Dr Vajiranath Lakshman De Silva (Sinhala: à ·Âà ¶¢à ·Âà ¶»à ¶±à ·Âà ¶Âà · à ¶½à ¶Âà ·Âà ·Âà ·Âà ¶¸à ¶±à · à ¶¯ à ·Âà ·Âà ¶½à ·Âà ·Âà ·Â) is the founder of Saukyadana Movement of Sri Lanka.
Vajiranath who received his education from Nalanda College, Colombo graduated as a Medical Doctor by obtaining MBBS degree University of Colombo's Medical Faculty and later further studied at University of London.
Whilst on a pilgrimage to Sri Pada (Sri Lanka) in 1959 by Dr Vajiranath he observed the difficulties that pilgrims faced along the trek and as a result he decided to set up the voluntary medical assistance unit to help them paving the way to establish the Saukyadana Movement of Sri Lanka being established in March 1960.