philipveerasingam

This blog is devoted to exploring the 'NATURAL BEAUTY OF SRI LANKA. My interests are photography, archaeology and ancient history. My email address is:- philipv203@gmail.com Please move the cursor over each photograph and left click on the mouse, to see an enlarged version of the pictures. Please click on the heading 'older post. ' Kandyan dancerrs, Gampaha, Sri Lanka. Please BOOKMARK this page.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

The 'Nestorian cross' - around 500AD at the Museum, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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Christianity came to South India long before the European invaders. Malabar still has a Christian community dating back to the Apostle Thoma...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Bearing 'pirikara' (gifts to monks), at a Buddhist temple, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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On a full moon (Poya) day, devotees are seen carrying gifts for the monks in the Buddhist temple, at Manickawaththe in Avissawella. This was...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

An arch bridge built of granite stones, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka

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Bridges built of stones were an innovation, pre-dating the Roman times. The arch with the 'key-stone', supported the load over a wat...
Monday, August 24, 2009

A waterfall in the Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka.

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'Doovili Ella' on the Kaltota road from Balangoda.
Sunday, August 23, 2009

'Rattan weaving couple, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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A husband wife team in their late 50s, came to the gate of my house and inquired, if there were rattan chairs to be weaved. The bottom part...
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