Airborne metal detector, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

? Air-borne metal detector over Avissawella, seen 29th and 30th September 2017.

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Morning scene, NHSL, Sri Lanka.

Life in Ceylon 1850s

‘Royal Mail Coaches took passengers in ten or eleven hours to Kandy or Galla from Colombo, and an ordinary Mail Coach from Colombo to Negombo in three hours. The fare to Kandy or Galle was '£2'. 10. 0, and to Negombo12 Shillings. A single horse Mail Coach ran botween Kurunagala to and Ambepussa, charging 15 shillings' for each passenger. English mails-were brought to Galle by steamers which arrived twice in each month. The postage on letters was a penny per half ounce, and on newspapers a half penny. No limit of weight is set for newspapers, and obviously no limit was needed, as none of them was as large as our newspapers are now. lt is interesting to note that even in 1859, the Inland Tappal rates of postage were extended to India. But it took 18 days for a letter to reach Calcutta, 15 days to Bombay, and 7 days for Madras. A letter to England via Southampton cost sixpence per half ounce; via Marseilles 9d. per quarter ounce, and a shilling per half ounce. There. was Telegraph communication between Ceylon and India. The Inland charges were according to distances, two shillings for a " single distance." A single distance was taken as 100 miles or any distance less’,

http://thedutchburgherunion.org/journals/vol_21_%2060/JDBU%20Vol%2024%20No%201%20-%201934(1).pdf

CoMSAA get together, Jetwing Beach Hotel, Negombo, October 2017

Life in the 1950s in Sri Lanka.

Photos taken with a box camera in the 1950s. Village children of Handapangoda, Wellawaya, at a school sports meet in Wellawaya, touring the Island on Vespa scooters and 'Mini skirt' fashion in Puwakpitiya, Sri Lanka.

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1950 photos, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Photos of Anuradhapura taken in the 1950s by Mr. Jayaratne of Puwakpitiya. Isurumuniya temple , 'The lovers' carving 'in situ'. 'Naga pokuna Mihinthhale', ?Abeyagiri. What beauty more than 1500 years old.

'Naga Pokuna' Mihinthale, Sri Lanka

Isurumuniya temple

'The lovers' - Stone carving, Isurummuniya. Sri Lanka

Stupa ?Abeyagiri in the 1950s

Artisans' work at the 'Dalada Maligawa', Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Decorated pillars, Dalada Maligawa, Kandy, Sri Lanka. The work of artisans residing in the Kandyan Kingdom. 1. 'Naari-latha' - A mythological creeper supposed to grow in the Himalayas.The flowers from this creeper depict all the beauty and allure of a damsel. They are supposed to draw away the men who perform 'Tapas' in the Himalayas, by their beauty.
2. 'Et-kanda-lihiniya - A mythological bird said to be capable of carrying off an elephant and eating it.
3. 'Simha' - A lion
4. ? Boar.
5. ? Lotus.
6 & 7 'Inverted Lotus' on the top of pillars