[1][2] Considered one of the iconic poets in Sinhala poetry, Manawasinghe made several popular poems and songs in the short career that spanned three decades.
He visited the Angurukaramulla Bodhirama in Negombo and was ordained as Puwakdandawe Sri Chandraratana Dhammaloka Tissa for the second time by the Chief Incumbent, Ven.
[4] The couple has two sons: Udaya and Prabath, and five daughters: Daya Lakshmi, Manjula, Madhupani, Meepa and Kinkini.
[10] During his second time as a Buddhist monk at the age of 22, he started writing letters to 'Lakmini Pahana' in which the chief editor was Kumaratunga Munidasa.
Some of his popular songs and poems include: "Kusum Pipi Athu Pathare", "Valithara Athare Hemihita Basina", "Monawada Amme Akuru Jathiyak", "Somnasa Ho Santhapaya Hamuwe", "Guru gedarata yana athara maga" and "Jagan Mohini Madhura Bhashini".