Special Feature — THE FORGOTTEN TEMPLE: Dakkinagiriya & the Other Kaludiya Pokuna

A thousand-year-old ‘mountain monastery’, lost in the Kaludiya Pokuna Forest, east of Dambulla; forgotten by the tour guides, and seemingly by time itself. For the visitor seeking something literally off the beaten track, the Dakkinagiri Viharaya is an intriguing but serene detour away from the well-trodden sites of Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle.”

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The stupa of the 9th century Dakkinagiri Viharaya, with Erawalgala behind it.
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Special Feature — The Devil’s Staircase: Travels on the Kalupahana-Ohiya Road

To call the route connecting Kalupahana to Ohiya a road is quite generous. What it is, is an adventure. Whether you are tough enough to walk its length or mad enough to drive it, this is a journey every adventurer should take.”

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Sometimes the Devil’s Staircase feels like the edge of Heaven.
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Special Feature — Mysteries in the Jungle: the Batatotalena Cave Temple

Current belief is that Batatotalena is the Divaguhawa of legend, though the argument on its authenticity goes on.

The characteristic triangular shape of an arch cave can be clearly seen at the mouth of Batatotalena.
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Interwoven

Dumbara Weaver, Thalagune, Sri Lanka #4 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com
The hands of YG Premachandra, at his loom, in his workshop, where he has spent the last forty years, in the little village of Thalagune, in the remote Dumbaragama Valley, in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka. My story, “The Last Royal Weavers”, ran in the July 2017 issue of Serendib, the inflight magazine of SriLankan Airlines.

The Steep Road Ahead

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A Buddhist monk walks meditatively along a footpath through the rain forest around the Madakada Aranya Senasanaya, a monastery where monks meditate in caves in the hillside. Shot on assignment for Serendib, the inflight magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines. My photo story, Jungle Streams and Trails in Ingiriya, ran in the December 2017 issue.
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Barbs & Pleas

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Devotees pray at the Ruwanwelisaya in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
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Tank & Temple #5

Dawn touches with its first light the sky over the Basawakkulama tank and the floodlit Ruwanwelisaya.
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Tea & Vegetables

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Tea plantation workers’ “line house”, surrounded by the tea and vegetable fields that sustain them. 
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Unloading at Donkey Point

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Kite surfers get ready for a morning on the waves of Kalpitiya, on the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka.
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River House, Bentota

Dutch Style House on the Bentara River, Sri Lanka by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com
Shot on assignment for Serendib, the inflight magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines. My photo story, Eternal Bentota, ran in the November 2016 issue.
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