Vakarai to Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Houses built by NGOs - Post war.

Happy children.

On the road to Batticaloa from Vakarai, Sr Lanka.

Water-buffalos grazing in a paddy field.

The main highway.

A side-road.

Seruwavila, articles for sale, Sri Lanka.

Small wooden mortars made of 'Kothala Himbutu', said to cure diabetes.

'Kiri varaa' flowers sold for pooja.

Palmyra fruits and small pieces of trunk of 'Kothala himbutu' in polythene bags.

Flowers for pooja and 'Kothala himbutu' stems.

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Seruwavila, Sri Lanka.

Pilgrims.

Vendors.

The approach to the Chaithya.

Going home.

Stages in the reconstruction of the present 'Chaithya', Seruwavila, Sri Lanka.

Photo taken in 1925.

Photo taken in 1929.

Statue of Mudaliyar D.D.Weerasinghe  the layman who headed the project to rehabilitate Seruwavila.