Sri Lanka is a beautiful island nation situated in the Indian Ocean, to the South East shores of India. A lot of similarities can be observed in the live styles of the people dwelling the southern part of India and Sri Lanka. If you are willing to visit this place, you will come to know about the various oddities followed here. Sri Lanka is a multi-religious and multi-ethnic nation, 70 percent of the people living here follow Buddhism.
Due to the natural beauty of this country, Sri Lanka is regarded as the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’. This country has gained independence a short while ago, still it has been able to develop a strong economy and has made tremendous improvement in its conditions. Even more 92 percent of people in this country are literate, so if you have any plans of visiting this place you will not need to worry about the language. It is the country with the highest per capita income in South Asia. The fertile land found in this country is used for cultivation of various spices and the most important export item is tea. Various tourist destinations situated here are meant for attracting huge number of visitors.
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Here we have displayed some of the most interesting photos of Sri Lanka. If you like this article, please do post your comments.
Sri Lankan beach in Colombo
A myriad of Sri Lankans gather at Galle Face beach in Colombo to take a walk, watch the sun descend over the Indian Ocean, and wash their feet in the waves. “There is lots of color,” says photographer Palani Mohan. “There are children screaming, young lovers holding hands, people flying kites. The whole place is full of activity.”
Photograph by Palani Mohan
Sri Lanka
Nice saturation and sepia treatment. I believe this is from the top of the Sigiriya rock. Well captured!
Photograph by YoTuT
Buddhism in Sri Lanka
There was beautiful light pouring through a nearby window, and hardly anyone was there,” says Mohan of this scene in Mihintale, a sacred mountain pilgrimage site. “I remember wondering why there weren’t thousands of tourists here. It was such a special place.” Today Mihintale is considered the cradle of Buddhism in Sri Lanka with its many temples and lodgings for monks as well as ancient remains of stone steps, a stupa built in the first century A.D., a Lion Bath, and stone ponds built in the first century A.D.
Photograph by Palani Mohan
Galle, Sri lanka
women selling flowers
I was driving through Kalutara and saw a row of 20 women selling flowers to the people going into the temple,” says Mohan. “The driver told me that people go back to buy from the same woman every time.” In Sri Lanka, water lilies, lotuses, and frangipani are popular offerings at Buddhist temples.
Photograph by Palani Mohan
Sri Lanka – Polonnaruwa
The second most ancient of Sri Lanka’s kingdoms,(Sinhalese – Tamil) was first declared the capital city by King Vijayabahu I, who defeated the Chola invaders in 1070 AD to reunite the country once more under a local leader.
Photograph by Massimo De Nino
100 year old clock towe
A 100-year-old clock tower rises from the center of Colombo, “a great small city by the ocean,” says Mohan. The tower is a symbol of the city’s Old World charm. Rapid growth is changing the face of the colonial city with skyscrapers rising next to early British-built buildings.
Photograph by Palani Mohan
Polonnaruwa
Today the ancient city of Polonnaruwa remains one of the best planned Archeological relic sites in the country, standing testimony to the discipline and greatness of the Kingdom’s first rulers. Its beauty was also used as a backdrop to filmed scenes for the Duran Duran music video Save a Prayer in 1982. The ancient city of Polonnaruwa has been declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
Photograph by Massimo De Nino
women do this every morning
In the early morning a woman sweeps leaves off of the ruins at Polonnaruwa. The former capital of Sri Lanka was long deserted and revived in modern times. “The women do this every morning,” says Mohan. “Slowly walking around sweeping the fallen leaves and talking as they work.”
Photograph by Palani Mohan
Sri Lanka sunset
Sri Lanka sunset 2003
Photograph by s_st
Sri Lanka Elephant
Elephants are very hard to photograph in a lot of ways,” says Mohan. “They really make you work for the image.” Mohan took this photograph from a Sri Lankan restaurant that overlooked the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, a 24-acre (9.7-hectare) plot where some 60 elephants are bathed, fed, and protected.
Photograph by Palani Mohan
Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA, Colombo : Buddhist monks and activists of Sri Lanka’s national heritage party stage a peaceful protest over the release of a recent UN report accusing the country of war crimes, in Colombo on May 3, 2011. Sri Lanka’s president poured scorn on the United Nations over the report which alleged that his military forces may have been guilty of atrocities during the island’s civil war. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES
Photograph by Jones-ed
roadside Ganeshas found in Sri Lanka
There are hundreds of roadside Ganeshas found in Sri Lanka, according to Mohan. This elephant-headed deity is the god of knowledge and the remover of obstacles, and one of Hinduism’s best known and venerated representations of god. “These shrines are literally everywhere,” says Mohan. “It’s just another place of worship.”
Photograph by Palani Mohan
Stilt Fishermen in Sri Lanka
Stilt Fishermen in Sri Lanka
Photograph by stevefenech
