Wednesday, July 4, 2012

BEAUTIFUL PLACES .....VISITED IN JUNE/JULY 2012

                                 AMBULUWAWA -GAMPOLA
Seen from Gampola town
 At an elevation of 3567 feet, on the summit of Ambuluvava peak that rises just four kilometres from Gampola, a sapling of the sacred Bo Tree of Anuradhapura is carefully, lovingly tended.

 The Art and Architecture of the Gampola Period (1341-1415 AD ), the foot of this mountain holds the ruins of the Malati-mala-sailays, the dwelling place of Dharmakirtti Sthavira. Only the platform of this ancient edifice now remains in the embrace of a grove of araliya.
It is all part of a heaping dish, actually..... and it is for the people. Even as we made the dizzy climb, I saw many making their way up to the conference hall and also to the summit viewing platform. On the first eminence is a beautifully designed conference hall, all of three levels and with a commanding view of the surrounding country.



The ENTRANCE
 Sixteen rooms make up the unit around a hall that can seat 150 and which is equipped with sound systems, multi-media and all the trappings.

The route

Beautiful scenery



Seen from one of the many openings at different levels


The spiral staircase


The entrance to the hall
                             RIVERSTONE OFF RATOTA

A male Indian Robin


Dark fronted Babler


Hill MYNA



Indian Scimitar  Babler
 

Grey Cannery Flycatcher








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