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, August 14, 2013

'Ther' festival, Muththumari Amman Temple, Kudagama road, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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The decorated wooden chariot - the 'Ther' - carrying an image of the Diety.  The 'Ther' was a chariot made of wood, use...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Going to attend a 'Ther' festival, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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The 'Thiruvilaa' ( 'Thiru'+'Ulaa' meaning 'the sacred perambulation' in Tamil) of the resident diety o...
Monday, August 12, 2013

Ceylon of nearly 80 years ago.

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The 'Rickshaw', 'Bukky karaththe' and 'Bara Karaththe's' in the Pettah, Colombo, the then center of commer...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Scenes from Sri Lanka.

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3 wheel taxis called a 'wheel' down Matara way near a petrol shed in Rathnapura. They are the commonest modes of transport in pre...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Flowers, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

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