SRI LANKA VS PAKISTAN

SRI LANKA VS PAKISTAN 3RD TEST MATCH NOW FIRING ON PALLEKALE I C S. SRI LANKA 123 -4 1ST INNINGS.PAK 265 -11 .

SRI LANKA VS PAKISTAN

125 ANIVERSARY DRCK

last sunday we have celebrated the gloriest 125th anniversary of Dharmaraja College kandy.we observed a pirith programme and we held lot of things in this day to cellebrate it.whole kandy city were celebrated that occasion.

RAJANS RUGBY

RAJANS UNDER 21 1ST 15 RUGBY TEAM HAS BEEN QUALIFIED FOR THE DIVISON A RUGBY LEAGUE BY  WINING AFTER THE ALL ISLAND B DIVISION RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP.CHEERS FOR RAJANS!

68 th BRADBY SHIELD

68 TH BRADBY SHIELD 2ND LEG WAS HELD ON KANDY PALLEKALE RUGBY STADIUM .AND ITS WAS OVER  BY 36-20 FACINATING VICTORY FOR THE TRINITIANS AND THEY CROWN THE 68 TH BRADBY SHIED!

KANDYAN MOON!

I took it at home.i think its awesome isnt?

Asala perahara

The glittering Esala Perahera of Sridalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Buddha tooth relic) in Kandy will be held from July 31 to August 14, 2011. The Perahera, which is 235 years old, is one of the grandest events we have in Sri Lanka. Many locals and foreigners look forward to witness this wonderful festival every year. This is held during the Esala month, in August, honouring the sacred tooth relic. Many foreigners who have been fascinated by the Perahera have written notes about it; among them is the famous British poet and novelist, D. H. Lawrence, who describes the Perahera as a “perpetual fire-laughing motion among the slow shuffle of elephants.”

Fa-Hien, one of the famous Chinese monks who arrived in Sri Lanka on a pilgrimage in the fifth century A.D. also gives a full description about the Perahera in his book, Fa-Hien Travel Records. “By the side of the King’s Palace is the Vihara of the Buddha’s Tooth, several hundred feet high, brilliant with jewellers and ornamented with rare gems. Above the Vihara is placed an upright pole on which is fixed a great Padmaraja (ruby).

The Perahera comprises whip crackers, who lead the way heralding the approach of the perahera, flag bearers who carry the standards of the different Provinces and Temples, the Peramunarala, who rides the first elephant carrying an ola manuscript called the Lekam Mitiya (a register of the Maligawa lands), the drummers playing Hewisi (martial music) on a variety of drums such as the Daula, Tammettama, Udakkiya and Bere, and playing Horanewas (flutes), the Gajanayaka Nilame (traditionally the Head of the Royal Elephant Stables) gripping a silver henduwa (ankus, elephant goad), followed by the Kariyakorale (master of ceremonies, second in the hierarchy of temple officials), attended by minor temple functionaries, drummers and dancers.

Next treading majestically and solemnly is the Maligawa Tusker, carrying a duplicate of the Perahera Karanduwa (golden casket) containing the sacred relic, followed by two lines of dancers facing each other with drummers in the middle, and finally the Diyawadana Nilame (Custodian of the Tooth) in oriental splendour attended by lance bearers, sunshade bearers and parasol bearers as well as temple headmen.

This time the Kandy Esala Perahera will be held in a grand style and will be a testament that Sri Lanka is ready for tourism after the peace!