Sri Lanka

Misty Mountains of Kandy

Alakajay, Black And White Photography, Photography

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Kandy, the hill capital of the Island of Sri Lanka was also the Kingdom of Kandy from 1469 till 1815, rich in history, culture and biodiversity the city has a very special place in my heart having been my childhood home

Temple Of The Tooth

Alakajay, Black And White Photography, Photography

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Temple of the Tooth, Kandy – Sri Lanka

The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic or Sri Dalada Maligawa in my mother tongue Sinhalese, is a sacred Buddhist Shrine situated in the city of Kandy in Sri Lanka, a World Heritage Site.
The octagonal building, the main focus here and the surrounding structures have history dating back to the early 1500’s and as much as it has been a site of religious worship it was also home to the last Kings of Sri Lanka before the British finally managed to do what the Portuguese and the Dutch failed to do by overthrowing the Kingdom of Kandy and ruling the entire Island by 1817.
(For those of you who read this far I’d also state a minor fact that Kandy was also the city of my birth so it holds a special place in my heart.)

Galle Lighthouse

Alakajay, Black And White Photography, Photography

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Dawn, by the Galle Lighthouse – Sri Lanka

Having driven down to the Historic, former Dutch, Galle Fort to a rain storm the previous night I was adamant to get some photographs under my belt before the rest of the group were awake and found the perfect spot to capture this sunrise

Sri Lankan Leopard

Alakajay, Black And White Photography, Photography

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Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)

Classified as endangered, these magnificent cats can be still seen in the wild in Sri Lanka with an estimated population of no more than 250. This particular cat was photographed by me almost a year ago at the Pinnawela Open Air Zoo in Sri Lanka on a typical hot humid day.