SUNSET AT BASAWAKKULAMA WEWA....

Captured this on the day after the Wesak day, in Anuradhapura.

THANTHIRIMALE...

We visited Thanthirimale Rajamaha Viharaya for this wesak. It was such a beautiful place. The rock surface covers 250 acres of the ground. When the Sri Maha Bodhi was brought from India to Sri Lanka, one night along the way the pot containing the sapling was kept at Thantheremale. It is believed that there was one branch separately grew from the pot, was planted at that village to remember the incidence. Hence, some believe that this may be the first Sri Maha Bhodi plant in Sri Lanka. The Bo Tree is placed on top of large stony layer which may protect the tree up to now. This place was unidentified till the beginning of this 19th century and in 1960s the temple was reestablished by Buddhist Monks.The temple and surrounding area are full of ruins, including two stone statues and several stone ponds.

WESAK DAYS..!!

Wesak days are here again. I hope you guys also had a ball of a time since there was a long weekend to celebrate it. As always, we too did celebrate it in a good way. Lanterns, roaming the streets to see the beauty of wesak and going somewhere sacred. Well.. We made 10 wesak lanterns this time... I captured one of them glowing in the night. Here's how we celebrated wesak!