Fatal Kindness!

As the elephant at the Udawalawe National Park caught sight of us, it sauntered near the electric fence and thumped its right fore limb on the ground. It was a sign of asking for sugarcane near the wayside stall on the opposite side. Even though sugarcane and leaves can be easily digested by an elephant, sweetmeats such as 'kavum' and 'kiribath' cannot be. But the practice of feeding them with these is commonplace.

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Nallur festival in Jaffna

Unconditional devotion to gods

The heat of the sun did not burn our skins, the large gathering did not make us sweat, long hours of standing did not make us tired; it may be the miracle of god’s blessings. We were at the prestigious Nallur Sri Kandaswami Kovil in Jaffna.

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