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27/08/2025

When you are in Kandy, Hike Knuckles Mountains.

14/07/2025

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14/07/2025

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22/07/2024

"KIRIBATH" Milk Rice in English, a traditional food in Sri Lanka. You can eat spicy or sweet.... This is with " Lunumiris" Onion and Chillies....

08/06/2024

Historical Buildings in – Kandy
Queens Hotel
Queens Hotel’s history goes back to 160 years. Originally owned by Dullewe Adigar a chief of the Kandyan Kingdom. In the year, 1818 after handing over the Kandyan Kingdom to British rulers this Dullewa Wallawwa became the official residence of the British Governor John Doyle.
Once became barracks for the Malay rifles corps durig world war, called as “Malabar House”, Used as an Army Hospital too. An English businesswoman started a cafeteria and facilitate lodging for the British businessmen who visited Kandy in a part of the building. Later she sold the hotel to Elizabeth Piashaw she expanded to a bigger hotel and named as “ Pashaw Cottage”. Later to commemorate reign of Queen Victoria the name of the hotel changes to ‘Queens Hotel”. In 1895, Elizabeth sold the hotel to Kandy Hotel Company.
It’s nice to pay a visit to Queens Hotel when you are in Kandy.

Photo Credits : Prasad Alexander

06/06/2024

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01/06/2024

COLA Tree in Kandy.....
Cola Tree, scientifically known as Cola acuminata or Cola nitida, belongs to the Malvaceae family. It is native to the tropical rainforests of Africa, particularly in West Africa.
This evergreen tree is notable for its role in producing kola nuts. The Cola Tree can grow up to 12-20 meters (39-66 feet) in height. The leaves are glossy, leathery, and oblong with a pointed tip. They are typically 15-20 cm (6-8 inches) long. The flowers are small, yellow to white, and often have purple or red spots. They grow in clusters. The fruit is a star-shaped, leathery pod containing several kola nuts. Kola nuts are about the size of a chestnut, typically 2-3 cm (0.8-1.2 inches) in diameter, and can be red or white. They have a bitter taste when fresh but develop a sweeter taste as they dry. Kola nuts contain caffeine and used traditionally as a stimulant. They are chewed raw, used in traditional medicine, and were historically used in the original recipe for cola drinks.
If you have not seen a Cola, tree Visit Peradeniya Botanical Gardens when you are in Kandy and you will find few Cola Trees there.

21/05/2024

Kandy Esala Perahara.

The Kandy Esala Perahera or The Sri Dalada Perahara of Kandy also known as the Festival of the Tooth, which falls in the month of Esala (Month of July) or in the month of August depending on how the full moon (Poya day) falls. Perahara in Sinhala language means procession and Esala Perahara is the procession-taking place in the month of August. There are few other Esala Perahars (processions) taking place in an around the country, out of these processions Kandy Esala Peraha is one of the main festivals in the Island as it pays respect to the Gautama Buddha’s Tooth Relic

Picture : from the internet

19/05/2024

19/05/2024

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