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.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

'Kuttam pokuna' - Twin decorative water tanks, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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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...
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