Showing posts with label Avissawella. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Avissawella. Show all posts
Saturday, October 10, 2015
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Friday, June 12, 2015
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Wesak lighting at the 'Manikkawaththe Pansala', Avissawella, Sri Lanka.
Wesak is a day celebrated as the day of Birth, Enlightenment and demise - Parinibbana - of Lord Buddha, in present Sri Lanka. This is a festival of lights where coconut oil lamps, candle lit paper lanterns of a few decades ago is replaced by electric lights now. The above pictures depict a 'Pansala'- Buddhist temple - illumined by lights on a Wesak week.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
'Murthy Thorana', and traditional 'Thorana', Kudagama, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.
A Wesak 'Thorana' depicts a 'Jataka' (birth) story of Lord Buddha. This is usually composed of pictures drawn and numbered in series on a bill-board like structure. This is adorned with electric lights.
A 'Moorthy Thorana' does the same thing but instead of drawings the story is depicted by figures made out of clay. This was seen by us for the first time at Avissawella, this Wesak.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Chillie plant, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.
The Chillie plant was native to South America. It was brought to Sri Lanka by the Portuguese in the 16th century AD. Even now a pungent variety of this plant is called 'Kochchi miris' in Sinhalese and 'Kochchikkkai' in Tamil. This recalls the time when it was brought from Cochin, South India a former Portuguese enclave.
Black pepper which was exported from Sri Lanka for more than 2000 years was native to Sri Lanka and is called 'Gammiris' - Gamey miris - in Sinhalese meaning the local variety.
Chillie has 'capsicaine' and is used in ointments as a counter irritant, to relieve pain.
Monday, April 20, 2015
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Saturday, March 28, 2015
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