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'Katina Pinkama' Perahera, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.
Young boy riding a decorated bicycle.Fire-dancers and stilt-walkers. Kandyan drummers.Female dancers.Young female dancers.A caprisone baby elephant in the procession.Katina' is a day in the life of a...
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'Katina pinkama perahera', Avissawella, Sri Lanka.
'Stilt-walker' doing a 'fire-dance' 'Fire-dancers'Young dancers with teacher playing the cymbals to keep the rhythm.'Kalagedy - pot - dancers.Click on link below to watch a video...
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Sights at Thanthrimale, Sri Lanka.
The 'Bo tree' and Chaithya.A moat.Thanthrimale goes a long way back in history, more than 2200 years. The sacred branch of the Bo Tree under which Lord Buddha attained Enlightenment, was brought by...
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Paintings inside the 'Budumedura', Thanthrimale, Sri Lanka.
Paintings done over the last few years on the inside walls of the 'Budumedura' depicting scenes from the 'Jathaka tales'. The 'Jathaka tales' relate to the various lives of Lord Buddha before his last...
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Sights at Thantrimale, Sri Lanka.
The 'Banyan tree' at the entrance to the historic site.Flowers for sale to be used in the 'Pooja'.Water lily and lotus flowers.A 'Flame of the forest' in bloom.
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Nellikulama, on the road from Thanthrimale to Anuradhapura.
This is shrub jungle bordering the main road. Foot paths have been made into cleared areas where scenes from incidents in the life of Lord Buddha are depicted as statues.
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Jethavanaramaya and stone artifacts, Sri Lanka.
The Jetavanaramaya (Sinhala:ජේතවනාරාමය) is a stupa, located in the ruins of Jetavana Monastery in the sacred world heritage city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. King Mahasena (273-301 AD) initiated the...
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Artifacts, Jethavanaramaya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
A magical incantation drawn on stone?Engravings on stone for dice games?Vertical etch marks on stone for keeping accounts?Markings on stone for a donation?The seven-headed cobra and dancing girls.The...
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Isurumuniya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
The pond in front of the rock-temple.The rock-temple.Probably only part of the 'Issaramana founded by King Tissa in the 3rd century BC. There is a cave, which must have sheltered monks during the early...
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Sights of Isuruminiya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
The stone stairway leading to the rock temple. Note the decorative 'moon-stone' at the base of the stairway and the 'guard stones' on either side of the beginning of the ascent..The door-frames made of...
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Stone cuttings, Isurumuniya, Sri Lanka.
'Moon-stone' at the start of the stone stairway.Decorated stones guarding the side of the stone stairway.'Among some of the more prominent riddles of Sri Lankan culture, that still remain unresolved,...
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Sights of Isurumuniya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
A monkey and a decorative stone water pot.Designs on a stone balustrade.A 'Bo tree' in the premises as old as the rock temple.'Mal aasana' - table to place flowers at the base of the old Bo tree.Close...
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Isurumuniya sights, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
Inside the rock cave.The museumCleft in the rock where innumerable bats reside.
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Stairways and doorway made of granite, Isurumuniya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
The stairways and doorway leading on to the top of the rock at Isuruminiya.
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Isurumuniya, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
The boulder with the Foot-print on top.The ascent.The Foot-print.View from the top of the boulder
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