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Okanda Devalaya, Kataragama Padayathra |
Okanda Devalaya, Kataragama Padayathra |
<ul>Okanda Devalaya on a rocky outcrop near the Okanda beach close to the entrance of the Kumana national park is dedicated to Kataragama deity and his wife Valli Amma.<br>
<br>For the devotees from the Northern and Eastern coasts of the country traveling on the annual Kataragama Pada Yathra, Okanda is the last gathering point before entering the unforgiving jungles of Kumana and then Yala where they would continue their weeks-long walk towards the Kataragama Devalaya. This festival lies in the months of June and July. </ul> |
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Nagadeepa temple, Nagapooshani amman kovil |
Nagadeepa temple, Nagapooshani amman kovil |
<ul>Nagadeepa or Nainativu is one of the smallest inhabited islands in the country. Nainativu is the 4 island on the Palk Strait towards India. The first three, Kayts, Karaitivu, and Punkudutiv join up with the mainland by causeways. A ferry service started at the Kurikadduwan jetty on Punkudutivu Island for Nainativu every 30 minutes.<br>
<br>The Buddhist and the Hindu temples on the island venerated by Buddhists and Hindus, the most. Nagadeepa is the place where Lord Buddha came during his second visit to Sri Lanka. Therefore Nagadeepa temple is one holiest Buddhist sites in Sri Lanka. The Nagapooshani Amman kovil in Nainativu is one of 64 Shakthi Peethams, a shrine dedicated to Shakthi, the Hindu goddess of power.</ul> |
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Duwa passion play |
Duwa passion play |
<ul> Duwa passion play is onstage in Good Friday at the small island of Duwa in Negombo. It is the oldest and best known catholic pageant in Sri Lanka. This passion play has a history of around 400 years. If you in Negombo, it is a great event to witness. |
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Ratnapura Saman Devalaya, Saman Devala Perahera |
Ratnapura Saman Devalaya, Saman Devala Perahera |
<ul>Ratnapura Saman Devalaya one of the most venerated temples in Sri Lanka has located 4 km west of Ratnapura. This shrine is dedicated to the deity “Saman” who is the presiding deity of the Sri Pada (Adam's Peak) Mountain.<br>
<br>Annual Ratnapura Maha Saman Devala Esala Perahera held between August and September brings alive the longstanding traditions that have remained on for many centuries like Kandy Esala Perahera.
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Navam Perahera, Gangarama temple |
Navam Perahera, Gangarama temple |
<ul>Gangarama temple Navam Perahera is the vibrant and ebullient Buddhist festival in Colombo. It is held in full moon Poya day and day prior to the Poya day of the month of February. The communities belong to all faiths and the races are actively participate in this festival.
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Kelaniya Temple, Soliyas Mendis, Duruthu Perahera |
Kelaniya Temple, Soliyas Mendis, Duruthu Perahera |
<ul><p> Kelaniya temple is one of the most venerated temples in Sri Lanka. It was visited by Lord Buddha during his 3rd visit to Sri Lanka. According to the chronicles, Kelaniya Stupa was built enshrined in a gem-studded throne on which the Buddha sat and preached. <br>
<br>Soliyas Mendis, an artist with extraordinary talent in the modern era, has decorated the ceiling of the Kelaniya temple. It has depicted important events of the Buddha's life, stories of previous lives of Lord Buddha, and Sri Lankan Buddhist history. These temple paintings are considered to be the best temple paintings after the Kandyan era.
</p><p><br>Kelaniya temple Duruthu Maha Perahera, a glorious cultural procession celebrates during the month of January is a unique experience that you can have in Sri Lanka.
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Kataragama temple |
Kataragama temple |
<ul>Kataragama is a pilgrimage town famous not only Sri Lanka but also South India. That is due to the Kataragama temple was dedicated to Murugan or Kataragama Deviyo. Kirivehera stupa built in 6th century BC is adjoining to the Kataragama temple.</br>
The Esala Perahera in Kataragama is a colorful event in the month of July. Most interesting events in the festival are the processions that occur in festival period nights with fascinating and colourful cultural dances and age-old rituals, music and dressed up the elephant and the fire walking ceremony.</br>
<br>During the fire walking ceremony devotees were walking through a bed of tamarind firewood lit and embers glow red and gold. It is said that those of the purest faith never get burned.
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Adam's Peak, (Sripada) hike |
Adam's Peak, (Sripada) hike |
<ul>Adam's Peak has located in the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve, 32 km southwest of Hatton. Adam’s Peak is the 4th highest mountain in Sri Lanka with a height of 2,243 m. It is named "Sripada" by the Sri Lankans. It has also called "Samanala Kanda" or Butterfly Mountain because of the long flights of butterflies that are fly towards the summit of the mountain during their annual migrations on the months of March and April.<br>
<br>Adam's Peak is a highly venerated pilgrimage site for Sri Lankans. The oversized footprint carved in stone at the summit of the peak is the most important and most venerated item in Adam's Peak. However, the religious significance of Adam’s Peak greatly depends on who you are? If you are a <br>
<br><b>Buddhists</b> – considered the footprint is the left foot of Buddha<br>
<br><b>Hindus</b> – considered the footprint belongs, Lord Shiva<br>
<br><b>Muslims & Christians</b> – considered as the first step of Adam after being exiled from the Garden of Eden<br>
<br>Whatever your belief, start walking up to the peak at midnight. Because you will be at the summit in the morning. Witnessing the sunrise in the morning is nothing short of spectacular. Sri Lankan's are calling it "Ira Sewaya"<br>
<br>There are six trails to the Sripada summit. That includes the more renowned:<br>
<br>Hatton – Nallathanni trail,
<br>Rathnapura – Palabattala trail and
<br>Kuruwita – Erathna trail<br>
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<br>Deraniyagala - Uda Maliboda trail,
<br>Murraywatte - Rajamale - Sandagalathenna trail, and
<br>Hapugastenne - Mookuwatte trail
All of which is more of just footpaths in the jungle. </ul> |
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