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He was born on 1 May 1980 in the village called Kottava in [[Unawatuna]], Galle, Sri Lanka as the fifth child of the family. His father is an art teacher. He received education at [[St. Aloysius' College (Galle)|St. Aloysius College]] in Galle. At that time, he also excelled in art and sculpture. He laterhas obtainedfour abrothers degreeand one sister.<ref name="sarasaviya">{{Cite web |title=Our voice in Ethnothe world of singing: Saman Lenin |url=http://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2017/05/04/?fn=sa1705047 |archive-musicologydate=2021-05-24 at|access-date=2021-05-24 the|website=Sarasaviya}}</ref>

In 2004, he entered [[University of the Visual & Performing Arts]], in Colombo and obtained a degree in Ethno-musicology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saman Lenin bio |url=https://sailingconductors.com/en/artists-2/saman-lenin/ |archive-date=2021-05-23 |access-date=2021-05-23 |website=Sailing Conductors}}</ref> Then he became a lecturer of the same university.<ref name="dinamina">{{Cite web |title=Outside music is lot to us than our own music - Saman Lenin |url=http://www.dinamina.lk/2017/02/28/විශේෂාංග/30446 |archive-date=2021-05-23 |access-date=2021-05-23 |website=Dinamina}}</ref>

During his university life, Lenin learned folk music under renowned musicians such as Rohana Baddage and Saman Panapitiya. In 2005, he rose to prominence after contesting in 'Rajatha Rashmi', a musical reality contest organized by the [[Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]]. Finally he won the second place in the contest. Then he was selected for the background singing for the film ''[[Siri Parakum]]'' directed by [[Somaratne Dissanayake]]. The song 'Ambaruvo' from the film had a special impact on establishing his different voice in the music industry in this country. He further established himself in the field of film background vocals and contributed to Prof. [[Sunil Ariyaratne]]'s film ''[[Pattini]]'' and Lalith Pannipitiya's film ''[[Sangile]]''.<ref name="sarasaviya" />

He has gained popularity for his singing in a number of Sri Lankan teledramas. In 2011 at the [[8th Television State Awards]], he won the Best Singer award for the serial ''Yasa Isuru''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rupavahini State Awards Ceremony- Result 2011-2012 |url=https://www.culturaldept.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=124&Itemid=73&lang=si |archive-date=2021-01-30 |access-date=2021-01-30 |website=Department of Cultural Affairs - Sri Lanka}}</ref> In 2014, he sang the theme song for the television serial ''Kolamba Ahasa'' for which in 2015, he won the award for the [[Sumathi Best Teledrama Singer Award|Best Vocalist]] at 2015 [[Sumathi Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Best singer of "Sumathi Awards 2015"|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/sinhalese/en/audiotrack/best-singer-sumathi-awards-2015-sri-lanka-and-well-known-young-sri-lankan-folk-musician|publisher=sbs.com}}</ref>

In 2017, he performed a concert called 'Gigurum Warsha' along with Nilakshi Halapitiya. In addition, he made another concert with Rohana Beddage for the first time with the tile 'Desaman Bedda'. Both concerts were also performed in Australia in 2019.<ref name="dinamina" /> In 2018, he won the [[Raigam Tele'es Best Teledrama Singer Award|Best Singer]] award at [[Raigam Tele'es]] for the serial ''Eliya Kanda''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2018/03/29/?fn=sa1803299 |title=Raigam Tele'es 2017 award winners |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=29 March 2018}}</ref> He has also sung in the film ''[[Siri Parakum]]'', directed by [[Somaratne Dissanayake]], the song ''Ambaruwo'', which became famous. He has performed internationally many times in Australia, India, Thailand, Doha, Maldives, Dubai.