Esala Perahera
Esala Perahera in Kandy The month-long celebrations of the Kandy Esala Perahera, in specific, has special cultural significance to Buddhists as the oldest Buddhist Festival still in occurrence. This Perehera is done by the Holy Temple of the Tooth in Kandy which holds the tooth relic of Buddha.The Esala Perahera, is where everything revolves around […]
The island of Taprobane
The island of Taprobane is located 100 meters from the beach of Weligama, in southern Sri Lanka. Taprobane, originally called “Galduwa” (Rock Island “in Sinhalese), is a private island with a villa built in 1920 by the Count of Mauny, an eccentric Englishman who made this island his home. The trees surrounding the house and […]
Adam’s Peak
Adam’s Peak is an isolated cone-shaped mountain that measures 2243 meters and is surrounded by forests. Its fame derives from the rock placed on top that bears the imprint of a sacred foot. For Buddhists it is the Buddha’s imprint. For Hindus, that of Shiva. Muslims believe that it is the proof of the passage […]