surin singh: Jan 26, 2011

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

sri lanka

This is an orphanage for Elephants.

You can see elephants with broken limbs-

some of them are victims of land mines.

Restoration work is going on one of the stupas.

One can imagine the size of stupa with the scaffoldings erected against it.

Stupas in Sri Lanka are huge in size in comparison to stupas in India.

Lower part of Budha's statue

Another stupa. I am forgetting the names of these places.

I think it is Ruwanwelisaya in Anuradhapura

Reclining Buddha. I have seen many reclining Buddhas in Sri Lanka.

Reclining Buddha in Dambulla cave temple.

Stupa in Anuradhapura.

The other side of the stupa is pasted over with iron scaffoldings.

Reclining Buddha in Dambulla Cave Temple.

Feet of reclining Buddha in Dambulla Cave Temple.

As if this demon is preparing to swallow the Ruwanvelisaya Chedi.

A carved stone on the enterance of the temple.

Ruwanwelisaya

Do not worry I am holding the chair

Sri Lanka a war torn country. The beauty of this country is that the ancient monuments are kept well preserved unlike our country.

We are a proud country of a very long history and a rich culture then why can't we keep the reminiscents of our rich culture and history well preserved ????

DDDDDilli dilli dilli

Sanjay park next to Safdarjung Airport in its full bloom. NDMC has painted the lake with blue colour.

I think lakes look good when filled with water...

but NDMC thinks differently,

for them even without water lake can look blue.

These poor ducks.....surviving without water.

The park is named after Maneka Gandhi's husband....

are you listening Mam

There are boards every where in Lutyen's Delhi....

dont feed monkeys but still these are being fed by the common man with bread or fruits.

Good keep it up Delhiwallahs....

the same God has created these creature.

This autorickshaw driver had pasted two handwritten notes in his rickshaw - Happy New Year on one side and Gaadi mein cigarette, Gutka khana mana hai...No smoking.