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.

Saturday, December 5, 2015

'Well sweep' 'Thulaa' - Tamil, 'Aandiya lindha' - Sinhalese, was seen in almost every well in the Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka, in the 1950s.

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The well sweep, with the cemented channel to conduct the drawn water to a cement lined tank to contain the water. Thirsty cattle ...

Sri Lankan 'wallker' of the last century, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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This was the wooden device used to train a child to walk in the 1940s in Ceylon.Any village carpenter could turn this out. This had to b...
Friday, December 4, 2015

'Waraka madula' - Fleshy edible parts of a Jak fruit, seeds of the same fruit, to be roasted and eaten or cooked as a curry, Honiton Place, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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'Paeni waraka' is the ultimate in taste of the fruits in Sri Lanka. Seeds of the Jak fruit, another edible part which ...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Inside the Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

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Nuwara Eliya, the cold region of Sri Lanka in the central hills, has two 'seasons'. One is in April and the other is in Augus...
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Coconut trees struck by lightening, Honiton Place, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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Three coconut trees lying close by were struck by lightening, a few months back. This tree is sprouting young leaves again. ...
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