A Bandâra was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of premodern Sri Lanka. A Bandâra was the sons of a chief in the Sinhala Kingdom. 
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In the Sinhalese Buddhist faith, the Bandāra deviyō are a group of guardian deities.[2]
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- ^ Lurker, Manfred (1987). The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons. Routledge. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-415-34018-2.
 
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Maha Mohottala/Maha Lekam Mahatmaya*** (Chief Secretary and the archivist of the palace)
Lekam Muhandiram (Messengers)
Diyawadana Nilame (Chief of the royal bath)Haluwadana Nilame (Master of the wardrobe)Duggannaralas (Bearers of the King's surrows)
Maha Hatapenageyi Muhandiram Nilame (Master of the royal bed chamber/Chief of the Appuhamis)
Appuhami (Gentleman-in-waiting)Lekam Mahatmaya (Carer of the Royal jewels)Kankanam Nilame (Commander of the guard of Appuhamis)
Atapattu Maduve Muhandiram Nilame (Messenger and carrier of the royal Golden Arms)Ran Ayudage Maduve Lekam** (Officer in charge of the royal Golden Arms)
Maha Aramudale Vannaku Nilame** (Keeper of the royal treasury)Gajanayake Nilame*** (Officer in charge of the royal elephants)
Kuruve Lekam (Chief of elephant catchers)
Atapattuve Lekam*** (officer in charge of the royal body guard)Kodituvakku Lekam*** (Commander of the royal gingalls)Vedikkara Lekam*** (Captain of the royal musketeers)Maduve Lekam** (Commander of the Kandyan city watch)Padikara Lekam*** (Paymaster to the royal officers)Nanayakkara Lekam*** (Genealogist who kept records of the men of noble birth)Dunukara Lekam** (Chief of the archers)Bondikulana Lekam* (Master of ordnance of the iron cannons)Ayudage Vannaku Nilame** (Officer in charge of the King's muskets and swords and of iron and brass instruments)Aspantiye Muhandiram Nilame** (officer in charge of the royal stables)Vahalkada Muhandiram Nilame** (Keeper of gate of the palace)Maha Gabada Nilame*** (Steward of the royal stores)Uda Gabada Nilame*** (Steward of the king's private stores)Palle Vahala Gabada Nilame** (Steward of the queens' stores)Betge Muhandiram Nilame (Head of the royal physicians)Batvadana Nilame** (Chief in charge of the royal kitchen)Piyanda karana Nilame (Bearer of the royal betel tray)Kunam Maduve Lekam (Chief in charge of the royal palanquins)Sudu harak pattiye Muhandiram Nilame** (Chief of the royal herd of white cattle)Patti Vidane Lokara** (Chief of the cowherds)Sudaliye Muhandiram Nilame (Chief in charge of the fencers)Maruvaliye Muhandiram Nilame (Chief in charge of the gladiators)Natum Illangame Muhandiram Nilame (Chief in charge of the royal troupe of dances)Kavikara Maduve Muhandiram Nilame (Chief of the court poets)Vahala Ilangame Muhandiram Nilame (Chief in charge of the king's acrobats)Simhakkara Muhandiram Nilame (Chief of the king's drummers)Tamboru Purampettukara Muhandiram Nilame (Chief of the king's trumpeteers)Kuttaha Nilame** (Purveyor of oil cakes to the palace)Porovakara Muhandiram Nilame** (Officer in charge of supplying wood)Vadanatuvakkukara Lekam***
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