Her only daughter, Nirmani Chaya, died in 1991 at the age of three of dengue fever. She married fellow musician Hearth Muidiyanselage Jayawardena on 30 December 1978, and was the mother of musician Kasun Kalhara. She also served as Assistant Director of Education in the western Sri Lankan province of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. She completed her education at the Papiliyana Beacon School for Girls. She had two siblings, a brother, Sireshan, and sister, Sandhya.
Bulathsinhala was born on 12 December 1949, in Boralesgamuwa, the oldest child of Wilson and P.
