A trip I went.

It  was  a   friday. We   had  arranged  to  go  a  trip.  so  we  got up  early  inthe  morning. Mother  prepared  the  breakfast.  Then  a  van  came  to  our  house.  we  started  our  trip  at  5:30  in  the  morning. Our  father , Mother , Sister , anti  ,  uncle , and  grandmother  participated  to  the  trip.  [...]

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Diyaluma Falls.

Originating  from  Punagala oya, Diyaluma  falls  is  Sri Lanka    second  highest  waterfall   with  a  height  of  220   metres.It  is  viewed  from  the  koslanda – wellawaya  road.Because  of  the  astounding  force  and  speed  with  which  it   coscodes  from  its  great  height , travellers  on  the  koslanda – wellawaya  road  can  expect  to  be  soaked  by  the  [...]

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T.b.Jaya

T. b. Jaya  was born in Galagedara on 1st January 1890 . After his primary education , his  family moved colombo and he was admitted to st.Thomas college,Mt.Lavinia for his  secondary Education. After passing the london Matriculation examination he become a teacher .while being a teacher , he passed the London  B.A. Examination.T.B. Jaya began [...]

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Lion

The lion is the strongest of the big cat family.Ages ago, Lions lived in places like Europe and the Middle East but thousands of them were hunted down and to day Lions can only be found in Africa and in india.Lions live in small groups called prides and rather than dense forest, they prefer to [...]

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Indian peafowl

The habitats of the indian peafowl are open plains, grasslands and ‘chenas’ in the dry, low country regions in the Northwest, East and southeast.The male(peacock) and female (peahen) can be told aport becouse of the male’s long tail of feathers.However there are male uses its long tail to attract the females.Throughout the year,Peafowl shed the [...]

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How Andare Ate The King’s Sugar

Long,long ago when the sinhalese kings were ruling Srilanka, there lived a famous court jester by the name of Andare.By his many tricks and witty jests he amused the king and the queen at all times of the day.He was therefore allowed much liberty at the court.One morning, when he went to the palace, he [...]

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“Dhammapaday”A Universal Guide

All religions of the world, be it Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, sikhism, Jainism are based on the virtues of loving kindness, compassion, Blissful Joy over other’s succes and Equanimity to foster peace and harmony , in a society, composed of variou racial and other cultural divides.The Buddha ,in the 6th century bc, called these virtues [...]

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The sinharaja rainforest

The sinharaja forest is the only undisturbed rainforest left in srilanka.It is about 9000 hectares in extent.Many of the plants are very rare.over 60% of the tree species are found only in the lowland wet Zone of srilanka.If these species of trees are allwed to get destoryed,the world would lase them lotogether.So it is important [...]

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Science & Techonalogy.

Science and technology has helped people to gain control over nature.they had to depend on nature for their living.They did not know how to raise animals or plants.they had no permanent homes Animal skins were their only protetion against the cold.The sun was their only source of light.With the passage of time,people discovered how tomake [...]

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A Holly Mountain

 In the middle of the hills of ceylon there towers a mountain.It stand more than seven thousand three hundred feet above the level of the ocean.Hindus and Buddhist,Muslims and Christians a like,rever this mountain as a holy place. the shrine is only a tiled roof raised upon four pillars.It is open an all four sides [...]

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