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SLIDE-SHOWS about SRI LANKA 

(2014)

 

1. kolombo – Budda temples: 

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Gangarama vihara with eclecticism of 

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buddas in differents styles and hindu gods; 

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Simamalakka on the Beira Lake; 

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Kelania with famous old fresques; 

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Hindu temple Katikaram with gopurams in southern Hindu style;

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Mount Lavinia - best beach near Colombo

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.slide-show:  https://yadi.sk/d/3kWypbK2fXr2P  

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.                   2. "Lion rock" Sigiria, with entrance as lion paws, where palaces were;

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.                                  Ruins of Pollonaruwa, the capital of the XII century:  

.                       stupas,  Budda statues,  lotus ponds and columns;  a workshop of carving   

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slide-show: https://yadi.sk/d/OhAxq_lVfXr4K

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.          3. Rock temples – Buddist caves of Dambulla (1 century B.C.) and Aluvihara

.                           where the buddist canon "Tripitaka" and "Dhammapada" were created

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4. KANDI: temple of Budda teeth, famous botanic garden of Perudenia; village of veddas tribe;

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.                            Mountains with tea fields (views from the train Kandi-Ella); 

.      Hindu center of Kataragama with temples of elephant Ganesh and southern hindu 

.        god Murugan (which symbol is a peacock); Budda temples of Tissa and Hambantota

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                 slide-show:  https://yadi.sk/d/L-DB7_WEfXrMg

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.                   TRICOMALLEE  – on the eastern coast: sand beaches with fishmen boats;

temples in southern Hindu style with gopurams; Koneswaram temple on the rock; deers near Budda temple 

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.                                      6. Southern beaches of Sri Lanka: 

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MATARA (Budda temple on an island); TANGALLA (picturesque bays of beach Goyambokka);

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.                                             MIRISSA (with a wild beach);

 

    

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. DIKWELLE - the highest statue of Budda, from the head of which there is a view; 

.             sand beaches with rocks, crabs, sea hedghogs and big turtles, 

.  Blow Hole between Tangalla and Dikwelle – fountain of waves between rocks

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.                         slide-show: https://yadi.sk/d/X9B_wTEKfXrrD

 

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