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(7) Fly-By-Prayers AND Same Same But Different

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July 23rd 2010
Fly-By-Prayers Friday, July 23rd We started our day seeing the temple of the tooth at Dalada Maligawa where we saw the President’s wife. The Kandy drumming resounded through the halls and although we had seen them the night before in the touristy setting then it didn’t have the same power that seeing them in the temple and hearing it reverberate off the walls pr ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka

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The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more