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, December 8, 2015

Transporting timber on the highways of Sri Lanka.

›
Overloading the truck transporting the timber, seems accepted on the roads. Breaking and steering will definitely be compromised...
Monday, December 7, 2015

'Theru-moody Madam', Point Pedro, Sri Lanka.

›
'Madam' or 'Ambalam' means a resting house. These were constructed near temples or by the side of highways. The on...
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.

›
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.

›
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.

›
'Paeni waraka' is the ultimate in taste of the fruits in Sri Lanka. Seeds of the Jak fruit, another edible part which ...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

Philip Veerasingam
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.