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.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Husked coconuts for sale, Sellakatharagama - S, Sellakathirgamam - T , Sri Lanka.

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Husked coconuts are smashed in front of the temple as a ritual in the Saiva-Hindu tradition. This is said to symbolise the breaking of the ...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Road over the bund, Tissa, Sri Lanka.

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I took this picture of two cyclists riding on the highway over the bund of the lake in Tissa. You can see the Bird Island on the far right w...
Monday, March 8, 2010

Dagoba, Tissa, Sri Lanka.

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Dagoba, paddy field and watchman's hut, Tissa, Sri Lanka. Photo taken by Queenie on a Samsung 12 Megapixel camera.
Sunday, March 7, 2010

'Pheasant-tailed Jacana' in breeding plumage, Tissa, Sri Lanka.

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The Jacana comes out in beautiful breeding plumage as you see in this picture. It is a marsh bird and walks on the lotus and water lily leav...
Saturday, March 6, 2010

'Pooja vattys' at Sella-Katharagama, Sri Lanka.

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Each 'pooja vatty' - an offering to the God contains, a bunch of ripe plantains, a coconut, wood-apple fruit, a lime, melon fruit, b...
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