His father, Charles Peter Ranatunga, was a school principal and his mother, Dona Maslin Kolombage, was a housewife.
[4][5] On October 16, 2018, Amara died at the age of 79 while receiving treatment at a private hospital for a heart attack.
[6] 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.
At the end of the six-year course at the Heywood College of Music, Amara and Dayaratne got teaching appointments at the age of 18.
[13] Without any satisfaction from the career, he again moved to music where he was invited for Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC).
[16] In 1997, to commemorate the 55th Independence of India, the Indian Government awarded "Bharatha Mithra" to Dayarathna and his wife Amara.
[15] From 1997 to 2001, Dayarathna and Amara became lecturers on North Indian Classical music in the Ethno Musicology Department at the California University.
[2] On 6 December 2007, a felicitation ceremony, a completed CD album produced by Vijitha Trade Centre label known as "Udumbara" in 2008 "Maha Re Yame, Dayaratna-Amara Abhinandana" was held at 6.30 p.m. at BMICH.
[16] 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.