Son of Mānābharaṇa by his second queen Pabhāvatī. His grandfather was Sirivallabha (Cv.lxiv.24). His father, on his deathbed, repented of the harm he had done to the Buddha’s religion and asked his son to do reparation by joining Parakkamabāhu I. The latter, on hearing this, sent for Kittisirimegha and made him a member of his court (Cv.lxxii.303, 311).