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.
Road to the beach.
Sand dunes.
'Purple Heron' in the paddy field.
The sea shore.
Click on the web-link below to see a video I prepared out of the photos I took on this visit:-


Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Karainagar to Keerimalai by road, 21st December 2013.

On the causeway exiting Karainagar.
The road to Dambakola Patuna. 
Place where the Ven. Theri Sanghamitta landed with the sacred Bo Sapling from Buddha Gaya.
Keerimalai fresh water pool - 'Kerny' T.
Click on the web-link below to see some photos I took on this trip:-

http://youtu.be/rf3SGmh6j8w