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About Nilantha Cushion Works
A name built one seam at a time.
In 2003, a young craftsman named Nilantha Edirisinghe set out a row of hand-built seat sets on the Kandy Road verge in Pasyala. Two decades later, that roadside stall has become one of the region’s most trusted names in vehicle interiors. It is still family-run, and every cabin is still finished by hand.
This is the story of that journey: where it began, the man whose name is above the door, and the workshop that keeps his standard today.
Workshop record
- Established
- 2003
- Founder
- Nilantha Edirisinghe
- Workshop
- Kandy Road, Pasyala
- Craft
- Vehicle interiors & cushion work
- Serving
- Drivers island-wide
Our history
From one sewing machine to Pasyala’s trusted name.
Nilantha Cushion Works didn’t begin as a business. It began as a craft, learned one seam at a time, and a promise to do the work properly or not at all.
The craft is learned
A young Nilantha Edirisinghe spends his days behind a sewing machine, learning cushion work stitch by stitch under craftsmen who accepted nothing less than perfect.
A name above the door
A signboard, a tarpaulin and a row of hand-built seat sets on the Kandy Road verge. Nilantha Cushion Works opens in Pasyala.
Pasyala’s trusted name
A full workshop serving drivers from across the island, with every job still finished by hand, exactly as it was on day one.
The founder
Mr. Nilantha Edirisinghe
Founder & Master Craftsman
Before there was a workshop, there was a young man at a sewing machine. In the late 1990s, Nilantha Edirisinghe learned cushion work the only way it can truly be learned: by hand, seam after seam.
In 2003 he put his own name above the door in Pasyala. It was a modest beginning, but the standard was set from the first stitch: make it comfortable, make it last, and stand behind every job.
Two decades on, he is still on the workshop floor, leading every major job and personally checking each vehicle before it is handed back.
Every seat that leaves this workshop carries my name. That is why every seam matters.
23+
Years in Pasyala
Est. 2003
Family founded
6
Days a week
100%
Done in-house
The workshop today
Where the work still happens, every day.
Real photographs from the Pasyala floor: the same bench, the same standard, a few more grey hairs.
The workshop floor
Hand finishing
Tailored seat covers
Japanese seat setsReady to refresh your vehicle’s interior?
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