'Katina Pinkama' Perahera, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

During the three  months of 'Vaes Kaley' - rainy season, the Theravada Buddhist monks remain in their residences. During this period the laymen supply them with all necessities. At the end of the three months, the laymen organize a Perahera to signify the end of the 'Katina' period. The word 'Katina' means difficult. A Tamil equivalent is 'Kadhinam'. I took the above photos of a 'Katina Perahera' dong the rounds of our village in Avissawella, at 4am.

Sun-bird, Parakeet and an Orchid flower, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Sights on a misty morning.

Butterflies, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Sights, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

An old 'betel shop', Aswaththe, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A village road after heavy rains, Avissawella.

Unroasted 'Kadju' kernels on sale by the roadside, Aandiambalama, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Cadju grown in Chilaw and marketed by the roadside, this youth seems quite prosperous.

Well-dressed monkey, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Sights at the Maniccawaththe Pansala, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Morning fog, Maniccawaththe, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Flower in bloom and ripe King Coconuts, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

One of the signs of feminine beauty in Sri Lanka, is to have the skin color, like that of the 'Ran Thambili' - Sinhalese for a King Coconut.

Welcome song for the Bride-groom and the couple on the 'Magul Poruwa', Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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A Sqirrel and a Garden Lizard, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Inside the 'Seethawaka Botanical Gardens', Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Scenes from the Seethawaka Botanical Gardens, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Seethawaka Botanical Gardens, Illukkovita, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

At the Seethawaka Botanical Gardens, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Just inside the entrance, of the 'Seethawaaka Wet Zone Botanic Gardens', Illukovita, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Having an extent of 106 Acres, this is  a very amazing site to visit. It is 6Km on the Thummodara road from Puwakpitiya. 

Lunch at a wedding reception, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The 'Head Table'

Guests

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.