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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Vallipuram to Point-Pedro, Sri Lanka, 22nd December 2013.

Aalvaar Kovil, Vallipuram.

Katcovalam, junction.

Nellandaippillayar Kovil, Thumpalai.

Light-house, Point-Pedro.

Hartley College, Point-Pedro.

Methodist Girls' High School, Point-Pedro.

All my old boyhood haunts filled with thrill and adventure are here now rejuvenated. Click on the web-link below to see more photos:-

http://youtu.be/pOy3aQusJsM

Friday, January 17, 2014

Manalkaadu and Vallipuram, off Point-Pedro, Sri Lanka.

Road to Manalkaadu from Nagar Kovil.

Grand-father & Grand-son repairing a coconut frond fence.

The cemetery of the Tsunami victims, Manalkaadu.

The tsunami warning tower, Manalkaadu.

The sea-shore, Manalkaadu.

Aalvaar Kovil, Vallipuram.

Click on the link below to see a video of more photos of the area:-

http://youtu.be/G-Wbq-qmD3U

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Nagar Kovil, Point-Pedro, Sri Lanka.

The road to Nagar Kovil from Kudaththanai.

The historic Nagar Kovil temple rebuilt.

I met the temple priest and inquired about the origin of this temple. He said it belonged to very ancient times, of the time of the 'Yakkar and Naagar'. A very pious Hindu recluse had been told in a dream to come to this place. When the recluse came here he saw a 'five headed cobra' under a tree. He had started a place of worship and it thrived with time. In the 1950s it drew large crowds. It was destroyed during the recent past and is now rebuilt.