Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Our beautiful Sri Lanka - email from Gallege De Silva

Ceylon To Sri Lanka (BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL & NICELY SUMMARIZED BELOW)


Beautiful Sri Lanka...................................




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Pandit Amaradewa the doyen of Sinhalese Classical music getting 'Prasaadam' from a Hindu Priest.


The rock fortress Sigiriya - 16th Century Present Era.

Coming downhill from Hatton.

Satellite picture of 'The Pearl of the Indian Ocean".

Steam train in the hill country.

The 'Dalada Maligawa' at night seen from across the Kandy Lake.

Devon Falls, Pathana, Hatton.

'Adam's Peak' - Sri Paadha' in mist.

Tissamaharama Stupa.

Devon Falls, Pathana, Hatton.

Victoria Dam, Adhikarigama, Teldeniya.

St Clair's Falls, Pathana, Hatton.



Sunbeams in the hill country.

Looking across a 'Wewa'.

Sigiriya.

Mist in the Hill Country.

'Jala thilaka mandapaya' also called the 'Kundasalawa' where the ladies of the Kandyan court went to play.

Galle-face green.

The Senate building, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya.

Galle-face green.

The 'Dalada Maligawa' with its Golden Canopy lit up, Kandy.

Tea-pluckers in the Hill Country.

Elephant in the Dehiwala Zoo, Colombo.

The caprisoned elephanf, Dalada Maligawa, Kandy.

The Central Highlands.

Kandy at night.

Giving a helping hand.

Colombo skyline.

Tea-pluckers and the train on the Badulla line.

Galle-face green, Colombo.

The tranquill hills.

Doorman at the Galle-face Hotel in the old British Colonial uniform.

Maskeliya with Adam's peak in the distance.
Paying homage to the Buddha.

Devon Falls, Hatton - Nuwara Eliya road.

St Claire's Falls, Hatton-Nuwara Eliya road.
Sunrise seen from Maskeliya. You can see Adam's peak in the horizon.
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The Ramboda climb to Nuwara Eliya.

Train going through the mist.

Boy plucking water lillies.
Flower seller by the roadside.


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