Tikiri Banda Tennekoon (12 March 1912 – 22 May 1980) was a Sinhalese politician. He served as a member of Parliament, representing the Dambulla electorate for five consecutive terms (1956–1977). Tikiri Banda Tennekoon was born 12 March 1912 in the village of Pathadumbara, his father, L. M. Tennekoon, was a popular local poet who practised Indigenous Medicine and Astrology. Tennekoon received his education at the Gunnepana Vidyalaya and then the Pushpadana Vidyalaya, before the death of parents. He joined the Railway Department before taking a job at the Printing Press, 'Sirisara', in Kandy. In 1934, he started his own printing press, writing poems and verses, and publishing short poetry books, such as Ruwanweli Maha Sea Varnanaya (Narration of Ruwanweli Maha Seya), Sri Gouthama Vama Dalada