Old 'Ambalama' S, 'Ambalam' T, at Molligoda, Kegalle - Mawanella road, Sri Lanka.

These were put up during the time of the Kandyan Kings nearly 200 years ago. These were resting places for foot sore weary travellers. Note the typical Kandyan roof design and the stone pillars.

'Silambu Palaendheema' - Lighting lamps, Part 5, Maniccawaththe Pansala, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'Silambu Palaendheema' - Lighting lamps, Part 4, Maniccawaththe Pansala, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'Silambu Palaendheema' - The Bodhi Pooja, Part 3, Maniccawaththe Pansala, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Silammbu Palaendeema, on the way to perform 'Bodhi Pooja' - Part 3.

Collecting a pot of water to water the Bodhi tree.

'Silambu palaendheema', Part2, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The official wearing of the dancers anklets at the 'Maanikkawaththe Pansala'.

'Silambu palaendheema', Maniccawaththe Pansala, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.Part 1.

Please click on each of the web-links below to see videos of the action:-

https://youtu.be/B1w5YnuQMtg

https://youtu.be/tnhJm-GTymc

 Students in a dancing class, learning 'Sinhala Natum' - Sinhalese dances, have a graduation ceremony. At this the anklets - 'Halamba' S, 'Silambu' T, are ceremonially tied. This is a religious ceremony. I took these pictures at such a ceremony at the Maniccawaththe Pansala, Avissawella on the 22nd March 2015.

Welcome bouquet for a guest, Lions Club meeting of Avissawella Sithawaka, Sri Lanka.

Reflections, off Brandigampola, Sri Lanka.

Village roads, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Evening sky, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A helicopter in the morning sky, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

This s a relatively rare sight after the change of the President.

Vari-coloured leaves, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Squirrel foraging, home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Please click on the web-link below:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcY3RRfsXsU

Paddy fiields, Athurugiriya, Sri Lanka.

Water Buffalos in a paddy field, Athurugiriya, Sri Lanka.

Egrets in a paddy field, Athurugiriya, Sri Lanka.

Floating Restaurant, Diyathu Uyana, Malabe, Sri Lanka.

A 'Thalagoya' S, 'Udumbu' T - Varanus bengalensis bengalensis, at the Diyatha Uyana, Malabe, Sri Lanka.

“…Thalagoya (1681). Ever since Robert Knox, English writers have often described the thalagoya in relation to the kabaragoya merely because these lizards are by far the largest to be found on the island. As there are many references to the word in English literature pertaining to Sri Lanka, I have passed them on to the OED as historical evidence to enable the editors to determine whether the word merits an entry in the third edition. My suggested definition (which should conform to the revised definition of kabaragoya): "In Sri Lanka, the name given to the land monitor, Varanus bengalensis bengalensis."
The reference by Knox (1681:31) reads: "There is the Tolla guion very much like the former, which is eaten, and reckoned excellent meat. The Chingulays say it is the best sort of flesh; and for this reason, That if you eat other flesh at the same time you eat of this, and have occasion to vomit, you will never vomit out this tho you vomit all the other. This creature eats not carrion, but only lives on herbs; is less of size than the kobbera guion, and blackish, lives in hollow Trees and holes in the Humbosses: And I suppose is the same with that which in the West Indies they call the Guiana."

http://www.lankalibrary.com/wlife/kabara.htm

'The Waters Edge Hotel', seen from 'Diyatha Uyana', Malabe, Sri Lanka.

Resting in the shade, Spotted Deer, Diyatha Uyana, Malabe, Sri Lanka.

Bridge near 'Waters Edge', Malabe, Sri Lanka.

Squirrel enjoying a piece of bread, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Country road and by-lane, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Raindrops decorating a shrub, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

3 wheeler philosophy, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Dragonfly, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.