Sunset reflects on water in Wadduwa, South of Sri Lanka

"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold" - Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)

Wadduwa shore at dusk

Sunrise in Nuwara Eliya

"The ray that drives away the cold-is it not the nectar of life? Majestic was the sun in the sky, spreading rays of happiness"- Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiyar (Dec 11, 1882-Sep 11, 1921)

Raw and ripen mango pieces for sale in Sigiriya

Cranes in a farming field in Sigiriya

Crane in Sigiriya

Paddy field in Sigiriya

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” Lord Buddha

in Sigiriya

Mangoes in Dambulla

Scarecrow in a home garden at Hambantota

Beetle on buds in Hambantota

Betel leaves for sale in Matale

Tobacco leaves for sale in Matale

Diyaluma water falls near Wellawaya

Ramboda Falls

Red rose in Ramboda

Hen and Goat at a backyard of a house in Puttlam

Palmyrah trees in Puttlam

'Sprout The Palmyrah
Reap us plenteousness'

'Panayai Vallarppom
Payanai Peruvom'

Thoothuvalai in Puttlam. It has medicinal values

Green king coconuts in Puttlam

Pomegranate flower in Puttlam

Pomegranate in Puttlam

Sunset at Mannar causeway

Jak fruits in Lunuwatte, Welimada

Fishing in Mannar causeway

Fishing in Mannar causeway

Fishing in Mannar causeway

Full moon in Thallaady, Mannar district

Half moon at dusk in Batticaloa

Fisherman at Batticaloa lagoon at dawn

" I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore "- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

Sunset over Batticaloa lagoon

Sunset over Batticaloa lagoon

Fishing boats in Ottamaavadi

Sea at Mutwal, Cololmbo

Accent of the sea
is it
from the waves
or in
foaming pebbles

sensing
lingo of nature
leaving
human gibberish
plunging
heart’s passion
redunding
humanity’s lingua

"Humankind does not need language"

- Song from Tamil Movie Mozhi in YouTube

"Language of the soul"

- Audio in MIOL - by Sujatha

- by Balram [Lyrics by Kaviyarasu Vairamuthu, Music Vithyasagar]

A bullock cart which carries kerosene in Ginthupitty. Kerosene on bullock carts can be seen on most of the streets in Colombo during the morning hours of a day

In Bambalapitty

"Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) - American Poet

Squirrel on Banana flower in Bambalapitty

Blossomed banana in Bambalapitty

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple." - Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories.

Peanuts for sale in Colombo 13

"Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent" - Jimmy Carter, Peanut Farmer - 39th President of US 1977 -1980 and Nobel Peace laureate (b. Oct 1, 1921)

National Peanut Board of USA says...

- Peanuts and peanut butter are smart options because they are filling, contribute more than 30 essential nutrients and phytonutrients ― like protein, vitamin E, magnesium, phosphorus and manganese ― and have zero cholesterol and no transfats. All that and they taste great, too. Peanuts and peanut butter are just what kids and adults alike need to power through daily tasks and adventures.

Banana blossoms in Bambalapitty

"Someone who doesn't make flowers makes thorns.

If you're not building rooms where wisdom can be openly spoken, you're building a prison" -Shams of Tabriz (Shams-e-Tabrīzī (Persian: شمس تبریزی, d. 1248) was an Iranian Sufi mystic born in the city of Tabriz in Iranian Azerbaijan.)

In Kalmunai

"Tradition means handing on all that is of value to next generation." -Henry Lewis Bullen Printer/Activist (1857-1938)

Lotus pond in Puttlam

“Facts are many, but the truth is one” - Rabindranath Tagore

Sunset at Araiyampathy, Batticaloa district

" The future starts today, not tomorrow "Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)

Akkaraipattu sky at dawn

"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark " - Rabindranath Tagore

In Kalmunai - Rose, Ampara district

"The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous" - Rabindranath Tagore

Red rose in Kalmunai, Ampara district

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy" - Rabindranath Tagore

A herd in Sainthamaruthu, Ampara district

Bull in Sainthamaruthu, Ampara district

IIn Kalmunai, Jak fruit

Jak fruit in Kalmunai, Ampara district