1997, to commemorate the 55th Independence of India, the Indian Government awarded "Bharatha Mithra" to the Amara and her husband Dayarathna.
[20] From 1997 to 2001, Dayarathna and Amara became lecturers on North Indian Classical music in the Ethno Musicology Department at the California University.
[7] On 6 December 2007, a completed cd album produced by Vijitha Trade Centre label known as "Udumbara" in 2008. felicitation ceremony "Maha Re Yame, Dayaratna-Amara Abhinandana" was held at 6.30 p.m. at BMICH.
[21] On 17 August 2011, a CD containing new songs was released at 5 pm in the Ananda Samarakoon studio of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
On that day, Yapa Bandara Seneviratne's book "Sinhala Sangeethaye Dayaratne Ranatunga Suvipul Siyatsara" was also released.