Elder son Ranga is a lecturer in sound administration at the University of the Visual and Performing Arts and also a film music director. The couple has two sons - Ranga and Sanka - and one daughter, Lakmali. In 1977, he was appointed as the Deputy Director of Aesthetic Education in the Colombo District, while his wife worked as a music instructor at Lumbini Vidyalaya. Dassanayake worked as a music director and Music Inspector in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Jaffna districts in 1966. After the graduation, Dassanayake worked as a music teacher at Bibila Central College. After that, she joined the Government College of Music and followed a six-year course.

Neela studied at Kadugannawa Central College and studied music at the Kandy Music Class. He first met Neela during music classes at Government Music College known as Heywood College. He was married to Preethi Neela Wijesundara. Having passed the preliminary inquiry, he went to the Treasury, which is near Parliament, but did not get the job. Afterwards, he just applied for the public health inspector exam.

ДЄfter interrupting school life, he once trained as a mechanic in a garage and as a radio reporter. Even though he was not good at studies, he surprisingly passed the Senior Examination in 1957. Finally he completed education from Horana Buddhist School (currently known as Don Pedrick Maha Vidyalaya Horana). He was educated at Anuruddha Vidyalaya, Nawalapitiya where his mother worked as a teacher and then attended to Nawandama Vidyalaya, Ja-Ela, Shiksadana Vidyalaya, Laksapathi and Hunumulla Central College. His mother Malalage Podi Nona Peiris was a teacher. His father Don Dharmapala Dassanayake was a businessman.

Dassanayake was born on 13 August 1942 in Katukurunda, Moratuwa as the second of the family.

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