A view from the Southern expressway, Sri Lanka.

A mud track going through a paddy feld to a coconut plantation.

Lunch at a wedding reception, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The 'Head Table'

Guests

Pine-apples grown in a coconut plantation, Wedagama, Off Pugoda, Sri Lanka.

Dual cropping of coconut and pine-apples brings a tidy profit in present Sri Lanka.

Consultation rooms and pharmacies at Wedagama, off Pugoda, Sri Lanka.

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.