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Quote - Joseph Pulitzer

"PUT IT BEFORE THEM BRIEFLY SO THEY WILL READ IT, CLEARLY SO THEY WILL APPRECIATE IT, PICTURESQUELY SO THEY WILL REMEMBER IT AND, ABOVE ALL, ACCURATELY SO THEY WILL BE GUIDED BY ITS LIGHT" ***** JOSEPH PULITZER *****
DISCOVER - SRI LANKA: PROLOGUE

IN PRAISE OF MY BEAUTIFUL ISLAND,
INFORMATION, PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO.

THE 13th CENTURY VENETIAN TRAVELER MARCO POLO DESCRIBED THE ISLAND AS 'THE JADE PENDANT IN THE INDIAN OCEAN'. THE ABUNDANCE OF GEMSTONES, SPICES, RAIN FORESTS AND WILDLIFE; THE MAGNIFICENT BEACHES, ANCIENT RUINS AND A WRITTEN HISTORY OF OVER 2500 YEARS MAKE THIS ISLAND A TOURISTS' PARADISE.

THE RUINED CITIES OF ANURADHAPURA AND POLONNARUWA ILLUSTRATE THE GLORY OF THE ANCIENT KINGDOMS. THE GIGANTIC STUPAS AND BUDDHA STATUES ARE AMONG THE BIGGEST MAN MADE STRUCTURES OF THE WORLD. THE MASSIVE RESERVOIRS, BUILT BY ANCIENT KINGS TO IRRIGATE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAND, ARE MARVELS OF HYDRO ENGINEERING. THERE ARE EIGHT UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN SRI LANKA

THE ISLAND WAS KNOWN TO THE GREEKS AS 'TAPROBANE' AND TO THE ARABS AS 'SERENDIB'. EARLY MERCHANTS VISITED THE ISLAND IN SEARCH OF GEMSTONES AND SPICES, MAINLY CINNAMON AND PEPPER. COFFEE AND TEA PLANTATIONS WERE STARTED BY THE BRITISH COLONIAL RULERS. CEYLON TEA IS FAMOUS THE WORLD OVER.

TOURISM INDUSTRY IS A MAJOR MONEY SPINNER FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. THE VAST EXPANSE OF BEACHES, RAIN FORESTS AND NATIONAL PARKS WITH HERDS OF WILD ELEPHANTS, THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS WITH LITHE WATER FALLS, BRING IN THE TOURISTS. THE ISLAND IS DOTTED WITH HUNDREDS OF HOTELS TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRAVELER. AN ISLAND OF 25,000 SQ; MILES HAS 103 RIVERS AND 25000 RESERVOIRS, MOSTLY MAN MADE. WITH VARYING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS THIS IS TRULY A 'SMALL MIRACLE'.

" THE ISLAND OF SRI LANKA IS A SMALL UNIVERSE, IT CONTAINS AS MANY VARIATIONS OF CULTURE, SCENERY AND CLIMATE AS SOME COUNTRIES A DOZEN TIMES ITS SIZE........I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANY COUNTRY WHICH SCORES SO HIGHLY IN ALL DEPARTMENTS - WHICH HAVE SO MANY ADVANTAGES AND SO FEW DISADVANTAGES. LOVELY BEACHES, BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES, IMPRESSIVE RUINS, A VIBRANT CULTURE AND CHARMING PEOPLE- NO WONDER SRI LANKA IS A SMALL MIRACLE ".***** Arthur C. Clark *****




Over: 70 Pages, 800 Posts, 1000 Photographs and 900,000 Page views

04 June, 2021

Discover-SriLanka: SRI - LANKA DANCERS

Discover-SriLanka: SRI - LANKA DANCERS: Dancers of the Channa - Upuli dance troupe performing in concerts  world wide. Pics : Courtesy, Channa Wijewardene

Discover-SriLanka: SRI LANKA - TEMPLE DRUMMERS [ VIDEO ]

Discover-SriLanka: SRI LANKA - TEMPLE DRUMMERS [ VIDEO ]: Temple drummers performing at a religious ceremony, playing centuries old traditional tunes. Filmed by : Nelsonlanka Sony  DSC H7

29 May, 2021

Sei Lanka - Monsoon rains[Video]

 


Video by - NelPhotography

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27 May, 2021

25 May, 2021

Sri Lanka - The growing up chicks[Video]

The chicks are being fed vigorously and they are growing up.



Video by - NelPhotography

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22 May, 2021

Sri Lanka - The Bul bul chicks


The male bird has visited the nest and the chicks are being fed vigorously by both parents, the chicks are growing up.




Video by - NelPhotography

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18 May, 2021

Sri Lanka - The Red vented Bulbul eggs have hatched

 The three eggs have hatched, the eyes have not opened, 

they look like balls of flesh!

The single Mom is  displaying great energy  feeding the chicks,

 in the absence of a male bird




Pics & Video by - NelPhotography

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17 May, 2021

SRI LANKA - Kids can draw [Me and my sister - by Ransadeee, Age - 8 years]

 



Pics by - NelPhotography

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16 May, 2021

Sri Lanka - Red Vented Bulbul[ In a second hand nest]

 A single female bird has laid three eggs in the nest, built by the earlier pair of birds.





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