At the sixth annual Kekulu Art Competition for pre school children, held on 13 February, 2018. Siddhalepa’s Kekulu Art Competition is open to preschool children in all 25 districts of the country. Held district wise the competition culminates with an overall winner from each of the 25 districts, at an awards ceremony, held this year at the J.R. Jayewardene Centre, Colombo 07.
Enara Anne Virgini a little girl from Anuradhapura District won the first prize, while P.R. Teshada Paminda from Ratnapura District was placed second. The third best entry was from Gangul Wijethunge Jayawardena from Galle.
The three winners received their awards from Chief Guest Siddhalepa Chairman Deshabandu Dr. Victor Hetigoda and Mrs Hettigoda.
The Kekulu range of children’s soap, toothpaste, colognes are among the most popular products in the Siddhalepa brand of the over 150 products manufactured by the Hettigoda Group based on the ayurveda formulas.
The Group has an 83 year long history of manufacturing a range of pharmaceutical, healthcare and cosmetic products using the knowledge of ayurveda medicine handed down three generations. Over the years the company has developed state of the art production lines and techniques for their products to meet all quality standard and conform with ISO standards.