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Asoka de Zoysa had his training at the Institut für indische Philologie and Kunstgeschichte, Berlin to read Sanskrit, Pali and hybrid-Hindi texts and interpret the art of India and the Himalayan region. His doctoral thesis Blutrünstige Braminen am heiligen Strome (1997) published in Frankfurt, analyses how India was represented in the 18th and 19th century popular genres of opera and theater of Germany, France and England. After his MA in Indology and Germanisitik he was a member of the Educational Service at Museum für Indische Kunst in Berlin, arranging guided tours and lectures in the Museum of Indian Art. Since 1997 he is a member of the faculty at the Department of Modern Languages and now professor in charge of German Studies. He is interested in gender aspects in contemporary art, theater, fashion, advertising, cinema and literature and has translated German plays to Sinhala and English, some which he directed himself. His current research interests are centered around the Buddhist Temple. He writes regular reviews to newspapers on the performances and exhibitions. He is also visiting lecturer at the University of Visual and Performing Arts and consultant at the Academy of Design Colombo.

Vajira Nalinda Jayathilaka is an artist, graphic designer and art historian. After his post graduate studies at the University of Kelaniya, he was member of the inaugural teaching faculty of the Visual and Performing Arts Unit at Kelaniya. Since 2010, he is lecturer of the Department of History & Art Theory, Faculty of Visual Arts, in the University of Visual and Performing Arts, Sri Lanka delivering course units in Sri Lankan folk art and modern and contemporary art. Since some years he has been engaged in copying and photographing Buddhist murals and decorative designs. His research interests contextualizes the heritage of Sri Lankan art in Cultural Studies and Post-Modern Theories.

Vajira has completed his first degree in Fine Arts with First Class Honors in University of Kelaniya. He received a PhD scholarship from the World Bank funded HETC Project at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Kelania to complete his PhD on Discourse Communities related to the Buddhist temples.