The splendour of Thantirimale

The Bodhi in Thantirimale counts nearly 2,300 years and still stands majestically on the top of a rock boulder and is venerated by thousands of pilgrims. The small but beautiful Dagaba lies on the rocky landscape of Thantirimale. The two Buddha statues carved out of rock gives ancient splendour to Thantirimale.

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Bindunuwewa revisited

Bindunuwewa had been a sleeping village in the outskirts of the salubrious Bandarawela town. The article goes down memory lane and re-live the circumstances that led to the tragic events at the Bindunuwewa Rehabilitation Centre on October 25, 2000 in which 27 inmates died and 14 people were injured.

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Musings

Nuggets of wisdom in gossip

This incident happened years ago. I longed to write about it but put it off for some reason or other, procrastination, the theif of time, included. It was a Poya day, a dismal one with rains pouring down.

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