A lily pond

A pond to grow water lilies made by tapping a stream, close to a house, at Alupola, Sri Lanka.

A mountain stream, Alupola.

A peaceful mountain stream where all the cares and worries of a rushed life could be shed. One could listen to the sound of running water and feel the cool breeze on the body and be transported to another world where time stands still.

'Natha Devale, Kandy.

The archeological excavations around the 'Maligawa Complex' in Kandy has found evidence of worship at the Natha Devale site from the early Centuries of the Present Era. This is a picture of the 'Natha Dewale' as seen from the 'Dalda Maligawa'. Natha, Vishnu, Skanda and Vinayaga have temples for worship in Kandy from very early times, predating the Dalada Maligawa.

Flower offerings at the temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.

A picture I took of flower offerings at the 'mal aasana' in front of the repository of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Tea factory and workers settlement, Wewalwaththe, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

A beautiful view of the tea factory and workers settlements at Wewalwaththe, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka. I took this picture from the Alupola - Balakotunna, road at about 3 pm.

'The Audience Hall', Kandy.

This building is the 'Audience Hall' of the last King of Kandy. The King received ambassadors to the court in this building. The Kandyan Convention ceding the Kandyan Kingdom to the British was signed here. In the 1960s the Supreme Court held its sessions here. Now it is a protected site.

On the road to Nawalapitiya from Ginigathena, Sri Lanka.

I took this picture on the well paved road from Nawalapitiya from Ginigathena. The distant hills crowded in mist about 8.30am was a beautiful sight.