I encountered this scene a short drive from the city of Kurunegala in central Sri Lanka. My family and I were sitting in the van on our journey to Dambulla when we encountered men offloading piles of coconuts, while the ruggedly weathered man nimbly sheds husks off the drupes that surround him.
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So I was just casually surfing the net, checking out non-serious news on my day off from work. Dealing with world news, albeit in picture format, makes me reluctant to surf anything but casual quirky reads. I was going about reading Jezebel, a blog known for its feminist content, when I chanced upon an entry on a […]
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Interior of Cave Temple
One of the small caves of five at the Dambulla Cave Temple. Much wear and tear is apparent on the wall paintings and Buddha statues, but the interiors still look amazing. The climb up Dambulla rock may not be that easy, but it’s a well-worth effort.
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Chary Vanette
There was hardly any space left to squeeze past the van at the back alley in Pinnawela, Sri Lanka. Honestly I wasn’t expecting any back alley traffic. It was after all a quiet part of day in the village. Looks like any road’s a road here. Nice to see a Datsun Vanette from the 80s […]
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The Prayer
A Buddhist devotee prays in front of a granite carving of the Meditating Buddha at the Gal Vihara in the ruins of the ancient city of Polonnaruwa. The carving is one of four depictions of Buddha sculpted out from a single giant granite rock. This has got to be one of the most amazing rock […]
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Polonnaruwa Vatadage
The Polonnaruwa Vatadage is an ancient temple built by King Parakrambahu I to house the tooth relic of Buddha. This is what’s left of the building. The Buddha tooth relic is currently housed at the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy.
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Muragala
A muragala (guard stone) is seen at the Polonnaruwa Vatadage, which is an ancient temple built by King Parakrambahu I to house the tooth relic of Buddha. Specifically, this is the Naga-raja (cobra-king) guard stone. It is a popular local belief (more likely Buddhist-influenced) that people die and reincarnate as cobras to safeguard their treasures […]
The majestic Asian elephant crosses the Ma Oya river during morning bath time. The waters of the river are rather rough though, but the elephants take it in the stride like a walk in the park.
I wonder what sort of relationship these three elephants share… I was at the Pinnewela Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka looking at the elephants taking their morning bath by the Ma Oya river. I was here a long time ago, when I was a kid. The memories back there were hazy… But now that I’m […]