New year festival in Nuwaraeliya

Most fabulous climate begin in Nuwaraeliya with dawn of April, blossoming flower and varies kind of fruit makes your mouth watering , among them strawberry, butter fruit, banana  ect ,. Even though little England (Nuwareliya) very famous for tea  for the April nice festive season for outsiders and visitors. many people relaxing and enjoy with atmosphere around the city . Haggala  8 km away from nuwareliya town having a marvelous flower garden . i hope it attracted eyes of the various visitors from outside and foreign visitors  as well. Here i expose few photos which my camera caught . Join with me for a round tour in sri lanka

       

 Claudia from German she is a executive computer programmer

Sinhalese and Tamil new year custom and culture

                                           NEW YEAR FESTIVAL



April new year festival in Nuwaraeliya

April is a month   for the sri lankan people who highly celebrate it not only Sinhalese people but Tamil people also enjoy it , when you make a round tour around the country , one could see how people even children and all enjoy with the new year time specially on 13 and 14 , according to the auspicious time gent and ladies follow the activities that are descending from  their ancestors. Last bath for old year , clearing house , making a fire for new year rice (kiribath) , eating together with their family , transaction money , giving cloth for their elders , oil anointment , leaving for the job all thing done according to the auspicious time.

I here  show you one photo that asking for the new year prince to come to their home and eat their food offer by the head of the family (invisible prince ) , among villagers having that sense new year prince will come to their home and accepted their food and bless them. In addition to this there are many event could be seen on villages. it is really impressive and enchanting as those predominantly hang on it their tradition and culture .  

 Inviting prince to their premises and taste their novel food

 setting up a fire for new custom

 look close to the food which offer for the new year prince

         

Dambulla cave temple

Here the third day of the tour 2024.04.18 , on our way to Kandy never forget to visit golden temple in (cave temple ) history goes back to first century .Best preserve paintings with statue . I hope king Walagmba and Nissankamalla who patronage for this place and there many clues that during the kandy regime renovate this enchanting place ,      

  Monk and people ready for pirith chanting activity as there were long drought season prevailing in dambulla and north aria , people have great belief that when chanting held definitely get the rain , proving that heavy rain experience by those arias .

Here are people decorate the vehicle with banana plant with many fruits hanging around . The having a sentiment that god will attract to the smell of fruit . God will happy   when you invoke  blessing  with prith chanting  so that they bless . any how finishing with drought seasons more rain to be experienced .

Vehicle to be decorated for pirith chanting

monks who preparing for the pirith chanting

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              NEW TOUR WITH GERMAN TWO LADY STARTED ON  16.04.2014


    Mis   CLAUDIA    LADY FROM GERMANY VISITED SRI LANKA MADE A TOUR WITH DAYAN CHINTHAKA  AROUN SRI LANKA , HERE I ATTACHED SOME OF THE VIEW AND PICTURE OF THE TOUR ,

Starting from Beruwala led to the Dambulla , our frist destination was hotel Sadadiya very close to Sigiriya , as we all know Sigiriya is a well know world heritage city implies that the skill of architecture of our ancestors, being two days in Dambulla we enterd the Polonnaruw  second kingdom of  sri lanka formed by a great king Parakkarabahu the great.


                            Sigiriya one of the entering  gate

Pidurangala rock temple an Sigiriya  rock looks on at the Talkote lake 

new out look of a Polonnaruwa rest house  (renovated adding few rooms)

 king Prakkramabahu palace

 Audience hall

 Hatadage

 lankathilaka image house

Galvihara standing statue

lotus flower pond

once we finished the polonnaruwa ancient cite ,feeling hungry and moved up to the "katukitula " restaurant near by , they offered us sri lankan oriented food , our guest are really satisfied wit their food , hope they will get more client attraction in due course ,

Deepa uyana " close to the restaurant, highly attractable

This t wo at the  left side of the Polonnaruwa rest house

sigiriya rock

   hope you join with us to see more info in next tour