'Ther' festival, 'Muthu Mari Amman' temple, Kudagama road, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The 'Thiruvilaa' ( 'Thiru'+'Ulaa' meaning 'the sacred perambulation' in Tamil) of the resident diety of a Hindu temple, takes place once an year. The image of the diety is placed on a wooden wheeled carved wooden chariot and is drawn on the main roads in the village. The 'Muththu Mari Amman' temple at Kudagama road, Avissawella, had this function a few days back. In the above two photos you see the female devotees arriving for the festival,  and in the lower photo waiting to give their offerings to the diety.

Home garden, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Old photos, Ceylon.

Old Fort Railway station. See the profusion of British steel used in the construction. Those were the dayus of British Empire.

Steam engine with attached large coal tender for a long haul. Each of these engines had the name of a distinguished  Britisher, emblazoned in large letters on a steel plate, riveted in a prominent place.

A steam-locomotive on the narrow-gauge 'Kelani Valley line', starting at Colombo Fort and ending at Opanayake about 150 Km away.

Roses, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Pet rabbit in a home garden, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Blooming 'Kadapul mal', Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

At 5pm

At 5pm

9pm

9pm

The 'Kadapul mal' as called in Sinhalese, blloms in the early night and spreads an alluring scent. Alas by morning it is faded.

Monkeys at play, Meepe, Sri Lanka.

They play havoc with plantations. Coconut young nuts, rambuttan fruits are targets for pillaging by these wild denizens.