Sri Lanka’s oldest living woman who resided at a village in Kaluthara district died at the age of 117 today.
The women named Velu Pappani died after a brief illness in Nagoda Hospital. She is from Kalutara Dodangoda, Nehinna area.
Velu Pappani was born on 1903 May 03rd.
Earlier this month BBC Sinhala service had done a short video documentary on her.
අවුරුදු 117ක් වයස ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වයස්ගතම කාන්තාව. #SriLanka pic.twitter.com/8MrbL9OB0e
— BBC News Sinhala (@bbcsinhala) December 4, 2020