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{{redirect|Bandara|the Star Wars creature|List of Star Wars creatures#Bandara}}{{for|the leafhoppers genus in the subfamily Deltocephalinae|Bandara (genus)}}{{Sinhalese State Council}}A Bandâra was a Great Officer in the Council of State in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of premodern Sri Lanka. A Bandâra was the sons of a chief in the Sinhala Kingdom.{{sfn|Ekanâyaka|1876|p=298}} - Other
In the Sinhala Buddhist faith, the Bandāra deviyō are a group of guardian deities.[1] See alsoReferencesCitations1. ^{{cite book|last=Lurker|first=Manfred|title=The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons|publisher=Routledge|year=1987|pages=30|isbn=0-415-34018-7}}
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