The top of the Yapahuwa rock, Sri Lanka.

Stone slab to offer flowers - 'Mal-aasana'.

The 'Chaitya'

Foot-path around the top of the rock.

The ruins at the top of the rock are a Chaithya, floor of the building which housed the Sacred Tooth Relic, and a pond cut into the rock.

Sleeping on a rock heated by the sun.

In the villages in Sri Lanka, a very relaxed lifestyle exists even now. A bath in the river at mid-day after washing one's clothes and a snooze on a bare rock, wearing a loose sarong, with the gentle breeze wafting the body, is supremely pleasurable. The sounds of nature assail the ears and one is in a dream land. When the clothes have dried in the mid day sun, one wends home for his simple rice and curry meal. Jak and bread-fruit with a twangy chilly sambol, adds relish to the meal. What else do you want in life? The picture shows a snooze on a bare rock by the river-side.

Rock and pool, past Kithulgala, Sri Lanka.

Among the many streams one passes on the road to Ginigathena, I came across this rock and pool. It is a favourite spot for the village youngsters who come to laze on the rock and dip in the pool at midday. It is a lazy life with no cares or worries.