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, November 5, 2013

'Sacred Bo Tree', 'Chaithya' and the 'Budhu Medhura', Thanthrimale, Sri Lanka.

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Thanthrimale goes a long way back in history, more than 2200 years. The sacred branch of the Bo Tree under which  Lord Buddha at...
Monday, November 4, 2013

'Katina pinkama' perahera, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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'Olu bakko' - dancers wearing papier-mach masks. The image of Lord Buddha. The pansala 'Hewisi' band and youngs...
Sunday, November 3, 2013

'Katina Pinkama' Perahera, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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The beginning of the procession. Stilt-walkers. Fire dancers. 'Kandyan dancers. Acaprisoned baby elephant in the ...
Saturday, November 2, 2013

Thanthrimale sights, Sri Lanka.

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Two young Buddhist priests on a stroll in the morning at Thanthrimale. One of the older priests who was watching me take many p...
Friday, November 1, 2013

Sights at Thanthrimale, Sri Lanka.

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This settlement has a recorded history going back to the second Century BC. We found a tortoise fallen into a stone cistern. On ...
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