Kandyan dancers, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Entrance to a house, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

House-hold items, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Saw-dust fired cooker. The saw-dist is packed leaving a central column of air. It is then lighted from below.

Unfinished stone pestle, used in grinding copra, to extract coconut oil.

Butterfly, 'Grey Pansy' - Junonia atlites, Mithirigala, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

'Small Grass Yellow' - Eurema brigitta, Meethirigala, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Near the banks of the Kelani Ganga.

Flowers, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Scenes, Rathupaswala, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Dragonflies on the leaf of a water-lily plant.

Pearls of water on a water-lily leaf,

Patterns on leaves in a home garden, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Flowers, Rathupaswala, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Dragon-fly and Water-lily, Rathupaswala, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Flowers, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Water Buffalo, Paddy field, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

A Water Buffalo used in agriculture confronted me on a foot-path in a paddy field. He would not move and I had to detour.

Fruit trees in the garden, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

'Naamina' - Fleshy and flat in taste.

'Bilin' - Very sour, children relish the juicy fruits.

The fruits on trees we enjoyed in our childhood.

'Aedanda' to reach a paddy field, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

    

 Paddy fields have to be kept constantly drenched in water during growth. There are a lot of water carrying channels crisscrossing these fields. There are improvised contraptions called 'Aedanda's by which people walk across the water channels in the paddy fields. I took these two pictures in Gampaha, Sri Lanka.