'Naathaswaram' and 'Thavil', Muththumari Amman Temple, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

End of the 'fire-walking' a performance of Carnatic music at the exit.

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Orchid flowers, home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Reception at the end of the 'fire-walk', Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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'Fire-walking', 'Muthumari Amman Temple, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Spreading the hot embers.

The entrance side with milk in a rectangular shaped ditch.

The Idol of the Diety - 'Muthumari Amman' - looking over the performance.

The start of the fire-walking by a devotee.

The fire-walking.

Dipping the feet in a mixture of cow-dung and saffron after the fire-walking.

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Colour, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Wild flowers, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Clay figures of a threshing site, Buthpitiya, Sri Lanka.

On the road from Wathurugama to Gampaha, I saw these life-like clay figures of a threshing floor, in the centre of a paddy field.