Bovattagala – a cave complex in the wild

It is late afternoon and we can see the silhouette of trees with dead branches jutting out against a cloudless sky. On the rock boulder, the orange rays of the sun are reflected in the Kumana Wewa. There is a soft hush in the air.

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Today is Palm Sunday:

Behold the King cometh!

Ride on, ride on, in majesty! Hark! all the tribes Hosanna cry; O Saviour meek, pursue Thy road, With palms and scattered garments strowed. Ride on, ride on, in majesty! Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh; The Father, on His sapphire throne, Awaits his own anointed Son.”

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Time zones and jet-lagged passengers

Blessed are our forefathers who traversed on mother earth on their two limbs which with time gave way to the raft, next to the wheel and finally to the plane. Today, air travel has shrunk the world. Man can now travel with the sun. The departure time is on the dot. Arrival is at the exact expected time. But one's wristwatch has to be reset in accordance with time denoted in the clocks of the country of disembarkation.

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