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| Peter & Jackie Main | profile | all galleries >> World Galleries >> Asia >> Sri Lanka >> Kandy | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Kandy Lake... |
 ...created in 1807 by Sri Wickrama Rajasinha... |
 ...the last ruler of the kingdom of Kandy |
 Queen's Bath |
 Queen's Bath |
 Queen's Bath |
 Fish near the bathhouse |
 We walk all around the lake |
 Kandy Lake |
 Unusual features... |
 ...on these birds |
 View towards the lake and the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic |
 View to the Queen's Bathhouse |
 Kandy Lake |
 Central island used for the king's harem |
 Cormorant |
 Queens Hotel |
 Malwatte Maha Vihara |
 Clock Tower |
 Clock Tower |
 Cultural Show - ceremonial drummers |
 Puja Natuma - offerings of their dancing skills to the Guardian Deities |
 Spinning 'plates' |
 Spinning 'plates' |
 Naga Gurulu |
 Naga Gurulu |
 Ves Natuma - 64 ornaments complete the dress, symbolising rays of the sun |
 Comedy pair |
 Ves Natuma dancers |
 The ensemble |
 The ensemble |
 The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic |
 The Octagon |
 The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic |
 The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic |
 Puja - drummers playing |
 The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic |
 Friday crowds to give their offerings |
 We go up the stairs to reach the central room of the shrine |
 Offerings |
 We approach the central shrine, we see the golden casket that holds the sacred tooth (no photos) |
 They close the doors to the shrine |
 Offerings |
 The shrine is flanked by elephant tusks |
 A picture of the golden casket (a series of six dagobas of diminishing size) |
 Pallemale Viharaya |
 People pass through this... |
 ...beautifully... |
 ...painted... |
 ...room... |
 ...on their way to give their offerings |
 Ornate door |
 Carving around a door |
 Natha Devale |
 Natha Devale |
 Natha Devale |
 Bodhi tree |
 Natha Devale |
 Natha Devale |
 St Paul's Church |
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