Carnival at Galle, Sri Lanka

Gangarama temple is a center of Sri Lanka’s Buddhist culture and learning. Located at the center of Sri Lanka’s capital city Colombo, it is also popular with youth. Sundays see more visitors but you will get to see a more vibrant atmosphere there. If you would like to see the rituals visit in the morning…

Mount Lavinia is a suburb of Colombo and probably has the longest white sand beach near to Colombo. It is probably the best place to watch sunset and bath in Colombo. On 1st Jan 2014 I was there along with two other friends. We reached the beach by 5.25 pm and sunset happened around 6…

2014 new year’s eve was the first time when I celebrated new year’s eve and welcomed new year on a foreign land. 2013 year end I was on a trip to Sri Lanka (India’s island neighbour) and this was part of that plan. After special crab dinner at Ministry of Crab, we headed to Galle…

Galle is the center of Dutch colonization and heritage in Sri Lanka. It is also the district headquarters of Galle district and the administrative capital of the Southern province. Located around 119 km from Colombo, it takes around 3 hours to reach here. However, if one takes the southern expressway, it takes much lesser time….

During my visit to Bahiravokanda Vihara Buddha statue in Kandy, I encountered a very interesting dog. Like in evening we typically go to the balcony or terrace of our house to gaze outside, this dog had an uncanny knack of doing the same. The Buddha statue is located up on a hill and gives a…

On a hot afternoon after we finished watching Gangarama temple, we went to the National museum. From the entrance we could see the welcoming white colonial structure. The museum was founded by the then British governor of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), Sir William Henry Gregory in 1877. As we walked inside we saw a Buddha…