Sights at 'Katharagama/Kathirkaamam', Sri Lanka.

Crossing the bridge over the sacred river.

Devotees lining up for the '
Pooja' with their tray of offerings of fresh fruit.

The entrance to the temple of Lord Muruga.

Environs of 'Menik Ganga' S, 'Maanikka kangai' T, Sri Lanka.

Click on the web-link below to watch a video of snapshots taken at Katharagama:-

http://youtu.be/IlOpCh3kNVY

Entering Katharagama from the Sithulpawwa side, Sri Lanka.

A dear tree as an ornament.

A Buddhist monastery complex.

Just outside Katharagama.

Inside Katharagama.

Sights on entry from Tissa end, stay the night at Sithulpawwa and exit via Katharagama. Please click on web-link below:-

http://youtu.be/oa6DgzRnCEw

Sithulpawwa to Katharagama, Sri Lanka.

Sights, Sithulpawwa, Sri .Lanka

Ruins of an ancient building.

The beauty of a tree.

A family of Elks ( 'Goena' S - 'Marai' T) roaming free in the monastery.

Sights at Sithulpawwa, Sri Lanka.

An old 'Chathya'.

Ruins of a long gone era looking back over millenia.

Squirrel foraging.

Sights of Sithulpawwa, Sri Lanka.

A sylvan pool.

Sunrise.

The beauty of a vine.

Distant hill an adobe of  Buddhist meditators and 'Arahants' in the past for millennia.

Sithulpawwa as a Buddhist monastery dates back 2200 years before the present era. Even now elephants, leopards, bears and wild buffaloas roam the area.