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
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 *****
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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
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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.
Pics by - NelPhotography
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