Showing posts with label Kadugannawa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kadugannawa. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Railway museum, Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

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Tower built by the British  at Kadugannawa to remember Dawson who supervised the building of the roadway to the then inaccessible capital...
Monday, July 6, 2015

At the Railway Museum, Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

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Sunday, July 5, 2015

The steam locomotive, the 'Engine Driver'- Vigna and the controls in the locomotive, Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

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Saturday, July 4, 2015

Exhibts at the Railway Museum, Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

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Platform lamp.
Friday, July 3, 2015

At the National Railway Museum, Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

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Saturday, May 18, 2013

The Kadugannawa 'tunnel' and its environs, Sri Lanka.

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The road by-passing the old 'tunnel'. The old 'tunnel' created by the British. A small rivulet by the highway. ...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

The valley below Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

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This would have been the view presented to the warriors of the Kandyan Kingdom in late 15th to the early 17th century. The soldiers advanci...
Friday, December 4, 2009

'Ambalama' - 'Ambalam', Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

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On the climb to Kadugannawa from Mawanalla, there was an old building. This was labelled as 'Ambalama'. An 'Ambalam' is a ...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Waterfall - bathing spot, Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

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Upto the 1980s the climb to Kadugannawa had only one tea-shop and a waterfall as a bathing spot. I have stopped there in my Fiat Millicen...
Saturday, October 17, 2009

'Bathalagala' - 'Bible rock' seen in the afternoon, Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

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The rocky mountain gave the impression of a bible to the conquring British. They called it 'Bible-rock'. The local name for it was ...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

'Chaitya' on a rock, seen from Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

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Looking across the valley from the ascent to Kadugannawa on the Colombo road (A1), one sees the 'Bathalagala - Bible rock'. Below th...