Sri Lanka is

Sri Lanka is an island located off the southern tip of India. Formerly known as Ceylon, the country was once a British colony under the Raj and is now independent. Despite the closeness to India, Sri Lanka is noticeably more serene.

The Island’s idyllic landscape knows as The Garden of Eden is only 270 miles long and 140 miles across. This beautiful country welcomes visitors to experience the nations glittering tapestry of culture, and the rich abundance of natural resources, fauna and flora, mountains, rivers and beautiful beaches.

Part of the charm of touring around the island is the unhurried life-style of the people and the sights and sounds of the unexpected. It will make an unforgettable holiday experience on one of the most scenic islands in the world.

Kandy ( Uda Rata ) Tour

Kandy ( Uda Rata ) Tour

Kandy’s proud heritage and splendid lakeside setting has long made it a favourite haunt for Sri Lanka travellers. This bustling hill-country capital is the natural gateway to a lush central region of tea plantations, gurgling streams and stirring history.

Kandy lies on a plain surrounded by towering hills, with evocative names such as Bible Rock, Camel Hill and Balloon Rock. Kandy is never busier than during the annual Perahera, a fortnight’s festival in late July and August, when the town is enlivened by parading elephants, acrobats, drummers and dancers. This is one of the finest festivals in Asia and hotel space is limited months in advance.

The pink-painted Temple of the Tooth houses Sri Lanka’s most sacred religious relic the tooth of the Buddha, hidden beneath six caskets of diminishing size and it attracts a steady stream of visitors throughout the year. The national museum lies alongside.

The lake itself , built in 1807, forms an attractive centrepiece to the town; the island in the middle was used by the last Kandyan king as his personal harem.

Peradiniya botanical gardens, 6km outside the town, and bounded on three sides by the Mahaweli River, are the largest in Sri Lanka and before colonial times were used as Royal pleasure gardens. Udawattakelle Sanctuary, a forest reserve on the northern outskirts, and the Royal Palace Park are other areas where you can take a relaxing stroll, away from the bustle of
the town.

Golfers should not miss the opportunity to sample Victoria Golf Club, which for its sweeping vistas alone deserves its fast-won reputation as one of the finest courses in Asia.

About an hour from Kandy, on the Colombo road at Kegalle, lies the ever-popular Pinnewela elephant orphanage. This government-run centre was set up to save abandoned young elephants and train them to become working animals. The daily feeding and washing rituals offer a popular tourist attraction.

The Kandyan kingdom withstood European invasion for more than two centuries and still proudly regards itself as the bastion of Buddhist philosophy.

Kandy is easily explored by foot, with the climate a little cooler and less humid than in the capital, Colombo.

Galle Tour

Galle Tour
Galle is without doubt Sri Lanka’s most historically interesting living city. The town is said to date back to Biblical times, where King Solomon is believed to have obtained gems and spices. The port of Galle developed after the arrival of the Portuguese and further developed as a fortress town by the Dutch in the 17th century. Galle developed as a port, notable for its British built lighthouse and well preserved ramparts encircling the old town’s narrow streets. It was the island’s major port until the construction of the
breakwaters at Colombo harbour was completed in the 19th century and still handles shipping and cruising yachts today.The old town or Fort is delightfully quiet but atmospheric with a real sense of the history.
It stands in almost perfect repair and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The British built the Fort’s main gate in 1873, to handle the heavy flow of traffic into the old city. Most of the buildings inside the Fort date from the Dutch era and include an interesting Dutch Period Museum, in a well-restored house in Rope Walk Street. There is another museum next to the New Oriental Hotel, the hotel itself originally built in 1684 for the Dutch Governor and officers and well worth a visit for its colonial atmosphere. The town has a lively bazaar, fish market and fruit and vegetable market giving visitors a taste of the Galle of today.

Galle’s beaches lie to the north and east of the town, where most tourist accommodation is located. Unawatuna Bay, to the east has a lovely curving beach of sand, protected by an offshore reef.

"Leopard" National Park Tour (Yala)

The region of Yala is divided into Yala West and Yala East by a strict natural reserve; where visitors are not permitted. Yala West National Park is one of Sri Lanka’s most visited parks. It is a mixture of scrub plains, lagoons and rocky outcrops. Most visitors visit the park on a half day excursion from Tissamaharama, either in private vehicles or by hiring a jeep and driver to take them around the park.

A tracker is compulsory and can be arranged at the park entrance. The park is particularly known for its elephants although it is also home to leopards, although becoming increasingly rare, sloth bears, pangolin, deer, crocodiles, monkeys and buffalo. The bird life is varied and exciting with wild peacocks and jungle foul. For those with an interest in wildlife, a journey to Yala is well worth the effort. The best time to view the animals is at dawn or dusk when groups of different species gather around the waterholes, giving the feeling of a real kingdom of animals. The Kumana mangrove swamp can be found in Yala East. Here a great variety of water birds can be seen in spectacular numbers, nesting in June and July. There are also elephants and the occasional leopard.

Sinharaja Forest

Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a national park in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and can been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The hilly virgin rainforest, part of the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests ecoregion, was saved from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility, and was designated a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988. The reserve's name translates as Kingdom of the Lion.
The reserve is only 21 km from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km from north to south, but it is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Because of the dense vegetation, wildlife is not as easily seen as at dry-zone national parks such as Yala. There are no elephants, and the 15 or so leopards are rarely seen. The commonest larger mammal is the endemic Purple-faced Langur.
An interesting phenomenon is that birds tend to move in mixed feeding flocks, invariably led by the fearless Greater Racket-tailed Drongo and the noisy Orange-billed Babbler. Of Sri Lanka's 26 endemic birds (suranganet), the 20 rainforest species all occur here, including the elusive Red-faced Malkoha, Green-billed Coucal and Sri Lanka Blue Magpie.
Reptiles include the endemic Green pit viper and Hump-nosed Vipers, and there are a large variety of amphibians, especially tree frogs. Invertebrates include the endemic Common Birdwing butterfly and the inevitable leeches

Taj Mahal

The tomb
The focus of the Taj Mahal is the white marble tomb, which stands on a square plinth consisting of a symmetrical building with an iwan, an arch-shaped doorway, topped by a large dome. Like most Mughal tombs, basic elements are Persian in origin.

The base of the Taj is a large, multi-chambered structure
The base structure is a large, multi-chambered structure. The base is essentially a cube with chamfered edges and is roughly 55 meters on each side (see floor plan, right). On the long sides, a massive pishtaq, or vaulted archway, frames the iwan with a similar arch-shaped balcony.
On either side of the main arch, additional pishtaqs are stacked above and below. This motif of stacked pishtaqs is replicated on chamfered corner areas as well. The design is completely symmetrical on all sides of the building. Four minarets, one at each corner of the plinth, facing the chamfered corners, frame the tomb. The main chamber houses the false sarcophagi of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan; their actual graves are at a lower level.
The marble dome that surmounts the tomb is its most spectacular feature. Its height is about the same size as the base of the building, about 35 meters, and is accentuated as it sits on a cylindrical "drum" of about 7 metres high. Because of its shape, the dome is often called an onion dome (also called an amrud or guava dome). The top is decorated with a lotus design, which serves to accentuate its height as well. The shape of the dome is emphasised by four smaller domed chattris (kiosks) placed at its corners. The chattri domes replicate the onion shape of the main dome. Their columned bases open through the roof of the tomb and provide light to the interior. Tall decorative spires (guldastas) extend from edges of base walls, and provide visual emphasis to the height of the dome. The lotus motif is repeated on both the chattris and guldastas. The dome and chattris are topped by a gilded finial, which mixes traditional Persian and Hindu decorative elements.
The main dome is crowned by a gilded spire or finial. The finial, made of gold until the early 1800s, is now made of bronze. The finial provides a clear example of integration of traditional Persian and Hindu decorative elements. The finial is topped by a moon, a typical Islamic motif, whose horns point heavenward. Because of its placement on the main spire, the horns of moon and finial point combine to create a trident shape, reminiscent of traditional Hindu symbols of Shiva.[8]
At the corners of the plinth stand minarets, the four large towers each more than 40 meters tall. The minarets display the Taj Mahal's penchant for symmetry. These towers are designed as working minarets, a traditional element of mosques as a place for a muezzin to call the Islamic faithful to prayer. Each minaret is effectively divided into three equal parts by two working balconies that ring the tower. At the top of the tower is a final balcony surmounted by a chattri that mirrors the design of those on the tomb. The minaret chattris share the same finishing touches, a lotus design topped by a gilded finial. Each of the minarets were constructed slightly outside of the plinth, so that in the event of collapse, a typical occurrence with many such tall constructions of the period, the material from the towers would tend to fall away from the tomb.

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The fullstop....

The full stop is not real end because
we can form a new sentence after that
like this in life, failure is not the real and,
it is the real begining of success, ther fore
realize that the past is an exprience,present
is an experiment and the future is an expection,
so use your experience in your expriment to get your expectations
better...

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