we 53 thiruppugazh anbargal (average age of the group64)set for the the dharshan of "kahirkama verpil uraivon " on 25th feb.GR tours of Bangalore were our tour operators who were selected by our chairman shri knk after stringent interviews.SrilankanAirways provided dinner and landed at rt time at colombo.we proceeded to negombe for hotel stay .During immigration a man asked usha {the little girl of our group"in HER thirties) ARE u taking the inmates of a oldage home for a tour?
26 th feb :got up at 5 am and started for kandy. The rural picture of kandy is so fascinating flowers in full bloom rose ,hibiscus ,arali ,nandibtta and labranum.The landscape very similar to kerala and people also dress and life style resemble keralites and tinneveli side.Red anthuriams are in plenty and a feast to the eyeThe first spot we visited was elephant orphanage at pinnamara where there were 84 elephants including babies.Feedingbaby elephants was a show for the foreigners but the feeding of baby elephants with bamboo tubes is commonly seen in india particularly in guruvayoor.From there we were taken to a herbal garden .saw plenty of cocoa trees .the garden in charge was luring us withso many herbal remedies for arthritis asthma diabetis and what not.we gave a patient hearing but our pockets were full of the cash with which we enterd .since prices of remedies made us think we can as well buy some land in srilanka to have a herbal garden.
had lunch at gangadhara and again travel by ac coach REached kandy aroun 100 pm Rested at hilltop hotel We were doing lot of getting into the bus and and out of it .many ideas were coming up for all to get down simultaneously one such was a sliding door for the full length of the bus. kandy is 1500 mt above the sealevel but weather was hot. Evening started for kurinji kumaran koil.Our bus was big hence could not manouvre the path and all of us got down and walked.We had a climb of nearly800 ft at angle of 60 degrees. The temple is under renovation and we reached there during pooja time.The temple is taken care of by the students hindu maha sabha and we had a short bhajan.During pooja time of the temple outsiders singiing is not allowed in hindu temples in srilanka."Kurinji kumaranin darisanam kan kolla katchi"In kandy saw selva ganapathy temple ,kadirgama devalayam built in line of katirgamam and buddha relic temple.Could not correlate hoew buddha's tooth came to kandy.The relic temple was very huge.and architecture stupendous. people in srilanka, hindus, buddhists all dress in white when ging to temple.The floewers for sale is beatifully arranged. mainly lotus is offered to buddha.After a long day returned to hilltop hotel and had a good sleep.
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