Trinkets for sale, Katharagama

The devotees who come to Katharagama are greeted by a host of small shops selling trinkets. I took this picture inside one of the shops at night.

Bird Island

The island in the Tissa Wewa at Tissa, Sri Lanka is a nesting place for egrets and cormorants. I took the closeup from a boat.

Under the greenery, Embilipitiya.

A village mud-track at Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka, bordering a water way. A welcome place for a bath and a picnic lunch.

Fruits for 'Puja'

A  roadside sales point for sale of fruits to make a 'Puja vattiya', for offering to the Gods at the Katharagama shrine. This was on the Tissa - Katharagama road.

The top of 'Kathiramalai' - 'Vedihitikanda'

The top of Kathiramalai - Vedihitikanda as seen on June 2011 from the road to Tissa.

Pleasure boats on Tissa Wewa.

Pleasure boat rides on Tissa Wewa, at Tissa, Sri Lanka are a must for any tourist.

Working a paddy field

Long stretches of paddy fields line the roadside from Tangalle to Hambanthota, Sri Lanka. You see in this picture the paddy field being prepared prior to transplanting the young paddy shoots.