It is with heavy hearts announce the passing of\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Ponniah Thangarajah, affectionately known to many as Thanga, who passed\u00a0away on January 28, 2026, at the age of 89. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by family.Born in Sri Lanka on March 18, 1936, Thanga spent his early youth in Malaysia before returning to Sri Lanka to continue his education from\u00a0middle school onward.\u00a0He was an avid athlete, excelling in tennis, soccer, cricket, and field hockey.\u00a0Thanga was admitted into the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Peradeniya in 1960.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his wife, Jeyanjali; sons, Sivesh and Haran; daughter-in-law, Kami; brother, Devarasa; nephew, Suresh;\u00a0nieces, Ranji and Hanthy; grand-niece, Abira, and grand-nephews Harish, Jana and Vishnu. He will be deeply missed by his extended family\u00a0and friends across the world.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-22077","rtcl_listing","type-rtcl_listing","status-publish","hentry","rtcl_category-ob-na","rtcl_location-overseas","rtcl_location-usa","listing-item","rtcl-listing-item"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funerals.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rtcl_listing\/22077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funerals.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rtcl_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funerals.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rtcl_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funerals.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funerals.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/funerals.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rtcl_listing\/22077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funerals.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}