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You will never forget its beauty when you visit this paradise island. It is a heaven of mother nature.

15/05/2023

Arugambay - Sri Lanka

Arugam Bay is located in the south-east coast of Sri Lanka. Arugam Bay is world famous tourist destination which has pristine beach and a season for surfing.

15/05/2023

Water Tanks in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
An enthralling scene.

The dry zone of Sri Lanka has hundreds of man-made water tanks that store excess water flowing along the rivers in the monsoon. North-East monsoon provides rainfall only for 3-4 months and the rest of the months are dry season for the dry zone. Hence, from history, Sri Lankan used to build giant tanks to irrigate their agricultural lands. The tank is named “Wewa” in Sinhala and it is profoundly involved with the livelihood of villagers in the dry zone. Apart from irrigating the agricultural lands with Tanks, it provides water for sanitation and drinking. It is a very beautiful scene that wild animals including elephants come to the upper part of the tank for drinking water.

Photography by: Athula Disanayaka

14/05/2023

Water Rafting at the site where " Bridge on the River Kwai was filmed.

Water Rafting is popular adventurous sport in Sri Lanka. These travelers enjoy water rafting at Kithulgala, the place where the world famous British Film maker David Lean filmed his Oscar winning movie “Bridge on the River Kwai” ( 1957), an epic war film. Today it is a tourist hotspot and some small amount of remaining of the bridge can be visible.

13/05/2023

Sun also rises- the magnificent of Tropical Island. Enjoy!

Sun also rises. A new day begins. Sun wakes up people with hope and dreams early in the morning. Sun rays illuminate the whole nature, creating vivid and colorful scenes. Amber colored sun rays stroke white sands on the beach. As a tropical island, sun is most natural, divine and excellent gift for its habitants and everyone visiting this island.

Photography by: Athula Disanayaka
Location: Trincomalee, Haputale, Kalutara, Wakare

12/05/2023

Waterfall creates most elegant scenes in the hill country of Sri Lanka. Enjoy!

The Central Highlands of Sri Lanka is a region that creates extremely charming views. The beautiful waterfalls captivate the eyes of those who visit to sea those waterfalls. The monsoon rains coming from both sides of the island create beautiful waterfalls on the steep slopes in the hill country. Sometimes, with sunlight and foam born from cascading waterfall you will be able to see a stunning rainbow. There are hundreds of waterfalls in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka.

Photography by: Athula Disanayaka

11/05/2023

Girl with the axis dear

This girl is surrounded by a herd of Sri Lankan axis Deer, the animal that mainly found in the forest of dry zone. But as a result of deforestation or any other reason, some small no. of axis deer can be seen in urban area. This herd of axis dear are in the near the walls of historical Fort Fedrick in Trincomalee, a main city of eastern province of Sri Lanka.

Athula Disanayaka
Photography

11/05/2023

Experience morning sun rays in a tropical forest.

11/05/2023

Never forget to eat Sri Lankan Bananas

Sri Lanka is famous for its Tropical fruits. Banana is one of most delicious and popular fruit of Sri Lanka. Reportedly, there are almost 1,000 varieties of bananas in the world, while Sri Lanka has 29 varieties. Sri Lankan bananas are divided into three main groups: the Cavendish, the Kolikuttu, and the Mysore. The banana varieties in each group have different characteristics.There are around 29 varieties of Bananas. You can eat Banana every day of the year. Banana is considered as one of highest calorie fruit. Cultivating banana trees in home garden is a tradition of Sri Lankans.

11/05/2023

The staple foods of Sri Lankan - Rice

The main food of Sri Lankan is rice. Kumbura is the land where farmers cultivate paddy and paddy produce the rice. Sri Lankns used to eat rice for three main meals like breakfast, lunch and the dinner. Paddy fields are in both wet and dry zone of the country. The old and modern irrigation systems in the country water the paddy agricultural lands and some time farmers depend on the monsoon rain. There is a significant culture around the paddy fields. Folklores and poems around the paddy culture have been referring generation to generation. In rural area, farmers use very traditional methods to prepare the land for paddy and to harvest the paddy. The green lands slots paddy fields along the valley are very beautiful scene of the country side. This is a land of paddy in the hill country of Sri Lanka.

11/05/2023

Uva Province (Sinhala: ඌව පළාත, romanized: Uva Paḷāta, Tamil: ஊவா மாகாணம், romanized: Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two districts: Badulla and Moneragala. The provincial capital is Badulla. Uva is bordered by the Eastern, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, and Central provinces. Its major tourist attractions are Dunhinda falls, Diyaluma Falls, Rawana Falls, the Yala National Park (lying partly in the Southern and Eastern Provinces) and Gal Oya National Park (lying partly in the Eastern Province). The Gal Oya hills and the Central mountains are the main uplands, while the Mahaweli (Sinhalese: great-sandy) and Menik (Sinhalese: gemstone) rivers and the huge Senanayake Samudraya and Maduru Oya Reservoirs are the major waterways.

09/05/2023

A Sri Lankan lady in the morning sun light

09/05/2023

The beautiful landscape scenes of Sri Lanka are very beautiful. Sunshine illuminates this island paradise with its elegant shapes and geographical patterns.

08/05/2023

A scene of a tank from the dry zone of Sri Lanka

08/05/2023

British Ceylon (1796–1900)
The British East India Company’s conquest of Sri Lanka, which the British called Ceylon, occurred during the wars of the French Revolution (1792–1801). When the Netherlands came under French control, the British began to move into Sri Lanka from India. The Dutch, after a halfhearted resistance, surrendered the island in 1796. The British had thought the conquest temporary and administered the island from Madras (Chennai) in southern India. The war with France revealed Sri Lanka’s strategic value, however, and the British consequently decided to make their hold on the island permanent. In 1802 Ceylon was made a crown colony, and, by the Treaty of Amiens with France, British possession of maritime Ceylon was confirmed.

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