Meditating - Minhitale

More of The Cultural Triangle

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February 10th 2007
Happy Birthday Autumn xxxxx So at 6am this morning we set off North to Minhitale, yes more ruins and temples. It was a fair old journey and at 9.30am we stopped for breakfast at this nice little hotel I had been to before, they all recognised me and said 'Hello" which was nice, but anyway there is a point to this I promise!!!! I hadn't been feeling too well during the week, nothing major ju ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » North Central Province » Anuradhapura

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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