tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18394091446634868332024-03-05T17:27:50.819+05:30Sri Lankan SpiritMust see places in Sri LankaChampika Mahindarathnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434886378466854102noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839409144663486833.post-65308769750124779112011-12-05T10:10:00.001+05:302011-12-09T09:41:41.375+05:30Play Golf in Sri Lanka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 24px;">Sri Lanka has 4 beautiful Golf courses although it is not very popular sport. Two Golf clubs are located Colombo one Kandy and the fourth one in Nuwera Eliya and all these Golf clubs are built with 18 holes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Playing Golf is the best way to spend the time leisurely. If you are not an Expert do not worry, the Golf Clubs serves for both learners and for Experts and also you can get the equipment from the Club house as well.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><b>Royal Colombo Golf Club:</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The Royal Colombo Golf Club is situated within Colombo with a railway line runs through it. This was built by British during 1896 and the oldest from all. It as a Club house and the facilities such as Food, beverages, Rooms etc..</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Colombo 8,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Situated in Colombo the Waters Edge Golf Club is the newest member. This has become one of the popular Golf Club in Asia. It has many facilities such as Restaurant, dining room and many more.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The Nuwara Eliya Golf Club is one of the most beautiful places to be. The view of the surrounding mountains and tea estates will give you the best Golf playing experience. The facilities include Accommodation and Restaurant</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">This beautiful 18 hole golf club is located at Rajawella close to Kandy and treated as one of the most beautiful golf course in Sri Lanka. The design itself makes it challenging to play. This 209 hectare golf course was designed in the year of 1999 with a breathtaking view of Victoria Tank.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">A project of this nature has become necessary due problems being faced in the Colombo City including environment pollution, blocking of the drainage systems, road traffic congestion, floods etc. The feasibility study and environmental impact assessment are being completed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">He said that the SLPA would conduct the project with the technical assistance and consultancy services provided by the University of Moratuwa and Lanka Hydraulic Institute. A rail track is to be developed around the new city and would be the major mode of transport in the city. Park and Drive concept will be introduced in the city so that anyone entering the city will park their vehicles at specified parking locations and take a train ride to go around the city.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Filling of land for this project will be done by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority at an approximate cost of 250 Million U.S.Dollars. When the filling and the landscaping work is over local and international tenders will be called for implementing construction of infrastructure and other facilities.</span></div>
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</div>Champika Mahindarathnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434886378466854102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839409144663486833.post-66767646234852008782011-12-03T07:33:00.001+05:302011-12-03T07:39:34.969+05:30Sri Lanka among 2012 best tourist destinations-National Geographic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The magazine, in its Nov/Dec issue, describes that Sri Lanka’s hill country features stunning scenery, tea plantations, and ancient Buddhist temples, according to China’s Xinhua news agency, citing a statement by the External Affairs Ministry on Friday.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">“This mountainous, mist-draped realm has long been popular with backpackers and other adventurers for its tea plantations and rain forest preserves, known as the Central Highlands, which recently were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">“Sri Lanka is a resplendent isle, and the natural charms of this pear- shaped island in the Indian Ocean that nearly kisses the southeast tip of India are indeed splendid,” the magazine said in a review of its in its best of the world 2012 trips.</span></div>
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</span></div>Champika Mahindarathnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434886378466854102noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839409144663486833.post-60469707953675848842011-11-30T16:56:00.001+05:302014-11-02T08:58:38.322+05:30Interlocking Earth Compressed Bricks (IECB)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">A truly unique and environmentally friendly form of building material - interlocking stabilized earth compressed bricks. They look stylish and impart an individualistic and earthly natural tone.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">Interlocking Earth Compressed Bricks for constructions Earth construction Systems-Appropriate building technologies proper </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">management</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;"> of construction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">Saving of construction time.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">Saving in labor cost.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">Availability of different types of bricks (Lintel, half, Tree Quarter bricks…)</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">Not necessary to have plastering, because it gives attractive appearance.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">Convenience in plumbing and electrical pipe laying.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">Keeps the interior of a building cool.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">Interlocking facility -</span><span style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">The innovative Terra interlocking bricks do not need to be laid in bed of motar.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 24px;">Does this brick easily dissolve</span></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">The soil mixture for an IECB is slightly moisture and poured into a steel press and then compressed either with manual or moisture press.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">The input of soil stabilization allowed building walls, which have much better compressive strength and water resistance.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">Cement is able to disperse itself to fill the pore spaces where it sets and hardens to form a continuous matrix, which surrounds the particles of soil, and bind them together.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">And the manufactured brick cured for four weeks.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">As normal burned brick & cement block brick; inter locking earth compressed bricks also get seepage when they expose to the rain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Use colourless water repellant</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Cement based soil paint</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Silicon based paint where the bricks are severely exposed</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Plastered walls</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Apply weather shield paint </span></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Preferred option-Exposed brick</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Apply paint only </span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Plastered walls and painted walls</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Apply the filler and painted walls</span></li>
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Champika Mahindarathnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434886378466854102noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839409144663486833.post-51913960544277790162011-11-27T08:37:00.001+05:302011-11-27T10:07:41.637+05:30Hot Water Springs,Mahapelessa,Sooriyaweva,Sri Lanka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Natural hot springs are located in three areas of Sri Lanka. First is the hot spring nestling in the eastern province at Kanniya - off the Trincomalee-Anuradhapura road , while the next is at Maha Oya (also in the eastern province) on the Badulla-Batticaloa road and finally the third one is in Mahapelessa, lying in the deep south of the Hambantota district. The world over such hot springs were named as healing mineral thermal waters.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The reason being that these thermal waters contain medicinal properties to cure ailments like skin eruptions and other rheumatic pains. Even our ancients, particularly the Buddhist monks living in ancient cave hermitages had made the best use of these healing hot springs for body and skin ailments.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Till the emergence of the Uda Walawe multi-purpose project in 1962/63, the Mahapelessa hot springs was unknown.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Under the Uda Walawe project the whole of the Walawe basin got transformed into a vast developed area teeming with multitudes of farming communities filled with sprawling rice fields, a network of agro-based industries, and still another network of roads ramifying in connecting with the main trunk roads.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The other route was an adventurous one off its beaten track by crossing the Walawe ganga by boat through Liyanagastota irrigation anicut and landing at Begigamtota. From there the hike is 2-3 miles through the forest glades of groves of Jule trees (Woodapple).In these by-gone years over half a century ago, Mahapelessa hot springs was sunk in the labyrinth of the jungle tide. It was then accessible through the hard terrain of Ambalantota-Ridiyagama government farm, via the Madunagala Aranne (the ancient forest hermitage). From there one had to trudge by foot about three miles.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The famed literary scholar cum Assistant Government Agent - Leonard Woolf (1908-11) of Hambantota district, in his printed diaries had mentioned the arduous trek how he had hacked through the dense jungle to reach Mahapelessa hot springs after crossing the Walawe ganga by boat at Bogigmatota.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embilipitiya is the metropolis of the Walawe project. It has now blossomed from a sleepy hamlet into a boom town linked by trunk roads to other cities like Galle, Matara-Ambalantata-Hambantota-Tissamaharama-Kataragama and even to Wellawaya.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Hence during its constructions spearheaded by the River Valleys Development Board, Sooriyaweva (about 10 miles from Embilipitiya) has become the hub of the left bank region of the Uda Walawe reservoir. To reach Mahapelessa, one access road is through Sooriyaweva.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">From there lies the Viharahagala branch irrigation channel bund road - now converted into a fine carpet road - deviating from Padalangala (about 7 miles from Embilipitiya) that leads to Sooriyaweva and Mirijjavila (close to Hambantota), to fall into its main highway of Tissamaharama highway. From Embilipitiya to Sooriyaweva is 10 miles.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">From this carpet road leading to Mirijjavila via Sooriyaweva, close to its 6th kilometre post (from Padalangala on the Nonagama highway), lies the access road to Mahapelessa hot springs running into about 6 kilometres on a gravelled roadway. From Mirijjavila to Mahapelessa on this carpet road is about 25 miles.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Dr. R. L. Brohier in his 'Seeing Ceylon' has spun a thrilling but fascinating tale that the elephants, when they were in dotage, went to breathe their last at this Mahapelessa hot springs!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Elephants even now roam around this Mahapelessa area of the human and farming settlements causing damage to crops, human habitations and even loss to human lives.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">During the dry season, in the past, baby elephants were in the habit of falling into the hotwells, when they came for water by accident.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Hence to avert such fatal accidents, the Mahaweli Authority (Walawe special area) based at Embilipitiya (presently in overseeing this Walawe basin area) in the 1980s had got the periphery of the walls of the hot springs raised and two separate partitions were also made to cater to males and females. Thereafter, no such elephant tragedies had happened.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The first well contains the original hot springs where the water is fairly hot. A pipe had been constructed from the original well to feed second well where the water is lukewarm.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Villagers say that when rice was cooked from the hot water obtained from its original well, it waters act as a preservative against the cooked rice getting stale quickly.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Leonard Woolf had recorded the chemical properties of the hot water springs of Mahapelessa. Its diary entry of 1.8.1910, says thus: "...I sent water from the spring to the Government Analyst. His report is thus: "Total solids 534 parts per 10,000; chlorine: 248.0 -do-; lime: 95.0 -do-; Nitrates: Nil. Sulphates: present (small). The water contains high properties of lime (including magnesium), but otherwise does not appear remarkable."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">In the vicinity of the Mahapelessa hot springs, there are two ancient rock cave hermitages coming down from time immemorial. These are namely, Madunagala and Karambagala Arannes. In ancient times Arahants (highest sages), had lived in those rock cave shelters tucked away in these two ancient monasteries - Madunagala and Karambagala.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Such Arahants and Buddhist recluse monks had exclusively made the best use of these thermal healing waters to cure varied ailments arising out of rheumatic pains and other skin eruptions. Those Arahants and Buddhist hermit monks there had regular hot water baths at Mahapelessa hot springs. Even visitors from home and abroad have their hot water baths. With the new road linking Mahapelessa along the carpet road of Padalangala-Sooriya Weva-Mirijjavila there have been an influx of tourists both local and foreign.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">In foreign countries like Russia and Siberia where such thermal sprigs are located, senatorial, spa wells have been constructed. Even at such sanatoria, bath indoor and outdoor treatment are afforded to such patients seeking thermal treatment.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">It is gratifying to note that from recent times, the Southern Provincial Council in collaboration with the Hambantota Pradeshiya Saba have risen to the occasion in getting such a complex established where presently construction works are going headway.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Its entire complex as envisaged in their plans would consist of a Spa, a sanatorium, bath tubs, concrete seats (to be constructed around the periphery of the Hotsprings), provide both indoor and outdoor patients suffering from such disorders like rheumatism, skin diseases and the like. Local medicinal plants and herbs would be used in the preparation of the prescribed medicines.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Both the University authorities of Peradeniya and Moratuwa had done extensive research studies into the analytical compounds of the Mahapelessa hot springs in 1998.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The Peradeniya University team was led by Professor S.P. Dissanayaka, while that of the Moratuwa University by Professor Dayantha Wijesekera. Such research activities were co-ordinated by the academic staff drawn from the Edinborough University, as well.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">According to this research paper by these teams, it has been disclosed that for one minute duration, 10 litres of geo-thermal energy could be produced. In these revelations, mention has also being made that 11 such hot springs have been identified which are located in this very thermal underground geo-belt, covering the other two well known two hotsprings at Kanniya (in Tricomalee), and at Maha Oya off the Batticaloa - Badulla road.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Some time back, it was reported that the Army stationed in Trincomalee had stumbled upon still another hotspring in the outskirts of Truncomalee.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The gravelled access road leading to the Mahapelessa hotsprings off the main road of Padlanddla Sooriya Weva-Mirijavila during the rainy season gets flooded leaving pot holes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Hence this access gravelled road has to be metalled. Construction of suitable culverts, particulary close to the entrance to the hotsprings too have to be done, as the small causeway constructed across the flowing stream is subjected to flooding during the rainy season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">With the forthcoming tourist complex looming over the hot springs of Mahapelessa, the villagers around its vicinity are having brisk sales of their hard earned chena produce and other cereal products.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Among them are green peas, cow-pea, Indian corn (Badainguru), ground nuts (rata kaju), kurakkan (in packets), Next come local fruits like mangoes, papaw, water solon, local vegetables, drumsticks (murunga),</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The children display an array of ornamental grass pieces festooned with tiny flowers to be adorned in city houses in the drawing rooms. Dried beli flowers picketed are also available for sale. Instant herbal drinks made out of these beli mal (flowers) are also ready at hand.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">These vendors drawn from women, damsels and even children have said that they are economically benefitted by their sales to the tourists.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The elders on the other hand voiced that tourism promotion work was good for the betterment of earning some extra income. But they cautioned that the authorities concerned should be vigilant over the potential evils of corruption that may creep in surreptiously.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">They contended that immoral activities like child prostitution may raise its ugly head, when foreign tourists move about around this place, as have already perpetrated into other tourist resorts like Hikkaduwa, Negombo and Chilaw.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Both the incumbents of the Madunagala Aranne and Karabagala Aranne expressed their reservations about the new tourist boom contended that is going to overtake at Mahapelessa hot springs, as the youths are still unspoilt in their morals.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Hence they opined that both the Palath Saba and Pradeshiya Saba of the Hambantota district take stringent measures to stem such nefarious activities taking place, in collaboration with the Sooriya Weva Police which is located about three miles away.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b><u>Contact numbers for reservation of Camp sites</u></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Bundala National Park Office Contact Number - <b>0602489070</b></span><br style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Vilpattuwa National Park Office </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Contact Number</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> - <b>0252257893</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Okanda Wildlife Office </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Contact Number</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">-<b>055 572 0222</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Inginiyagala Wildlife Office </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Contact Number-</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <b>063 2242 002</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">(for reservation of camp sites in Galoya National Park -Inginiyagala Side)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Minneriya </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;">Contact Number-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><b>0602279243</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Yala </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;">Contact Number- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><b>0602489297</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Wasgamuwa </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;">Contact Number- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><b>0602669046</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Udawalawa </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;">Contact Number- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><b>0472233292</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ritigala </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;">Contact Number- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><b>0272222262</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>Forest Department @ Baththaramulla Contact Numbers 0112866631, 0112866632, 0112875540</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b> </b></span><br />
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</div>Champika Mahindarathnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434886378466854102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839409144663486833.post-40552114607062211742011-11-22T20:38:00.001+05:302011-11-22T21:17:38.909+05:30Nadi Reading<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Nadi Astrology</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> is a form of </span>Hindu astrology<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> practiced in </span>Tamil Nadu<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, India. It is based on the belief that the past, present and the future lives of all humans were foreseen by Hindu sages in ancient time</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The Nadi astrologer first takes the thumbprint of the person who has come in serach of his Nadi leaf. He then uses the print of the thumb to identify the possible palm leaves from the numerous manuscripts in his possession. Usually Nadi Readers have bundles of these palm inscriptions at their disposal. It is not a certainity that the person's leaf would be with that particular Nadi Reader. It might be with a another Reader in India. Else the leaf might have vanished after years of neglect.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Once the Nadi Reader locates the particular bundle , he begins to read from each leaf and asks the person a series of questions about his or her life, while attempting to identify the correct leaf. This process can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours and it should be noted that it isn't always possible to identify a person's record. Once he locates the correct leaf , he begins to read from the leaf, describing the person's life in detail.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">First there would be a general reading and then, based on the person's interest, additional leaves are consulted to explore areas such as marital relationships, profession and business, past or future lives, etc. The Nadi astrologer will also suggest remedial measures that the person can take to reduce the influences of past karma and enhance the benefits of future activities.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Southern Expressway is the first expressway in Sri Lanka and it is the longest expressway out of proposed expressway network. It runs from Kottawa to Matara (126 km) and also include Galle Fort Access road. Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan Bank of International Corporation (JBIC) are the main funding agencies for this project. Section from Kottawa to Kurundugahahetekma (65 km) was undertaken by JBIC and section from Kurundugahahetekma to Godagama, Matara (64.8 km) was undertaken by ADB.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">Southern Expressway will be extended up to Hambantota in it's later stages.</span></span></div>
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<li class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Improve transport facilities for future development of Southern Region. </span></li>
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<li class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Provide a highway to act as a catalyst in encouraging and attracting industries and services for the Economic and Social development of the region.</span></li>
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<li class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">To promote inter-regional transport facilities by developing this road, considering it as a major component of the proposed Expressway network.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Expected Travel Time on Expressway</span></div>
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<li class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Reduce travel time between Colombo to Matara.</span></li>
<li class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Reduce traffic congestion on Colombo-Matara Road, and reduce delay costs, fuel costs there by contributing to national economy.</span></li>
<li class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Attract private sector investors and there by contributing to expand the job market</span></li>
<li class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Development of fisheries, agriculture, industries in the region .</span></li>
<li class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Expand tourism presently confined to the coastal belt, along Colombo-Galle-Matara.</span></li>
<li class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Development of Galle port.</span></li>
<li class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Development of the towns belong to 11 interchanges as Economic Centers</span></li>
<li class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Enhance the value of land and property in the region</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Toll charges will be levied in four categories for all vehicles. The access controlled Expressway has eight interchanges at Kottawa, Kahatuduwa, Gelanigama, Dodangoda, Welipenna, Kurundugahahethakma, Baddegama and Pinnaduwa.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Cars, dual purpose vehicles and light motor trucks will come under the first category for which Rs. 100 will be levied from Kottawa to Kahathuduwa, Rs. 150 from Kottawa to Gelanigama, Rs. 200 from Kottawa to Dodangoda, Rs. 250 from Kottawa to Welipenna, Rs. 300 from Kottawa to Kurundugahahethakma, Rs. 350 from Kottawa to Baddegama and Rs. 400 from Kottawa to Pinnaduwa.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Light Motor Coaches including passenger transporting vans with more than nine seats and passenger transporting buses with between nine and thirty three seats which fall under the second category will be charged a fee of Rs. 200 from Kottawa to Kahathuduwa, Rs. 200 from Kottawa to Gelanigama, Rs. 400 from Kottawa to Dodangoda, Rs. 400 from Kottawa to Welipenna, Rs. 600 from Kottawa to Kurudugahahethakma Rs. 600 from Kottawa to Baddegama and Rs. 700 from Kottawa to Pinnaduwa.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Heavy vehicles, including buses with more than 33 passenger seats, lorries and trucks with two axles and six wheels and lorries and trucks with three axles will come under the third category for which a toll charge of Rs. 300 will be made from Kottawa to Kahathuduwa, Rs. 300 from Kottawa to Gelanigama, Rs. 600 from Kottawa to Dodangoda, Rs. 700 from Kottawa to Welipenna, Rs. 1000 from Kottawa to Kurundugahahethakma, Rs. 1200 from Kottawa to Baddegama and Rs. 1500 from Kottawa to Pinnaduwa.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Under the fourth category, which includes heavy vehicles including heavy motor coaches and heavy motor lorries with four axles will be levied a toll charge of Rs. 400 from Kottawa to Kahathuduwa, Rs. 400 from Kottawa to Gelanigama, Rs. 800 from Kottawa to Dodangoda, Rs. 1000 from Kottawa to Welipenna, Rs. 1500 from Kottawa to Kurundugahahethakma, Rs. 1800 from Kottawa to Baddegama and Rs. 2000 from Kottawa to Pinnaduwa.</span></div>
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</div>Champika Mahindarathnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434886378466854102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839409144663486833.post-22489784885095074992011-11-17T11:51:00.001+05:302011-11-28T11:32:27.383+05:30Golden Dambulla Rock Temple (Rangiri Dambulu Temple),Sri Lanka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">Recent archeological discoveries have confirmed that Golden Dambulla Rock Temple caves had been a location of human habitation even during pre-historic period of Lanka. The legends would carry us back to the period of King Devanampiya Tissa (307- 267 BC). The history of the ancient island records that in 89 BC caves were converted to a Buddhist monasteries by King Valagambahu, nephew of the hero of the nation, King Duttha Gamini. King Valgambahu was driven from his throne by marauding Dravidian invaders from South India during the 1st century BC. The king found sanctuary therein for long 14 years & upon regaining his kingdom, following great battles against the marauding Dravidian Invaders from Southern India, had the famous rock temple built in gratitude along with great Abhayagiri dagoba at Anuradhapura. It was a common practice of the Buddhist monks to retire into solitary sanctuaries away from human habitation to immerse in study & meditation. The natural caves were used as the residence of the monks. Golden Dambulla Rock Temple is one of most famous & most adored ancient Buddhist sanctuaries of Sri Lanka.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The cave temples were restored & re-decorated by later kings of the Polonnaruwa. King Nissankamalla (1198-1206AD) left his mark by having the statues restored & murals repainted. The gilding of interior of the caves & statues with gold paint earned the title "Rangiri" meaning Golden Rock in Sinhalese. Even to date the gold sheen all over the ceilings, walls & statues illuminate the interior of the rock temple. Once again during the era of the kingdom of Kandy, King Senarat (1604-1633 AD) & then again King Kirti Sri Rajasinha (1746-1778 AD) restored & remodeled the Golden Dambulla Rock Temple.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkWnlCyYluUHUO38_qflieGQQcLLRPVaMlyecllypeObkmM-cYrUGw_2rnJuSLWn6tFnMBxsk53h6Q7fA6upAkIM0rhG7uahZnQX5pmn7jGXUimkgSFmicHnsIElDbRfuMjFSFyFDgmVG/s1600/Dambulla+Rock+Temple+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkWnlCyYluUHUO38_qflieGQQcLLRPVaMlyecllypeObkmM-cYrUGw_2rnJuSLWn6tFnMBxsk53h6Q7fA6upAkIM0rhG7uahZnQX5pmn7jGXUimkgSFmicHnsIElDbRfuMjFSFyFDgmVG/s640/Dambulla+Rock+Temple+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>150 serene statues of Buddhist Order</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Within these caves, one of the best preserved ancient edifices in Sri Lanka, is housed a collection of 150 serene statues of Buddhist Order & the island's history.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The first cave named "Devaraja Viharaya" houses a 14m long Buddha statue depicting the final extinction. It was carved out of sold rock. By the head of Buddha are Ananda, Buddha’s shadowlike disciple, God Vishnu & God Maha Sumana Saman. The cave was named Devaraja meaning the Lord of Gods in honor of god Vishnu.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The second & the largest cave, "Maharaja Vihara", meaning "The Temple of Great Kings" in Sinhalese was named after King Valagambahu & King Nissankamalla whose statues are contained there among 16 standing & 40 seated statues of Buddha. Also on display are the statues of Hindu god Vishnu & God Maha Sumana Saman. Throughout the entire span of rock ceiling & entire width of the rock walls are the finest Buddhist murals in Sri Lanka. Also painted are the epochal events of the glorious history of Sri Lanka. The duel between the hero of the nation, King Dutugamunu & marauding Dravidian invader Elara is graphically depicted herein with paramount importance. The Buddha statue hewn out of the rock on the left side of the room is flanked by wooden figures of the Bodhisattvas, Maitreya to the left & Avalokiteshvara or Natha to the right. There is also a mini dagoba & a spring which drips its water from a crack in the ceiling, into a huge metal pot which never overflows. Most possibly excess water is being controlled by an underground channel below the rock floor on which the pot is fixed. Or it could simply be, that the water evaporates at such a rapid rate in the dry zone, there is no chance of overflow at all. Perhaps it cannot be explained.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The third cave, the Maha Alut Vihara is of paintings on ceiling & walls in Kandyan tradition commissioned during the reign of King Kirti Sri Rajasingha, the famous Buddhist revivalist. In addition to 50 Buddha statues, there is also a statue of a king. The fourth & fifth caves are smaller & inferior to the other caves.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKICdkHzXaxPcr_7wGJJkeV4XKdOTlBlqQmutTe5RrcCltBiYtOBiKr-pNBgb3x2VYiKLf_2PKYK3mho_ENsPI9tXiaIhErRv7mJkkXMCyR2KxfOISWETfHvdi6pNpZks84xX3isBKUwvo/s1600/Dambulla+Rock+Temple+%25285%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKICdkHzXaxPcr_7wGJJkeV4XKdOTlBlqQmutTe5RrcCltBiYtOBiKr-pNBgb3x2VYiKLf_2PKYK3mho_ENsPI9tXiaIhErRv7mJkkXMCyR2KxfOISWETfHvdi6pNpZks84xX3isBKUwvo/s640/Dambulla+Rock+Temple+%25285%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><b>Sri Pada</b> (also <i>Adam's peak)</i>, is a 2,243 metres (7,359 ft) tall conical mountain located in central Sri Lanka. It is well known for the <b>Sri Pada</b> "sacred footprint", a 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) rock formation near the summit, in Buddhist tradition it is held to be the footprint of the Buddha, in Hindu tradition that of Shiva and in Muslim and Christian tradition that of Adam.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Saman is a deity, subject to local and indigenous belief and worship in Sri Lanka. The name Saman means "the rising morning sun". His character is of historical significance for the Sinhala people and veneration especially to all the Buddhists.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 19px;">In the legendary history, Sumana Saman deviyo invited Lord</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 19px;">Buddha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 19px;">to the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Samanalakanda(Sri Pada Mountain)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 19px;">and on request Lord Gautama Buddha left his foot print on the rock at top of the mountain as a token of symbolic worship, in the absence of the Buddha. God Maha Sumana Saman is depicted crowned, bejeweled, holding a lotus flower in his right hand and accompanied by a white elephant.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">God Saman is considered one of the guardian deities of the island and the Buddha Śāsana. Natha, Upulvan, Vibhishana and Kataragama are the other guardian deities. Nayakkar dynasty from South India introduced Goddess Pattini replacing God Saman.God Saman is the guardian (patron deity) or the presiding deity of Sabaragamuva and the Sri Pada mountain. Accordingly his main shrine or devalaya is at Ratnapura, where an annual festival is held in his honor.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">According to common belief, he may have been a King or a provincial ruler (Mahasumana) of Sabaragamuva from the Deva clan, one of the four main clans in ancient Sri Lanka. Others are Yakkha, Naga and Raksha. According to the tradition of <i>Sammuthi Deva</i> (considered a deity by common acceptance), he is revered as a deity. He is also thought to have been a Deva (god) of the heaven. There is much debate regarding his origin. By a few, he is also related to Vibhishana and God Katharagama. Some also relate him to the Mahayana tradition of Samanthabhadra.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The pilgrims season to Sri Pada traditionally starts on the full moon of December and ends on the full moon of April . It takes a while for the crowds to build up but by the second half of the season they can be very large so it is best to go earlier. Weekends and particularly full moon days are always crowded and should be avoided. Most people make the climb at night so they can arrive in time for the sunrise. Alternatively, you can climb up during the day, stay overnight and go down the next morning. This way you can avoid the crowds, climb at a leisurely pace, have plenty of time to enjoy the view, see the sunset and get the best place to observe the sunrise in the morning. Accommodation on the summit is basic and you would have to bring your own food and perhaps a blanket or sleeping bag. However, whenever you decide to go, check the weather report before setting out. Rain can make for a miserable trip and it is more likely that cloud or mist will obscure the view.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">In ancient times the only way to approach Sri Pada was from Ratnapura, the City of Gems. When Sinhalese civilisation moved to the central highlands after the 13th century and the forests began to be cleared, two other paths, one from Uva and another from Kehelgamuva, also came into use. These two paths ceased to be used at least a hundred years ago and indeed they can hardly be traced today. After the British began building roads through the highlands in the middle of the 19th century the Hatton path became and remains the most popular pilgrims route to the mountain. There are several ways to get to Hatton. You can take a bus from the Colombo Bus Stand. Alternatively you can take a bus from Kandy's Goods Shed Bus Dept which is situated just past the Post Office. Once at Hatton take one of the numerous private buses to the foot of the mountain, a distance of about 33 kilometres. Hatton is also on the main Colombo-Kandy-Nuwara Eliya railway line so it is possible to get there by train. The more adventurous traveller might consider taking the Hatton path up and the Ratnapura path down. This second path is thickly forested for its entire length, crosses numerous streams and is definitely only for those used to trekking. There are few food stalls on the way so it can be a good idea to bring water and something to eat. It is at least a five hour trek to the first village, Sripadagama from where regular buses go to Ratnapura.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Before the light were installed pilgrims had to provide their own illumination, candles or hurricane lamps and before that "tubes filled with a resinous substance... giving out a strong flaming blaze when lighted". William Skeen describe the dramatic impression created by these burning torches as he looked down from the summit during his visit to Sri Pada in the 1860's. "The heavens above were clear, the stars were shining bright, and the glorious full-orbed moon was scarcely passed its zenith. From the Peak, ablaze with light to Heramitipana station similarly lighted up, the whole of the pilgrims path was filled as it were, with a living chain of fire, connecting the two points together and formed by the torches of the multitudes going to and fro". </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span">As you proceed you will pass numerous danasalas offering shelter, medical assistance and sometimes food and water to pilgrims. The tradition of offering hospitality to pilgrims is an ancient one in Sri Lanka. The Mahavamsa records this concerning King Vijayabahu (1058-1114). "Saying ,Let no one endure hardship who goeth along the difficult pathways to worship the Footprint of the Chief of Sages on Samantakuta Mountain', he caused the village of Gilimalaya which abounds in rice fields and other lands, to be granted to supply pilgrims with food. And at the Kadatigama road and at the Uva road he built rest houses". Pilgrims going to Sri Pada traditionally greet each other by saying 'Karunava' meaning 'Compassion to you'. If you say this to the people you meet you are sure to get a warm smile and a similar greeting in return.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: inherit;">About 150 feet from the summit, just next to the last tea shop, is the Bhagava Cave. To get there climb on to the retaining wall and just walk into the undergrowth for a few yards. For centuries this cave was the only refuge for pilgrims caught on the mountain at night and for those seeking shelter from storms. Acetic monks used to spend the nine months of the off season up here, completely isolated from the world below, living off wild fruit, herbs and moss. There are two inscriptions on the wall of the Bhagava Cave. The first was written by King Nissankamalla (1187-1196) when he climbed Sri Pada during one of the many tours he made of his kingdom. This inscription records the improvements he made to the path up the mountain and the generous gifts he offered to its shrines. To the left of the inscription is the figure of a man in the gesture of reverence, probably a portrait of the king. Further to the left is yet another inscription. Written in Arabic in the 13th century it reads, "Mohammed, may Allah bless him...the father of Mankind". There is another cave on the slopes of Sri Pada, the Divaguha, where the Buddha is said to have rested. It is referred to in many ancient sources but to this day it has not been located.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span">There is little to see on the top of Sri Pada, a few buildings, the belfry with the bell that people traditionally ring once for each time they have made the pilgrimage, the shrine to Samanta and right next to it, the shrine over the sacred footprint. It is to worship at this last place that people throughout the centuries have risked hardship and danger to come to Sri Pada. Nearly as much has been written about the sacred footprint as has been about the mountain itself. According to Giovani de Marigolli, "The size, I mean the length thereof, is two and a half of our palms, about half a Prague ell. And I was not the only one to measure it , for so did another pilgrim, a Saracen from Spain". Robert Knox, an Englishman who lived in Sri Lanka in the 17th century, wrote that it was "about two feet long". John Ribeyeo in his account of Sri Lanka presented to the king of Portugal in 1687 claimed that the footprint "could not be more perfect had it been done in wax" and in 1859 James Emerson Tennent described it as "a natural hollow artificially enlarged, exhibiting the rude outline of a foot about five foot long". Obviously peoples perception of the sacred footprint differ according to their expectations and their faith, or lack thereof. Look carefully and see what you think of it. Remember also that the footprint is an object of great religious significance to Buddhists so an attitude of quiet respect while near it and indeed throughout your stay on the summit is appropriate.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Every morning a series of intriguing phenomena can be observed from the summit of Sri Pada. Just before sunrise everyone will assemble on the eastern side of the summit waiting for the sun. When it appears it seems to leap over the horizon rather than rise gradually. At this moment the more pious people will shout 'Sadhu!' an exclamation meaning 'It is good'. The Sinhalese say that the sun is paying homage to the Buddha's footprint. Then everyone will move to the western side of the mountain. Join them and you will see the perfectly triangular shadow of the mountain laying over the landscape. Sometimes if there is a light mist the shadow will appear to stand upright. Within moments, as the sun climbs higher, the shadow will move rapidly towards the base of the mountain and finally disappear. This phenomena is supposed to occur in only one other place in the world, somewhere in Arizona.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Chancery: 2148 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008<br />T.P. (202)-483-4025<br />Fax: (202)-232-7181<br />Email:<br /><a href="mailto:slembassy@slembassyusa.org" style="text-decoration: none;">slembassy@slembassyusa.org</a><br /><a href="mailto:consular@slembassyusa.org" style="text-decoration: none;">consular@slembassyusa.org</a> (for consular matters)<br />Hours of operation: 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. EST (Monday to Friday)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">35 Empire Circuit, 2603 Forrest, Canberra<br />Telephone: (61)-2-6239-7041, 7042<br />Fax: (61)-2-6239-6166<br />Email: <a href="mailto:slhc@atrax.net.au" style="text-decoration: none;">slhc@atrax.net.au</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">32A Brunswick Street Walkerville, 5081, Adelaide<br />Telephone: (61)-8-8342-6356</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">32A Brunswick StreetWalkerville 5081, Melbourne<br />Australia<br />Telephone: (61) 3-9898-6760 and (61)-3-9248-1228<br />Email: <a href="mailto:Rodney@techno.net.au" style="text-decoration: none;">Rodney@techno.net.au</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">D. F. Crawley & Associates 6th Floor 105, St. George's Tce<br />WA 6000, Perth<br />Telephone: (61)-8-9321-4800<br />Fax: (61)-8-9321-5900<br />Email: <a href="mailto:frankc@ca.com.au" style="text-decoration: none;">frankc@ca.com.au</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Level 11No. 48 Hunter Street, NSW 2000, Sydney<br />Telephone: (61)-2-9223-8729, (61)-2-9223-87 and (61)-2-923 52582<br />Fax: (61)-2-9223-8750<br />Email: <a href="mailto:slcgsyd@ihug.com.au" style="text-decoration: none;">slcgsyd@ihug.com.au</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">High Commission of Sri Lanka in Dhaka, Bangladesh<br />House No. 15 (NW)Road No.50 Gulshan Model Town<br />Dhaka-1212 Bangladesh<br />Phone: (+880) 2 8822790 or (+880) 2 8810779<br />Fax: (+880) 2 8823971</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">27 Rue Jules Lejeune 1050 Brussel Belgium<br />Phone: (+32-2) 3445394, 3445585<br />Fax: (+32-2) 3446737</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">333 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 1204, Ottawa, ON K1P 1C1, Canada<br />Phone: (+1-613) 233-8449<br />Fax: (+1-613) 238-8448<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.srilankahcottawa.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.srilankahcottawa.org">http://www.srilankahcottawa.org</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:slhcit@robers.com" style="text-decoration: none;">slhcit@robers.com</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">30 St. Claire Avenue West, Suite 805, Toronto, ON M4V 3A1<br />Canada<br />Phone: (+1-416) 323-9133<br />Fax: (+1-416) 323-3205<br />Email: <a href="mailto:srilanka@bellnet.ca" style="text-decoration: none;">srilanka@bellnet.ca</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">2800 Park Place, 666 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2Z7<br />Phone: (+1-604) 643-2906<br />Fax: (+1-604) 605-3574<br />Email: <a href="mailto:fsborowicz@davis.ca" style="text-decoration: none;">fsborowicz@davis.ca</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">3, Jian Hua Lu, East City, Beijing 100600, P.R. of China<br />Phone: (+86-10) 65321861/2<br />Fax: (+86-10) 65325426<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.slemb.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.slemb.com">http://www.slemb.com</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:lkembbj@public3.bta.net.cn" style="text-decoration: none;">lkembbj@public3.bta.net.cn</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">22nd Floor Dominion Centre, 43-59 Queens Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong<br />Phone: (+852) 28662321<br />Fax: (+852) 28660366</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Zagreb, Croatia</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Prilaz Gjure Dezelica 8, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia<br />Phone: (+385-1) 4848984</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Prague, Czech Republic</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Janského 2257, 15500 Prague 5, Czech Republic<br />Fax: (+420) 251613234<br />Email: <a href="mailto:consul@lanka.cz" style="text-decoration: none;">consul@lanka.cz</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Cairo, Egypt</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">8, Sri Lanka Street, Zamalek, Cairo<br />Phone: (+20-2) 3400047, 3404966<br />Fax: (+20-2) 3417138</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Liivalaia 14, 10118 Tallinn, Estonia<br />Phone: (+372) 6462245<br />Fax: (+372) 6462234</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Paris, France</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">15, rue d'Astorg, 75008 Paris, France<br />Phone: 01.42.66.35.01<br />Fax: 01.40.07.00.11<br />Email: <a href="mailto:sl.france@wanadoo.fr" style="text-decoration: none;">sl.france@wanadoo.fr</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Berlin, Germany</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Niklasstr. 19, 14163 Berlin, Germany<br />Phone: (+49-30) 80909743/9<br />Fax: (+49-30) 80909757<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.srilanka-botschaft.de/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.srilanka-botschaft.de">http://www.srilanka-botschaft.de</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:info@srilanka-botschaft.de" style="text-decoration: none;">info@srilanka-botschaft.de</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Bonn, Germany</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Mainzer Str. 47, 53179 Bonn, Germany<br />Phone: (+49-228) 696116<br />Fax: (+49-228) 9636582<br />Email: <a href="mailto:sl.congen.bn@knuut.de" style="text-decoration: none;">sl.congen.bn@knuut.de</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Athens, Greece<br />43 Vass. Pavlou Street, 15452 Athens, Greece<br />Phone: (+30) 2106726801<br />Fax: (+30) 2106717940</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">New Delhi, India</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">27, Kautilya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021<br />Phone: (+91-11) 3010201/-3<br />Fax: (+91-11) 3015295</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Chennai, India</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Mawab Habidullah Avenue 9d, Anderson Road, Chennai 600006<br />Phone: (+91-44) 8270831, 8277068<br />Fax: (+91-44) 8272387</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Mumbai (Bombay), India</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Sri Lanka House, 34, Homi Modi Street, Mumbai (Bombay) 400023<br />Phone: (+91-22) 2045861, 2048303<br />Fax: (+91-22) 2876132</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Calcutta, India</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">NICCO House, 2 Hare Street, Kolkata 700001<br />Phone: (+91-33) 285102, 202005<br />Fax: (+91-33) 209443</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Jakarta, Indonesia</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">70, Jalan Diponegoro, Jakarta-Pusat, Indonesia<br />Phone: (+62-21) 3141018<br />Fax: (+62-21) 3107962</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Tehran, Iran</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Africa Expressway, Shahid Yazdan Panah Street 15, Tehran<br />Phone: (+98-21) 2224683, 2272436<br />Fax: (+98-21) 2222690</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Rome, Italy</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">2 Via Adige, 00198 Rome, Italy<br />Phone: (+39) 068840801, 068554560<br />Fax: (+39) 0684241670<br />Email: <a href="mailto:slembassy@tiscali.it" style="text-decoration: none;">slembassy@tiscali.it</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Naples, Italy</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Via Santa Brigida 43, 80133 Naples, Italy<br />Phone: (+39) 0815522526<br />Fax: (+39) 0815525140</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Tokyo, Japan</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">2-1-54, Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0074<br />Phone: 03-3440-6911</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Kuwait, Kuwait</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">P.O.Box 13212, Kaifan 71952<br />Phone: (+965) 5339140, 5339143/7<br />Fax: (+965) 5339154</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">P.O.Box 10717, 2A Jalan Ampang Hilir, 55000 Kuala Lumpur<br />Phone: (+60-3) 4510000/9<br />Fax: (+60-3) 4513850</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Male, Maldives</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Sakeena Manzil, Medhuziyaaraiyh Magu, Male 20-05<br />Phone: (+960) 3322845/6<br />Fax: (+960) 3321652</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Yangon, Myanmar</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">P.O.Box 1150, Yangoon Myanmar<br />Phone: (+95-1) 222812<br />Fax: (+95-1) 221509</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Kathmandu, Nepal</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">P.O.Box 8802, Baluwatar Kathmandu<br />Phone: (+977-1) 4417406, 4413623<br />Fax: (+977-1) 4412835</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The Hague, Netherlands</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Jacob de Graefflaan 2<br />2517 JM The Hague<br />Netherlands<br />City: The Hague<br />Phone: (+31-70) 3655910<br />Fax: (+31-70) 3465596</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Islamabad, Pakistan</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">House No. 315C<br />Khayaban-e-Iqbal<br />Margalla Road, F 7/2<br />Islamabad<br />Pakistan<br />City: Islamabad<br />Phone: (+92-51) 2828735<br />Fax: (+92-51) 2828751</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Karachi, Pakistan</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">B-49, 12th Street<br />Gulshan-e-Faisal<br />Bath Island, Clifton<br />Karachi<br />Pakistan<br />City: Karachi<br />Phone: (+92-21) 5861706, 5861705<br />Fax: (+92-21) 5874779</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Warsaw, Poland</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">ul. Solec 24<br />00-403 Warsaw<br />Poland<br />City: Warsaw<br />Phone: (+48-22) 6296724<br />Fax: (+48-22) 6219470</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Ulitsa Shepkhina 24<br />Moscow<br />Russian Federation<br />City: Moscow<br />Phone: (+7-495) 2881363, 2881463, 2881620</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">P.O.Box 94360<br />Riyadh 11693<br />Saudi Arabia<br />City: Riyadh<br />Phone: (+966-1) 4634200, 4633368<br />Fax: (+966-1) 4650897</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Singapore, Singapore</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Goldhill Plaza, #1307-1312<br />51 Newton Road<br />Singapore 308900<br />Republic of Singapore<br />City: Singapore<br />Phone: (+65) 62544595/-7<br />Fax: (+65) 62507201</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">410 Alexander Street<br />Brooklyn 0181<br />South Africa<br />City: Brooklyn, South Africa<br />Phone: (+27-12) 4607679, 4607690<br />Fax: (+27-12) 4607702<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.srilanka.co.za/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.srilanka.co.za">http://www.srilanka.co.za</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:srilanka@global.co.za" style="text-decoration: none;">srilanka@global.co.za</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Sri Lankan Embassy in Seoul, South Korea</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Kyobo Building, Suite 2002<br />1, 1-Ka, Chong-Ro, Chongro-Ku<br />Seoul<br />Republic of Korea<br />City: Seoul<br />Phone: (+82-2) 7352966, 7352967<br />Fax: (+82-2) 7379577</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Stockholm, Sweden</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Strandvägen 39<br />P.O.Box 14053<br />10440 Stockholm<br />Sweden<br />City: Stockholm<br />Phone: (+46-8) 6636523, 6636525, 6676819<br />Fax: (+46-8) 6600089</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Zürich, Switzerland</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Staubstr. 1<br />8038 Zürich<br />Switzerland<br />City: Zürich<br />Phone: (+41-1) 4816121<br />Fax: (+41-1) 4816121</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Geneva, Switzerland</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations<br />56, Rue de Moillebeau<br />1211 Geneva 19<br />Switzerland<br />City: Geneva<br />Phone: (+41-22) 9191250<br />Fax: (+41-22) 7349084<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.lankamission.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.lankamission.org/">http://www.lankamission.org/</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:mission.srilanka@ties.itu.int" style="text-decoration: none;">mission.srilanka@ties.itu.int</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Bangkok, Thailand</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">89 Soi 15, Sukhumvit Road<br />Bangkok<br />Thailand<br />City: Bangkok<br />Phone: (+66-2) 2512788, 2512789<br />Fax: (+66-2) 2553848</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">P.O.Box 46534<br />Abu Dhabi<br />United Arab Emirates<br />City: Abu Dhabi<br />Phone: (+971-2) 6788881<br />Fax: (+971-2) 6766509</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Dubai, United Arab Emirates</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">P.O.Box 51528<br />Dubai<br />United Arab Emirates<br />City: Dubai<br />Phone: (+971-4) 3456279<br />Fax: (+971-4) 3452687</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">London, United Kingdom</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">13 Hyde Park Gardens<br />London W2 2LU<br />United Kingdom<br />City: London<br />Phone: 004420- 7 262 1841 up to 7<br />Fax: 004420 -7 262 7970<br />Email: <a href="mailto:mail@slhc.london.co.uk" style="text-decoration: none;">mail@slhc.london.co.uk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Washington, United States</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">2148 Wyoming Avenue NW<br />Washington, DC 20008<br />U.S.A.<br />City: Washington<br />Phone: (+1-202) 483-4026/7/8<br />Fax: (+1-202) 232-7181<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.slembassy.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.slembassy.org/">http://www.slembassy.org/</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:slembassy@clark.net" style="text-decoration: none;">slembassy@clark.net</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">New York, United States</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">630 3rd Avenue, 20th Floor<br />New York, NY 10017<br />U.S.A.<br />City: New York<br />Phone: (+1-212) 986-7040/-3<br />Fax: (+1-212) 986-1838<br />Email: <a href="mailto:lkaun@undp.org" style="text-decoration: none;">lkaun@undp.org</a>, <a href="mailto:srilanka@un.int" style="text-decoration: none;">srilanka@un.int</a>, <a href="mailto:slpmny@aol.com" style="text-decoration: none;">slpmny@aol.com</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Bakersfield, CA, United States</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">4109 Sill Place<br />Bakersfield, CA 93306<br />U.S.A.<br />City: Bakersfield, CA<br />Phone: (+1-805) 3238348<br />Fax: (+1-805) 3239326</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Honolulu, United States</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">957-A, 15th Avenue<br />Honolulu, HI 96816<br />U.S.A.<br />City: Honolulu<br />Phone: (+1-808) 735-1622<br />Fax: (+1-808) 735-6920</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">New Orleans, LA, United States</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">c/o Burrus Investment Group Inc.<br />P.O.Box 24818<br />New Orleans, LA 70184-4818<br />U.S.A.<br />City: New Orleans, LA<br />Phone: (+1-504) 734-5600<br />Fax: (+1-504) 736-0444</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Denville, United States</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">P.O.Box 1010<br />Denville, NJ 07834<br />U.S.A.<br />City: Denville<br />Phone: (+1-201) 627-7855<br />Fax: (+1-201) 586-3411</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">U.S. Embassy in Colombo</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">210 Galle Road, Colombo 03<br />Phone: 94(11)249-8500<br />Australian Consulate in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Australian High Commission, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">No. 21 Gregory's Rd<br />Colombo 7<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: +94-11- 246 3200 (General Enquiries)<br />Fax: +94-11- 268 6453 (Administration)<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.srilanka.embassy.gov.au/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.srilanka.embassy.gov.au/">http://www.srilanka.embassy.gov.au/</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:austcom@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">austcom@sltnet.lk</a><br />Office Hours: The High Commission is open between 08:30 and 04:30 on all week-days except on public holidays.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Austrian Consulate in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Consulate of Austria in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />Consulate of Austria<br />No.424, Carmart building<br />P.O.B. 903, Union Place<br />Colombo 02, Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: (+9411) 2691613<br />Consulate General (+9411)2696311, (+9411)5400500<br />Consul's Direct (+9411) 2693<br />Fax: Consulate Direct (+9411) 5344576<br />General (+9411<br />Email: austriacon@sltnet.lk,general_austria@sltnet.lk<br />Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 9.30 am to 1.00 pm.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Honorary Consulate of Belgium in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />Police Park Terrace, 3/1<br />Colombo 05 -<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: + (94) (11) 250.43.51<br />Fax: + (94) (11) 250.43.52<br />Email: <a href="mailto:consul.belgium@unilink.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">consul.belgium@unilink.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Honorary Consul of Bhutan in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />Level 06, Hemas House<br />No 75, Braybrooke Place<br />Colombo-02, Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: 0094 11 2313131<br />Fax: 0094 23 00003<br />Email: bhutan.consul@hemas.com,abbas@hemas.com</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of Brazil in Sri Lanka send edits<br />MORVEN HOUSE NR. 16<br />QUEENS ROAD, COLOMBO 3 SRI LANKA<br />City: Colombo</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">High Commission of Canada in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />6 Gregory's Road, Cinnamon Garden<br />Colombo, Sri Lanka, 07<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: 94 (11) 532-6232 or 522-6232<br />Fax: 94 (11) 532-6299 or 522-6299<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.srilanka.gc.ca/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.srilanka.gc.ca">http://www.srilanka.gc.ca</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:clmbo-cs@international.gc.ca" style="text-decoration: none;">clmbo-cs@international.gc.ca</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Chinese Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka send edits<br />381-A Bauddhaloka<br />Mawatha<br />Colombo 07, Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: 0094-11-2688610<br />Fax: 0094-11-2693799<br />Web Site: <a href="http://lk.china-embassy.org/eng/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://lk.china-embassy.org/eng/">http://lk.china-embassy.org/eng/</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:chinaemb_lk@mfa.gov.cn" style="text-decoration: none;">chinaemb_lk@mfa.gov.cn</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Cuban Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Cuban Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />15/9 Maitland Crescent<br />Colombo 07, Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: (94-11) 2677170<br />Fax: (94-11) 2669380<br />Web Site: <a href="http://embacuba.cubaminrex.cu/srilanka" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://Embacuba.cubaminrex.cu/srilanka">http://Embacuba.cubaminrex.cu/srilanka</a><br />Email: consulcuba@sltnet.lk,cubaembalk@sltnet.lk,embacuba@sltnet.lk<br />Office Hours: Office Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00 Consular Office Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 12:00</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Cyprus in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />Ceylinco Seylan Towers, 16th Floor<br />90, Galle Road<br />Colombo 03, Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: (009411) 2456650, 2456675, 2456651, 2580252 (Res.)<br />Fax: (009411) 2452655, 2580252 (Res. Fax)<br />Email: <a href="mailto:sicille@lanka.ccom.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">sicille@lanka.ccom.lk</a>, <a href="mailto:sicille@ceygroup.ccom.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">sicille@ceygroup.ccom.lk</a><br />Office Hours: 09:00 - 15:00 (Flexible)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />Delmon Holdings Building<br />Level 02, No. 15, Mile Post Avenue<br />Colombo 03, Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo 03<br />Phone: 009411/5555218<br />009411/2375922<br />Fax: 009411/2375852<br />Email: <a href="mailto:czech2006@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">czech2006@sltnet.lk</a><br />Office Hours: Monday - Thursday: 10.00 - 16.30</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Danish Consulate in Colombo 1, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Royal Danish Consulate General in Sri Lanka send edits<br />Unit #5-3C, East Tower<br />World Trade Center<br />Echelon Square<br />City: Colombo 01<br />Phone: +94 (75) 556 699<br />Fax: +94 (75) 554 545<br />Email: <a href="mailto:kdconsul@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">kdconsul@sltnet.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Honorary Consulate General of Finland in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />Honorary Consulate General of Finland<br />23-25 Rheinland Place 3<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: +94-11-4727222<br />Fax: + 94-11-2576755 / 2575485<br />Email: <a href="mailto:ashroffo@brandix.com" style="text-decoration: none;">ashroffo@brandix.com</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of France in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />89 Rosmead place - Colombo 7<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: [94] (11) 263 94 00<br />Fax: [94] (11) 263 94 02/ 263 94 01 (section consulaire<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.ambafrance-lk.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.ambafrance-lk.org">http://www.ambafrance-lk.org</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:ambfrclb@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">ambfrclb@sltnet.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of Germany in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />No. 40, Alfred House Avenue<br />Colombo-03<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: 94 1 580431<br />Fax: 94 1 580440<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.germanembassy-colombo.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.germanembassy-colombo.lk">http://www.germanembassy-colombo.lk</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:germaemb@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">germaemb@sltnet.lk</a><br />Office Hours: 9.00-12.00 Monday- Friday</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Honorary Consulate General of Greece in Colombo send edits<br />Meewella Building 4th Floor, 329 Galle Road, Colombo 04, Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: (009411) 2556701<br />Fax: (009411) 2585995<br />Email: <a href="mailto:ajit@keells.com" style="text-decoration: none;">ajit@keells.com</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Royal Danish Consulate General in Sri Lanka send edits<br />Unit #5-3C, East Tower<br />World Trade Center<br />Echelon Square<br />Colombo 01<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: +94 (75) 556 699<br />Fax: +94 (75) 554 545<br />Email: <a href="mailto:kdconsul@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">kdconsul@sltnet.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Indian Consulate in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">High Commission of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />36-38, Galle Road<br />PO Box No. 8823<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: 00-94-1-2327587, 2421605<br />Fax: 00-94-1-2445403<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.indiahcsl.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.indiahcsl.org">http://www.indiahcsl.org</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:cons.colombo@mea.gov.in" style="text-decoration: none;">cons.colombo@mea.gov.in</a>, <a href="mailto:info.colombo@mea.gov.in" style="text-decoration: none;">info.colombo@mea.gov.in</a>, <a href="mailto:hoc.colombo@mea.gov.in" style="text-decoration: none;">hoc.colombo@mea.gov.in</a>, <a href="mailto:com.colombo@mea.gov.in" style="text-decoration: none;">com.colombo@mea.gov.in</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">High Commission of India in Kandy, Sri Lanka send edits<br />No. 31, Rajapihilla Mawatha<br />PO Box 47<br />City: Kandy<br />Phone: 00-94-8-234545, 224563<br />Email: <a href="mailto:ahciknd@telenett.net" style="text-decoration: none;">ahciknd@telenett.net</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Indonesian Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of Indonesia in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />400/50 Sarana Road<br />Off Budhaloka Mawatha<br />Colombo 07, Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: (94-11) 267 43 37<br />Fax: (94-11) 267 86 68<br />Email: <a href="mailto:indocola@sri.lanka.net" style="text-decoration: none;">indocola@sri.lanka.net</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Honorary Consul of Ireland in Sri Lanka send edits<br />35 Edward Lane<br />City: Colombo 03<br />Phone: 0094 11 2587 895<br />Fax: 0094 11 4517 589</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of Italy in Sri Lanka send edits<br />55, Jawatta Road<br />Colombo 5 - 00500<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: 941 588 388<br />Fax: 941 588 622<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.italianembassy.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.italianembassy.lk/">http://www.italianembassy.lk/</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:itemgen@slt.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">itemgen@slt.lk</a><br />Office Hours: Monday - Friday 08.30 - 12.30</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Japanese Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of Japan in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />No. 20 Gregory's Road, Colombo 7<br />Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka<br />(P.O. Box 822 Colombo)<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: +94-11-2693831<br />Fax: +94-11-2698629<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.lk.emb-japan.go.jp/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.lk.emb-japan.go.jp/">http://www.lk.emb-japan.go.jp/</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:cultujpn@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">cultujpn@sltnet.lk</a><br />Office Hours: Working Hours: 8:30-17:00 Weekly Holidays: Saturday/Sunday</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of Russia in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />14 Jawatta Road<br />Colombo 05<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: (+94-11) 2597957, 2582428, 2597958<br />Fax: (+94-11) 2597954<br />Email: <a href="mailto:kuemcolombo@eureka.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">kuemcolombo@eureka.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Malaysian Consulate in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">High Commission of Malaysia, Colombo send edits<br />No. 33, Bagatalle Road, Colombo 03,<br />Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: 0094 112554681/2/3<br />Fax: 0094 112554684<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.kln.gov.my/perwakilan/colombo" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.kln.gov.my/perwakilan/colombo">http://www.kln.gov.my/perwakilan/colombo</a><br />Email: malcolmbo@eureka.lk,malhoc@eureka.lk,malcon@eureka.lk<br />Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8.15 a.m - 4.15 p.m</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Maltese Consulate in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Honorary Consulate of Malta in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />c/o 2nd Floor, Lucky Plaza<br />No.70, St Anthony s Mawatha<br />Colombo 03<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: 0094-11-2-575 511/ 2-574 817<br />Fax: 0094-11-2-577 385<br />Email: maltaconsul.colombo@gov.m</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Myanmar Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of Myanmar in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />No. 108 Barnes Place,<br />City: Colombo 07<br />Phone: (94) (1) 681197, 672197<br />Fax: (94) (1) 681196<br />Email: <a href="mailto:mecmb@itmin.com" style="text-decoration: none;">mecmb@itmin.com</a>, <a href="mailto:mmembcmb@eureka.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">mmembcmb@eureka.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of Nepal in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />153, Kynsey Road,<br />Colombo 08, Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: 0094-11-2689-656, 657<br />Fax: 0094-11-2689-655<br />Email: <a href="mailto:nepalembassy@eureka.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">nepalembassy@eureka.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Royal Embassy of Netherlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />25, Torrington Avenue<br />Colombo 07<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: +94-(0)11-2596914<br />Fax: +94-(0)11-2502855<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.netherlands.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.netherlands.lk/">http://www.netherlands.lk/</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:col@minbuza.nl" style="text-decoration: none;">col@minbuza.nl</a><br />Office Hours: Visa Centre Openings Hours Monday to Thursday 8.30 - 15.00pm</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan send edits<br />211 De Saram Place<br />Colombo 10<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: (+94-11) 2697939, 2696301/2<br />Fax: (+94-11) 2695780, 2685635<br />Email: <a href="mailto:pakhicom@sri.lanka.net" style="text-decoration: none;">pakhicom@sri.lanka.net</a>, <a href="mailto:parepcolombo@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">parepcolombo@sltnet.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Philippine Consulate in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Consulate General of Philippines in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />41 Sir Ernest de Silva Mawatha<br />Flower Road<br />Colombo 07<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: (+94) (1) 370710 or (+94) (1) 370711<br />Fax: (+94) (1) 522524<br />Email: <a href="mailto:philcons@slt.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">philcons@slt.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of Romania in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />14A Cambridge Terrace<br />Colombo 07<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: (00) (94) (11) 2683421<br />Fax: (00) (94) (11) 2683422<br />Email: <a href="mailto:romania@sri.lanka.net" style="text-decoration: none;">romania@sri.lanka.net</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Russian Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of Russia in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />Embassy of the Russian Federation<br />62 Sir Ernest de Silva Mawatha<br />Colombo 07, Sri-Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: +941 2574-959, 2573-555<br />Fax: +941 2574-959, 2573-555<br />Email: <a href="mailto:rusemb@itmin.net" style="text-decoration: none;">rusemb@itmin.net</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Saudi Arabian Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Saudi Arabia Embassy , Sri Lanka send edits<br />29 Horton Place, 120 Hortan Place<br />PO Box 155<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: +94-696726 / +94-694874/+94-691549/+94-697311<br />Fax: +94-338881<br />Email: <a href="mailto:saudiemb@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">saudiemb@sltnet.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Singaporean Consulate in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Consulate of Singapore in Sri Lanka send edits<br />No. 13, Dickman's Lane<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: +94-11-2550-800<br />Fax: +94-11-2582-850 / +94-11-2502-988<br />Email: <a href="mailto:chairman@ceylincoconsolidated.com" style="text-decoration: none;">chairman@ceylincoconsolidated.com</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">South African Consulate in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">South African High Commission in Sri Lanka send edits<br />Level 26, East Tower<br />World Trade Center<br />Echelon Square<br />Colombo 01<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: + 94 11 5635 966; + 94 11 2351 529<br />Fax: +94 11 5505 899<br />Email: <a href="mailto:sahc_info@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">sahc_info@sltnet.lk</a>, <a href="mailto:sahc_consular@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">sahc_consular@sltnet.lk</a>, <a href="mailto:sahc_finance@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">sahc_finance@sltnet.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Swedish Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of Sweden, Colombo send edits<br />49 Bullers Lane<br />Colombo 07<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: +94 (11) 4795 400<br />Fax: +94 (11) 4795 450<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.swedenabroad.com/colombo" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.swedenabroad.com/colombo">http://www.swedenabroad.com/colombo</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:ambassaden.colombo@sida.se" style="text-decoration: none;">ambassaden.colombo@sida.se</a><br />Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 12 noon Visa (applications and processing): Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 12 noon</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Thai Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Royal Thai Embassy, Sri Lanka send edits<br />9th Floor, Green lanka Towers<br />46/46 Nawam Mawatha<br />Colombo 02<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: (9411) 230-2500-3, 230-4514, 230-2482<br />Fax: (9411) 230-4511-2<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.thaiembassy.org/colombo" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.thaiembassy.org/colombo">http://www.thaiembassy.org/colombo</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:thaicmb@sltnet.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">thaicmb@sltnet.lk</a><br />Office Hours: Working hours: Monday-Friday 8.30 hrs.-16.30 hrs.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Emirati Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Embassy of United Arab Emirates in Sri Lanka send edits<br />44 Ernest de Silva Mw.<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: +94-1-565052 / +94-1-565053<br />Fax: +94-1-564104<br />Email: <a href="mailto:uaeemb@pan.lk" style="text-decoration: none;">uaeemb@pan.lk</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">American Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka send edits<br />210, Galle Road<br />Colombo 03<br />Sri Lanka<br />City: Colombo<br />Phone: +94 (11) 244-9070<br />Fax: +94 (11) 242-1272<br />Web Site: <a href="http://colombo.usembassy.gov/" style="text-decoration: none;" title="http://colombo.usembassy.gov/">http://colombo.usembassy.gov/</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:TisseraV@state.gov" style="text-decoration: none;">TisseraV@state.gov</a><br />Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM Friday 8:00 AM - 12 PM</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Important tourist related telephone</span><br />
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<li style="font-size: 11px;" type="square"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>Sri Lanka Tourism Hotline </strong>1912 <strong>Police</strong> (+94) 11 2433333</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>Immigration & Emigration</strong> 011 2503629,(+94) 11 2597510-3 (visas)</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>Fire</strong> (+94) 11 2422222-3</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>Travel Information Centre </strong>(+94) 11 2503629</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>Directory Enquires</strong> 161 <strong>International Enquires </strong>134</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>Flight Information</strong> (+94) 732377, (+94) 732677</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>Sri Lanka Tourism</strong> (+94) 11 2437055, (+94) 11 2437059, (+94) 11 2437060</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>Travel Agents Association</strong> (+94) 11 2421745-47</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>Sri Lanka Customs </strong>(+94) 11 2421141-9, (+94) 11 2470945-9</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>General Hospital </strong>(+94) 11 2691111</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>General Post office</strong> (+94) 11 2326302, (+94) 11 2320722, (+94) 11 2448482</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>Railway Tourist Office</strong> (+94) 11 2435838</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><strong>Central Bus Stand</strong> (+94) 11 2329604-5</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Important tourist related web site</span></h3>
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<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://webhostlk.com/Referencess/Airport3/index.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd.</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.airsrilanka.tk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Airport information</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.accimt.ac.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Arthur C. Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Attorney General's Department</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.boc.lk/bochome/index.jsp" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Bank of Ceylon</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.boi.lk/BOI2008/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.slbfe.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Bureau of Foreign Employment</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.cbsl.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Central Bank of Sri Lanka</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.cultural.gov.lk/ccf/ccf.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Central Cultural Fund</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.cecbsl.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.ceb.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ceylon Electricity Board</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.ceylonhotels.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ceylon Hotels Corporation</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.textile-clothing.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Clothing Industry Training Institute</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.trade.gov.lk/popups/co_operative_wholesale%20establishment.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Co-operative Wholesale Establishment (CWE)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.cda.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Coconut Development Authority</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.cis.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Colombo International School</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.agridept.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Agriculture</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.gov.lk/estate/animal" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Animal Production and Health</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.mca.gov.lk/D_archeo/dept_archeo.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Archaeology</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.statistics.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Census & Statistics</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.mca.gov.lk/D_culture/culturedept.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Cultural Affairs</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.doenets.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Examinations</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.erd.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of External Resources</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.eureka.lk/fpea" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Fiscal Policy & Economic Affairs</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.immigration.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Immigration & Emigration</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.news.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Information</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.lk/ir/irindex.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Inland Revenue</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.labour.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Labour</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.meteo.slt.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Meteorology</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.mca.gov.lk/D_archives/dept_archives.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of National Archives</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.nbd.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of National Budget</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.mca.gov.lk/N_museum/national_museums.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of National Museums</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.lanka.net/slpost" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Posts</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.ped.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Public Enterprises</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.drc.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Registrar of Companies</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.dwlc.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Department of Wildlife Conservation</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.tracklanka.com/dlblottery/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Development Lotteries Board</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://esrilanka.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> E Sri Lanka</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.lanka.net/etf/index.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Employees Trust Fund (ETF)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.esc.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Energy Supply Committee</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.infolanka.com/thcs/frames.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> General Hospital Colombo South</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.gsmb.slt.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.harti.slt.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.indolankafta.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.naresa.ac.lk/idb" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Industrial Development Board (IDB)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.iti.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Industrial Technology Institute (ITI)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.adamspeaksl.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Information on Adams peak</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.ifs.ac.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Institute of Fundamental Studies (IFS)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.ips.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.jobsnet.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> JobsNet - Sri Lanka</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.xasia.lk/kalubowitiyana" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Kalubowitiyana Tea Factory Ltd.</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.lanka.net/leco" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Lanka Electricity Company (Private) Limited (LECO)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.stcgeneral.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Lanka General Trading Company</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.beachcabana.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Mangrove Beach Cabanas</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.gov.lk/mob/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Buddha Sasana (Buddhist Affairs)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.commerce.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Commerce & Consumer Affairs</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.constitution.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Constitutional Affairs</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.mca.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Cultural Affairs</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.gov.lk/defense/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Defence</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.most.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Economic Reform, Science and Technology</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.industry.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Enterprise Development, Industrial Policy & Investment Promotion</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.slmfa.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.health.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Welfare</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.mohsl.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Highways</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.urbanlanka.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Housing and Plantation Infrastructure</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.gov.lk/moe/home.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Human Resources Development, Education and Cultural Affairs</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.ministryofindustries.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Industries</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.justiceministry.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Justice, Law Reform and National Integration</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.plantation.gov.lk/home.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Plantation Industries</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.mpdinor.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Policy Development and Implementation</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.pubad.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Public Administration, Management & Reforms</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.gov.lk/mre/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Rural Economy</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.gov.lk/social/index.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Social Welfare</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.slmts.slt.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Tourism</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.womens-affairs.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Women's Affairs</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.sportsministry.gov.lk/pages/youth/ministry.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.childprotection.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Child Protection Authority (NCPA)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.nsf.ac.lk/nerd/profile.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Engineering Research and Development Centre</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.fadinap.org/sri_lanka" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Fertilizer Secretariat of Sri Lanka</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.infolanka.com/people/shyam/ClinMed7.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Hospital of Sri Lanka</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.nibm.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Institute of Business Management (NIBM)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/lap/libs/srilanka.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Library Services Board</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.slproductivity.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Productivity Policy Portal</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.nsb.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Savings Bank (NSB)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.nastec.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Science & Technology Commission</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.nsf.ac.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Science Foundation</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.waterboard.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Water Supply & Drainage Board</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.lk/national/nysc" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Youth Services Council</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.colombocityguide.com/zoo" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> National Zoological Gardens</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.nepc.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> North East Provincial Council</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.ccom.lk/wayamba/wayamba.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> North Western (Wayamba) Provincial Council</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.lawnet.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Official Legal Information Network of Sri Lanka (Lawnet)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.100day.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Operation 100-Days</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.parliament.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Parliament of Sri Lanka</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.peoplesbank.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> People's Bank</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://slnews.net/slplanet" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Planetarium</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.police.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Police</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.presidentsl.org/data/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> President of Sri Lanka</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.gov.lk/pm/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Prime Minister of Sri Lanka</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.perc.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Public Enterprise Reform Commission</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.mca.gov.lk/Public_perfor/performance.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Public Performance Board</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.psb.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Public Procurement Bureau - Department of Public Finance</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://remembrancepark.ctc.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Rana Viru Remembrance Park</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.ranaviru.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Rana Viru Seva Authority (Welfare of Servicemen)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.nsf.ac.lk/stp-reel/profile.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Real Estate Exchange (Pvt) Ltd.</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.regainingsrilanka.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Regaining Sri Lanka</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.rran.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Resettlement and Rehabilitation Authority of the North (RRAN)</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.rice.ac.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Rice Research & Development Institute</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.rightpix.com/index.php" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Rightpix</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.naresa.ac.lk/instit/rri.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Rubber Research Institute</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.naresa.ac.lk/adbmost/profile.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Science & Technology Human Resources Development Project</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.peaceinsrilanka.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.sec.gov.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.smed.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Small and Medium Enterprise Developers</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.slarmy.org/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Sri Lanka Army</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.cashew.lk/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="matrixTD" height="24" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.visitsrilanka.net/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Sri Lanka Convention Bureau</a></span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold;">Venerable Kirama Wimalajothi Thero is the founder of the Buddhist Cultural Centre. After the dedicated religious service he had provided for the people of Malaysia, Singapore and USA for nearly 20 years, he returned to Sri Lanka to serve the people of his own country.</span></div>
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The BCC reprinted the ‘Pansiya Panas Jathaka Potha’ in 2 volumes with a volume in an abridged form. Many more books including Visuddhi Magga, Milinda panha, Pujavaliya, Saddharmalankaraya were also printed. After installing a new printing press the centre started printing new books, both in Sinhala and English, well over 500 books on Buddha Dhamma, Buddhist Literature, History, Culture, Philosophy, languages such as Pali and Sanskrit etc. written by renowned scholars were printed there.</div>
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Several exhibitions of Buddhist books were held since 1992 every year (at times twice a year) in Colombo at the Public Library Auditorium, national Art Gallery, and all Ceylon Buddhist Congress Auditorium) and other townships such as Kandy, Kurunegala, Galle, Matara and Ratnapura. The mobile bookshop was also organized along with these exhibitions. The purpose of this program was to popularize Buddhist books.</div>
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A mobile Buddhist bookshop was launched from 1995 to end of 2002 by the BCC. This was necessitated due to non availability of Buddhist books in all areas including Colombo and to increase basic knowledge in Buddhism by promoting reading habits. This popular program was conducted for nearly 8 years.</div>
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A fully equipped meditation centre was established at Dekanduwela, Horana, in a 10 acre land in 1993 by the provision of the Director of BCC, Ven. Kirama Wimalajothi thero. In-house training on meditation from 2 days to 2 weeks were organized in this panoramic place. The centre could accommodate 40 participants at a time.</div>
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Temporary (two weeks) Ordination program was launched in 2003.This was designed to give basic knowledge in Dhamma, Meditation and Social Work. As the Centre could accommodate only 40 partcipants at a time, the course is confined only to males of the ages between 18 and 40 years. This novice training was conducted once in two months. The program gained popularity among the youths very rapidly. After one year from this basic training, all of them were enrolled as members of the ‘Ariya Mittha Sansadaya’, main objective of which is to propagate the Buddha Dhamma among the school children. This activity is carried out in addition to the Sunday Dhamma Schools.</div>
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20,000 copies of ‘Buddhism in a Nutshell’ by Ven. Narada Maha Thero were distributed free of charge among star class hotels and tourist resorts in the country for the use of tourists.</div>
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In 2004, a massive project of reprinting the entire ‘Buddha Jayanthi Tripitaka’ books was undertaken at an estimated cost of Rs. 70m. It is expected to complete this task by May 2006. The intention of the project is to protect and save the pure Buddha Dhamma for the future generations.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to the poet <strong>Valmiki</strong> and an important part of the Hindu canon. One of the most important literary works of ancient India, the Ramayana consists of 7 chapters (Kānda), and narrates the story of Rama’s wife Sita being abducted by Rāvana, the demon (Rākshasa) king of Lanka.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i>According to the Ramayana, king Rāvana brought Sita Devi from India in a “Pushpaka Vimana” which is widely known in Sri Lanka as the “Dandu Monara Yanthranaya”, or Large Peacock Machine in Sinhala.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Sri Lanka shares a special bond with India geographically, historically, culturally and spiritually. The Ramayana begins with Ayodhya in India and climaxes at Lankapura. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">People in Sri Lanka through generations believed that king Rāvana ruled this country. There are many sites in Sri Lanka which are connected to the Ramayana. Below is a list of places which we have identified as connected to the Ramayana and listed according to the Ramayana epic.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Rāvana was the king of Lanka and another 9 kingdoms. He was known as Dasis (or Dasa Shirsha) meaning 10 heads, because he had ten crowns, one each for his ten kingdoms.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Surpanakha chanced upon Rama at his hermitage and became enamored with the handsome prince. Rama being faithful to his wife Sita did not respond and asked Surpanakha to approach Lakshmana who was unmarried. Surpanakha who felt humiliated by this, tried to attack Sita in anger saying Sita was the cause of the men’s contempt for her. Lakshmana then intervened and cut off Surpanakha’s nose.</span></span></div>
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 20px;">Surpanakha terrified and in pain, flew at once to Lanka to seek the protection of Rāvana. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 20px;">When Rāvana asked his sister for the cause, Surpanakha said that she had seen Sita, a lady of incomparable beauty, and wanted to bring her for Rāvana. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
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Ravana using a golden deer as a decoy visited Sita when she was alone in the guise of an old sage, abducted and brought her to <strong>Weragantota</strong> in Lanka in his plane, the Pushpaka Vimana.</div>
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Sita Devi was kept at queen Mandothari’s palace at Lankapura. The place Sita was held captive is called <strong>Sita Kotuwa</strong>; which means Sita’s Fort in Sinhala. It is believed Rāvana had an aircraft repair centre at <strong>Gurulupotha</strong> close to<strong> Sita Kotuwa. Gurulupotha</strong> means Parts of Birds in Sinhala.</div>
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The Chariot Path atop the mountain range is still visible. The Sita Tear Pond close to the <strong>Chariot Path</strong> is believed to have been formed by Sita Devi’s tears. Visitors could also see the famed<strong> Sita Flowers</strong> which are endemic to this area.</div>
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Sita’s captivity at Ashok Vatika (also known as Ashoka/ Asoka Vanam)</span></h1>
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Ashok Vatika is a garden where Rāvana held Sita captive. This is in the area of <strong>Sita Eliya</strong>, close to the city of <strong>Nuwara Eliya</strong>. The <strong>Hakgala Gardens</strong> located at the base of the Hakgala Rock forms part of the famed <strong>Ashok Vatika</strong>. The <strong>Sita Pokuna</strong> is a barren area atop the Hakgala Rock Jungle where Sita was kept captive. <strong>Sita Devi</strong> is set to have bathed in a stream at Sita Eliya. The <strong>Sita Amman Temple</strong> is located at this spot.</div>
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Whilst crossing the ocean, Hanuman was tested by <strong>Surasa Devi</strong>, the Naga maiden en-route to Lanka. This place is now called <strong>Nagadeepa</strong>.</div>
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Hanuman after meeting Sita at Ashok Vatika, decided to test the strength of <strong>king Rāvana</strong> and his <strong>army of Rakshas</strong>. He invited battle by uprooting trees and destroying the garden. Upon being captured by the Rakshasa guards, Hanuman was brought in the presence of Rāvana. As a punishment, Hanuman’s tail was set on fire. Hanuman in turn set fire to the houses in the city. <strong>Ussangoda</strong> is one such torched area.</div>
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Hanuman on the way back to India rested at <strong>Mani Kattuthar</strong>. Near by is the <strong>village of Kondagala</strong>, known as <strong>Kondakalai</strong> in Tamil, where Sita is said to have deranged her hair whilst passing the place. The village also contains Sita Gooli which are rice balls offered by Ravana to Sita; which she refused and threw away.</div>
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Upon hearing Hanuman’s threat and seeing his capabilities, King Rāvana decided to hide Sita at various secret locations as a precautionary measure. <strong>Rāvanagoda</strong> which means Ravana’s place in the Kotmale area is one such complex of tunnels and caves. Istreepura is another ingenious network of paths which are interconnected all major areas of king Rāvana’s city. Istreepura means Area of Women in Sinhala. This refers to the retinue of ladies Ravana made available to look after Sita.</div>
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<strong>Gayathri Peedum</strong> is the place where Ravana’s son Mehganath was granted super natural powers by Lord Shiva prior to the battle.</div>
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Neelawari is located in the North of the country in the Jaffna peninsula is a place <strong>Lord Rama</strong> shot an arrow to the ground to obtain water for his army upon arriving Lanka.</div>
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Dondra, Seenigama & Hikkaduwa are places in the South of Lanka where Sugriva (king of Vanaras) prepared for his onslaught on king Ravana’s forces from the Southern flank.</div>
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During the height of the battle Indrajit, elder son of Rāvana beheaded a lookalike of Sita Devi in front of Hanuman to break his spirit. This place is known as <strong>Sitawaka</strong> in the Avissawella area.</div>
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Yudhaganawa, battlefield in Sinhala is a place in <strong>Wasgamuwa</strong> where the major battles took place.</div>
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Parts of the hill fell on five places in Sri Lanka; namely <strong>Rumassala in Galle</strong>, <strong>Dolukanda in Hiripitiya</strong>, Ritigala close to Habarana, Talladi in Mannar and Katchchathivu in the north.</div>
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Lord Karthikaya Subramaniyam was requested to go to battle by Lord Indra to protect Lord Rama from king Rāvana’s Brahmastra. This was at Kataragama, which is now a very popular place for worship among Sri Lankans.</div>
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Dunuwila is a place from which Lord Rama fired the Brahmastra at king Rāvana who was directing the war from <strong>Laggala</strong>, where he was killed.</div>
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Laggala is derived from the Sinhala term “<strong>Elakke Gala</strong>”, which means Target Rock. Laggala served as a sentry point to observe Lord Rama’s army. Geographically, this is the highest part of the northern region of Rāvana’s city.</div>
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After Rāvana’s death, his body was kept at <strong>Yahangala</strong>, Divan or Bed Rock in Sinhala for the country men to pay their respect for their departed King.</div>
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Sita met Rama after the war, and <strong>Divurumpola</strong> is the place she under went the “Agni” test of fire where she proved her innocence and purity to Rama. Divurumpola means the Place of Oath in Sinhala.</div>
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Vantharamulai is a place that Lord Rama, Sita Devi, Lakshmana and Hanuman rested after the turmoil of the war. Amaranthakali is believed to be the place where they had the first meal after the war.</div>
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When returning to India, Rama felt he was followed by a “<strong>Brahmahasti Dhosham</strong>”, a dark cloud capable of taking his life, as he had killed Rāvana, a Brahamin. Rama felt safe from the “Brahmahasti Dhosham” at Munneswaram. This is the place Rama prayed to Lord Shiva and where God Shiva asked Lord Rama to install four Lingams to get rid of the Dhosham. These four Lingams were installed at Manavari, Thiru Koheneshwaram, Thiru Ketheshwaram and Ramaeshwaram in India.</div>
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After king Rāvana’s death, Rāvana’s brother Vibhishana was coroneted as a king of Lanka by Lakshmana at<strong> Kelaniya</strong>.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">One of the world’s most beautiful and exotic islands, Sri Lanka, (formerly Ceylon) lies just below the southern tip of India. This pear-shaped bit of tropical paradise, about the size of Sicily, is a tourist’s delight offering British teahouses, rubber plantations, and gem mines.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Marco Polo wrote of his visit in 1292: “I want you to understand that the island of Ceylon is, for its size, the finest island in the world, and from its streams comes rubies, sapphires, topazes, amethyst and garnet.” Little has changed since Marco Polo’s time except that Sri Lanka faces overpopulation and a faltering economy.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Its gemstones, however, seem to occur in endless supply. Known as the “Jewel Box of the Indian Ocean,” Sri Lanka, like possibly no other locality on earth, has yielded precious stones and fine gems in a great profusion of gem species and varieties.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The island was known in the ancient world as Taprobane (copper colored in Greek). Native Veddahs, bathing in smooth flowing streams, noticed colored pebbles scattered in sandy bottoms. It was not until 500 B.C. that conquering Buddhists from northern India also discovered gems in the rivers and began to set rough stones into crude jewelry. They bartered stones with traders from abroad and eventually the treasures found their way to the marketplaces of Asia and Europe. Ancient Greek and Chinese historians referred to the beautiful gems of Ceylon, and King Solomon reportedly wooed the Queen of Sheba with Ceylonese precious stones.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Geologically, gemstones originated within a broad belt known as the Highland Series which runs through the center of Sri Lanka. The edges of the belt form a trough bordered by chains of mountains and peaks. The trough, made up of highly crystalline Precambrian metamorphosed rock, featured components of schists, quartzite, marbles, and sometimes pegmatite deposits. Rock erosion resulted in the formation of extensive gem-laden placer deposits along stream beds in lower valleys.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Mineral:Corundum
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Locality: Central
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Description: Doubly-terminated
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />Miners soon learned the richest deposits were composed of blue and yellow clays called <i>illam </i>which lay just below the surface of lush valley farmlands. During their tortuous journey downstream, most gem crystals were worn to rounded pebbles, but harder than host minerals, they managed to retain much of their size.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Every available square meter of stream bed was mined until all known gem areas were exhausted. The miners discovered that the rivers they were working were in reality “surface streams” and that by digging downward from 7 to 30 meters, “ancient streams” could be encountered. Unfortunately most of the ancient streams lay beneath cultivated fields. Prospecting and mining operations caused great destruction to crops and created considerable animosity between farmer and miner.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Eventually new mining methods were devised whereby the gem hunter could operate at a profit and still leave the farmland virtually intact. A vertical shaft was dug downward until the illam was reached. Feeder tunnels extended in a number of directions like the spokes on a wheel. The shaft and tunnels were carefully supported by wood and bamboo timbers. The miners dug along the tunnels, loaded the gravel into knapsacks, and then climbed to the surface with their loads.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Washing, screening, and sorting occurred on the surface. Usually pumps operated full time to keep the tunnels free of water. When a mine played out, the tunnels were closed off, the shaft filled, the buildings removed, and new topsoil spread over the area. As another growing season approached, all vestiges of the mine vanished.</span></div>
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Ratnapura (Singhalese for ‘gem town’) lies about 100 kilometers southeast of Colombo. Its mining region has produced an incredible variety of gemstones, many of them outstanding in comparison with stones from other regions. Sapphire occurs in all hues of blue, as well as yellow, violet, green, pink, and the remarkable pinkish-orange “padparadsha.” Other gemstones include topaz in bright yellow with a reddish tinge; brownish yellow to cinnamon-colored grossular; orange-yellow spessartine; blood-red pyrope; red to brownish red almandine; the world’s finest zircon in a broad spectrum including brown, yellow, orange, green, and colorless (known locally as ‘Matara diamond’—a misnomer); green, yellow, and brown tourmaline; yellow, green, and brown chrysoberyl; yellow chrysoberyl cat’s-eye; the unique white translucent variety of microcline with a blue sheen known as moonstone; and great quantities of spinel in brown, green, blue, purple, violet, yellow, pink, and red. Unusual and rare stones from the same area include sillimanite, andalusite, scapolite, enstatite, kornerupine, diopside, and sinhalite. Recently a 5000-carat cat’s-eye chrysoberyl, the size of a man’s fist, was taken from a mine near Ratnapura.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The crown jewels of many monarchs gleam with extraordinary spinels, sapphires, and zircons mined from Sri Lanka streams. The Imperial Treasury of the Soviet Union houses a 400-carat red spinel of great beauty which was once given to Catherine the Great. The British Imperial Crown features a giant oval-cut spinel (previously supposed to be a ruby), known as the “Black Prince.” Crowns in the Green Vaults of Dresden are covered with sapphires from Sri Lanka.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 17px;">Sri Lanka gem producing areas are 5 in number . The traditional areas extend from Avissawella, to Balangoda to Embilipitiya. This area includes the most important mining centers Eheliyagoda, Ratnapura, Pelmedulla and Kahawatte.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Local lapidaries cut most of the island’s gem rough. Striving for maximum weight in each finished stone, cutters frequently align the faces poorly with the center of the stone. Therefore, many stones must be recut, causing a weight loss, before reaching their full potential.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Mineral:Corundum var. Ruby<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 17px;"><b>Gem Mining Steps</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="style19762" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><b> </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 17px;">Most gem mines are found in thick jungles where facilities like electricity and such are not available. Logs of rubber trees are very important in gem mining.These logs are transported manually. Rubber logs are used exclusively to strengthen the four walls of the mine.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 17px;">Once obtained, they are cut into square blocks of specific sizes so they can absorb large volumes of water.</span></span><br />
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After preparing the rubber logs and the location for the gem pit has been identified and the boundaries demarcated the clearing of the site is started. Now the digging of the gem pit commences after invoking the blessings of the gods.</div>
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Once the gem bearing gravels are found inside the cross tunnels, this gravel is broken with the help of a crow-bar.</div>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Sending up this gem bearing gravel to the top is a time consuming exercise.They are filled into a basket and set up through a roller- operated rope.The piled up gravel is collected and carefully piled up near the mine until all the gravel is unearthed.The water pumped out of the mines, now comes in handy as it is used to wash the gravel.Gravel in baskets is washed in a deep water pit.</span></span><span class="style19764" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></span><span class="style19764" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1em; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">One of the highlights of any royal wedding is the jewelry, especially the wedding and engagement rings exchanged by the couple. Prince William gifted a large blue sapphire ring to Kate Middleton, the large sapphire was originally mined in <b>Sri Lanka </b>and now weighs <b>18 carats. </b>Sri Lankan sapphires also known as Ceylon sapphires, have always held an important position in the global gems and jewelry industry. Sapphires are rare gems and belong to the corrundum group of minerals. A big sapphire gemstone would be one where the gem size is around 3 carats or more. With this definition the 18 carat blue sapphire in the ring worn by Kate, is exceptionally large.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">A Sri Lankan Gem and Jewellers organization, claims that the big blue sapphire worn by Kate Middleton for the wedding was mined in Sri Lanka. A mine located in the central portion of the country, was where the big sapphire was mined. The stone was apparently sold around 35 years ago.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;">Some parts of his article are extracted from Dr.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> Peter Bancroft’s classic book, <i>Gem and Crystal Treasures</i> (1984)</span></span><br />
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</div>Champika Mahindarathnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434886378466854102noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839409144663486833.post-39630126636306905442011-10-19T10:43:00.000+05:302011-10-19T10:43:36.834+05:30List of famous tourist attractions,Sri Lanka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><b>West Coast</b></span></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Negombo (35 km north of Colombo)</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Mount Lavinia (12 km south of Colombo)</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><b>South Coast</b></span></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Bentota (62 km south of Colombo)</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Ambalangoda (Approx 85 km south of Colombo)</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Hikkaduwa (98 km south of Colombo)</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Unawatuna (140 km south-east of Colombo)</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Weligama (143 km south-east of Colombo)</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Mirissa</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Matara (km south-east of Colombo)</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Tangalle (195 km south-east of Colombo)</span></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Arugam Bay (315 km east of Colombo)</span></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Dambulla - Rock cave temple</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Maligawila - Ancient Monastery with largest statue of Lord Buddha in Sri Lanka</span></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Kumana National Park - Famous for Bird watching</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Bundala National Park - Famous for Bird watching</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Wasgamuwa National Park - One most attractive national park</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Wilpattu National Park - Largest in Sri Lanka, famous for leopards</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Minneriya National Park - Famous for Elephants</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Horton Plains National Park - Only national park in hill country and famous for sambar</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Mullaitive National Park- Proposed for Elephant watching</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 24px;">Udawalawe National Park - Famous for Elephant watching</span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Yala National Park - Most visited, and second-largest in Sri Lanka</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Udawalawe Elephant Transit Centre</span></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">White water rafting - Kithulgala</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Surfing - Arugam Bay</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Boating - Bentota, Bolgoda, Madhu ganga, Koggala</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Trekking - Knuckles Mountain Range, Hortan plains, Sripada aka Adam's peak</li>
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</div>Champika Mahindarathnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434886378466854102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839409144663486833.post-55810750235610553852011-10-09T11:00:00.002+05:302011-11-25T09:44:30.108+05:30Anuradhapura,Sri Lanka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Anuradhapura,</b></span> (<span lang="si" xml:lang="si">අනුරාධපුරය</span> in Sinhala, <span lang="ta" xml:lang="ta">அனுராதபுரம்</span> in Tamil), is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MR_wW5wxSwgx7mJQ-81fZPRighgoHYGa51W94adt8vmL9ldGx9JSis5snrixYAUQZJ3tB7SSJTuRsuQEU_xDFXe3Pfy6CZ36N8AFbFovFPeyK3ePKBWj6YzUrFBixxqqs5VcLFq7C_Ma/s1600/anuradhapura+map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MR_wW5wxSwgx7mJQ-81fZPRighgoHYGa51W94adt8vmL9ldGx9JSis5snrixYAUQZJ3tB7SSJTuRsuQEU_xDFXe3Pfy6CZ36N8AFbFovFPeyK3ePKBWj6YzUrFBixxqqs5VcLFq7C_Ma/s320/anuradhapura+map.jpg" width="225" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic Malvathu Oya. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and one of the eight World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">From the 4th century BC, it was the capital of Sri Lanka until the beginning of the 11th century AD. During this period it remained one of the most stable and durable centers of political power and urban life in South Asia. The ancient city, considered sacred to the Buddhist world, is today surrounded by monasteries covering an area of over sixteen square miles (40 km²).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Although according to historical records the city was founded in the 5th century BC, the archaeological data put the date as far back as the 10th century BC. Very little evidence was available about the period before the 5th century BC (i.e. the protohistoric period), though excavations have revealed information about the earlier inhabitants of the city.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Further excavations in Anuradhapura have uncovered information about the existence of a protohistoric habitation of humans in the citadel. The protohistoric Iron Age which spans from 900 to 600 BC, marked the appearance of iron technology, pottery, the horse, domestic cattle and paddy cultivation. In the time period 700 to 600 BC the settlement in Anuradhapura had grown over an area of at least 50 ha. The city was strategically situated of major ports northwest and northeast, it was surrounded by irrigable and fertile land. The city was also buried deep in the jungle providing natural defence from invaders.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi is in Mahameuna park in Anuradhapura. It was planted in 249 BC, the regal period of king Devanampiyatissa. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">This the southern branch of the Sri Maha Bodhi at Boddagaya in India under which Lord Buddha attained Enlightenment.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"> Theri Sangamitta brought Sri Maha Bodhi to Sri lanka. It happened in Esala full moon day in 249 BC. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;">After that many kings built walls and gateways to protect the Sri Maha Bodhi. And also bodhi terrace and statues of Lord Buddha built by kings. Nowadays there are two golden fences around the Sri Maha Bodhi. This is the oldest surviving historical tree in the world.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Lovamahapaya is a building situated between Ruvanveliseya and Sri Mahabodiya in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is also known as the Brazen Palace or Lohaprasadaya because the roof was covered with bronze tiles.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 19px;">In ancient times, the building included the refectory and the uposathagara (Uposatha house). There was also a simamalake where the Sangha assembled on Poya days to recite the sutra of the confessional. The famous Lohaprasada built by King Dutugemunu, described as an edifice of nine stories, was a building of this class. One side of the building was 400 ft (120 m) in length. There are 40 rows, each row consisting of 40 stone pillars, for a total of 1600 pillars. It is believed that it took six years for the construction of the building and the plan was brought from the heavens. The building was completely destroyed during the reign of King Saddhatissa. The small building in the center is late construction and is the Venue of Uposatha (chapter house)of the Maha Vihara even now.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">More than 2100 years old, Mirisawetiya is one of the most ancient Dagabas in Sri Lanka . Built by the great king Dutugemunu, this Maginficant Structure is a must see for any visitor to the sacred city of Anuradhapura. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">King Dutugemunu built it as a Dagoba of the "Mahavihara" fraternity but as the monks started living there, it sees that Mirisawetiya developed as a separate monastery. However it is believed that it would have functioned as a monastery belonging to the Mahavihara Fraternity.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Thanthirimale is known for the ancient Buddhist temple situated in a nearby rock covered area. The temple and the junction appears to be most important centre in the village. This temple has historical value. When the Sri Maha Bodhi was brought from India to Sri Lanka, one night along the way the pot containing the sapling was kept at Thanthirimale. It is believed that there was one branch separately grew from the pot, was planted at that village to remember the incident. Hence, some believe that this may be the first Sri Maha Bhodi plant in Sri Lanka. The Bo Tree is placed on top of large stony layer which may protect the tree up to now.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">This temple complex is located in and around 3 beautiful bolder formations spread across a large area in front of the Tissa Weva. On one these is a remains of a dagaba.Remains of 23 caves with drip ledges which the monks used can be seen on two of the rock formations. Remains of many buildings had been found from around the site, among which there were remains of an image house (pilima geya), dagoba and refectory (monk's dining room). Bricks recovered from the dagoba had Sinhalese characters belonging to the 10th and 11th centuries. Also there is a remains of a rate type of a circular building devoid of any statues or pedestals. Although the purpose of the this building is still a mystery, archaeologists have found seventy rare coins on excavating this building.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Made by king Valagambahu. Forth Son of King Saddathissa. Built in 1st century BC it stands at 74.98 metres to the tip of the damaged spire. It is the second largest stupa in the island today. According to the 5th century traveller Chinese monk Fa-Hsien's descriptions, this stupa has been 400 feet (122 metres) in height and has been decorated with gold and silver and studded with all kinds of jewels.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">One of the best specimen of bathing tanks or pools in ancient Sri Lanka is the pair of pools known as Kuttam Pokuna (Twin Ponds/Pools). The said pair of pools were built by the Sinhalese in the ancient kingdom of Anuradhapura. These are considered one of the significant achievements in the field of hydrological engineering and outstanding architectural and artistic creations of the ancient Sinhalese.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Thuparamaya is a dagoba in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is a Buddhist sacred place of veneration.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Thera Mahinda, an envoy sent by King Ashoka himself introduced Theravada Buddhism and also chetiya worship to Sri Lanka. At his request King Devanampiyatissa built Thuparamaya in which was enshrined the collarbone of the Buddha. It is considered to be the first dagaba built in Sri Lanka following the introduction of Buddhism. This is considered the earliest monument, the construction of which was chronicled Sri Lanka. The name Thuparamaya comes from "stupa" and "aramaya" which is a residential complex for monks.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Thuparamaya dagoba has been built in the shape of a heap of paddy. This dagoba was destroyed from time to time. During the reign of King Agbo II it was completely destroyed and the King restored it. What is seen presently is the construction of the dagoba, done in 1862 AD. As of today, after several renovations, in the course of the centuries, the monument has a diameter of 59 ft (18 m), at the base. The dome is 11 feet 4 inches (3.45 m) in height from the ground, 164½ ft (50.1 m) in diameter. The compound is paved with granite and there are 2 rows of stone pillars round the dagaba. During the early periodvatadage was built round the dagoba.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">The story is that the God Kataragama had met his future wife Walli amma on a rainy day near a tamarind tree at this place which is also called Siyambalawa devalaya.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">(Kebaliththa).People at Kotiyagala respect this place very strongly and they are even scared to deal with this place</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">.Everyone must be refrained from consuming all kinds of meat and alcohol for one week before the date of visit.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">This place is considered very sacred by devotees of God Katharagama .They believe that the God’s present staying place is the ‘Maha Siyambalawa Devalaya’.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">These routes are very difficult for traveling and at least two 4x4 vehicles are advisable.And 4X4 recovery accessories are needed(reliable winch+snatch belt+Hi-lift Jacks+Extra fuel+) with 4x4 driving skills.There are big tractors</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> you can hire from Kotiyagala (for a tour about 12,000 LKR) </span><b style="border-collapse: collapse;"> </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">before you visit the place you need the faith of Katharagama God and need to prevent from "Kili" (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #666666; font-size: small;">meat ,alcohol etc) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #666666; font-size: small;">at least for 7 days. </span></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Suwadal Hal (rice) -2Kg</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Mutti-1 (A Pot to 3 kg of rice)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Mee Pani-1/2 bottle (honey)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Kitul Pani-1/2 bottle</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Mun ata-500g</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Rata indi-500g</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Muddaraffalam-250g</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">kitul hakuru-500g</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Gas kaju Mada-250g</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Mati Paththara-10(for 10 Persons)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Polkatu Handi-2</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Koraha-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Nabiliya-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Sini-1Kg(sugar)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Pol Gedi-3</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Lunu Kudu Packet-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">plastic Besama-2</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Hiramana-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Sudu redi -yara 5</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Kahakudu packet-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Sadun dara/kurudu dara</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Loku Pihiya-1</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">Bulath,Puwak,Hunu</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">Candles(large size)</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Apple-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Naran-3</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Dodam(Orange)-3</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Delum(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Pomegranate)</span>-3</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Midi(grapes)-250g</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Ammba(Mango)-3</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Diwul(Wood apple)-3</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Beli(bael)-3</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Ukgas Kali(sugarcane)-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Kesel gedi(Banana-Rath,Suwadel,Kolikuttu)-11</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Nil Redi Yara-2</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Indian Hadun Kuru Packet(incense sticks)-3</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Kapuru Packet (Loku)-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Polthel Bothal(Coconut Oil)-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Pahanthira Packet(100)-2</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Bulath Kola(betel leaves)-11</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Sambrani packet-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Pooja watti (Loku)-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Pihiya(knife)-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Kahakudu Packet(turmeric)-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Thabili Gedi(king Coconut)-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Pol Gedi(Coconut)-1</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Gini Petti(Box of Matches)-1</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><b>Sri Dalada Maligawa</b> (Sinhala: <span lang="si" xml:lang="si">ශ්රී දළදා මාළිගාව </span><a href="http://www.sridaladamaligawa.com/">http://www.sridaladamaligawa.com/</a>) or <b>The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic</b> is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the royal palace complex which houses the Relic of the tooth of Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics because it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country. Kandy was the last capital of the Sinhalese kings and is a UNESCO world heritage site partly due to the temple.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">After the parinirvana of Gautama Buddha, the tooth relic was preserved in Kalinga and smuggled to the island by Princess Hemamali and her husband, Prince Dantha on the instructions of her father King Guhasiva.They landed in the island in Lankapattana during the reign of King Kirthi Sri Meghavarna (301-328) and handed over the tooth relic. The king enshrined it Meghagiri Vihara (present day Isurumuniya) in Anuradhapura. Safeguard of the relic was a responsibility of the monarch, therefore over the years the custodianship of relic became to symbolize the right to rule. Therefore reigning monarchs built the tooth relic temples quite close to their royal residences, as was the case during the times of Anuradhapura,Polonnaruwa, Dambadeniya, Yapahuwa and Kurunegala kingdoms. During the era of Kingdom of Gampola the relic was housed in Niyamgampaya Vihara. It is reported in the messenger poems such as Hamsa, Gira, and Selalihini that the temple of tooth relic was situated within the city of Kotte when the kingdom was established there.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">During the reign of King Dharmapala, the relic kept hidden in Delgamuwa Vihara, Ratnapura in a grinding stone.It was brought to Kandy by Hiripitiye Diyawadana Rala and Devanagala Rathnalankara Thera. King Vimaladharmasuriya I built a two storey building to deposit the tooth relic and the building is now gone.In 1603 when the Portuguese invaded Kandy, it was carried to Meda Mahanuwara in Dumbara. It was recovered in the time of Râjasimha II and it has been reported that he reinstate the original building or has built a new temple.The present day temple of the tooth was built by Vira Narendra Sinha.The octagonal Patthirippuwa and moat was added during the reign of Sri Vikrama Rajasinha. Famous Kandyan architect Devandra Mulacharin is credited with building the Patthirippuwa. Originally it was used by the kings for recreational activities and later it was offered to the tooth relic. Now it is an oriental library. Although it was heavily damaged in the 1998 terrorist attack it has restored to its previous state.</span></span></div>
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