Tagged With "Kandy"
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Dec. 30, 2013: Monk on a Ladder, Sri Lanka
His body language tells me that he knows his stuff. Thanks, Dr F, for this universal slice of life moment.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Dec. 30, 2013: Monk on a Ladder, Sri Lanka
It proves one of life's great truths, one I've thoroughly tested myself all over the world, that anything can be done in flip flops.
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Visiting the Sacred Temple of Tooth in Kandy
Kandy's Temple of the Tooth is where one of the most sacred Buddhist relics is found -- one of Lord Buddha's teeth. It's a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Sri Lanka: A Land Like No Other (Part 7). Kandy
The Sinhalese name for this city is Maha Nuvara (Senkadagalapura), impossible for the British colonialists to pronounce so they just called it Kandy.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Dec. 30, 2013: Monk on a Ladder, Sri Lanka
I must admit doing a double take when I saw this robust young monk working at repairing something by the roof of the Temple of the Tooth complex in Kandy.