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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.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Abheyagiri Dagoba, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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King Vattagamini Abheya 89-87 BC, constructed this Dagoba, 350 feet high, at Anuradhapura the then capital of Sri Lanka. It reportedly conta...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Ruwanvelisaaya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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Ruwanvelisaaya was a project started by King Dutta Gamini around 150 BC. It along with the Sri Maha Bodhi - the sacred Bo tree grown from a ...
Saturday, September 26, 2009

Mount Lavinia Hotel, Sri Lanka.

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I took this picture of Mount Lavinia Hotel, Sri Lanka at around 9 pm. It is said that this former British Governor's mansion, got the n...
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Friday, September 25, 2009

A stone trough, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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"Kandha-oruwa' - a stone trough at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. This stone trough was reputedly used to hold rice gruel for 5000 monks...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Part of old stone bridge, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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Bridges were constructed out of cut pieces of granite and supported on columns of granite. These were held in place by mortise type of lock...
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