Niloshini Kulathunga

  Now, the internet has become an important part of our lives. It has changed the human life for good and bad both. But when we talk about the uses of internet, we see, people use internet for many reasons everywhere in the world. We use internet for communication, shopping, booking, researching and also for studying etc.  The internet has brought the people closer and made the whole world a global village. Be it your friends, family members or your business partners, everyone is just a click away now. Communicating with friends and relatives living in foreign lands is no longer a costly thing. One can connect with them very easily on social media, emails, web calls and messenger. Anyone can chat with others or call them at any time of the day with the help of internet.  Internet is a source of entertainment too. Everything you need for entertainment such as music, movies and e-books are now available on internet. Furthermore, internet helps business world as well.  ...

                      Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He is a British author. The novel series "Sherlock Holmes" is very popular all over the world. Holmes is referred to a "consulting detective" in the stories. He is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science, and logical reasoning when investigating cases. He offered his service for a wide variety of clients of the society including Scotland Yard.                     The first appearing of the story in 1887 was called "A Study in Scarlet". Then, the popularity of the character "Holmes" became widespread with the first series of short stories beginning with the story named "A Scandal in Bohemia". It was published in The Strand Magazine, 1891. After that, many additional tales of the story appeared until 1927 totalling 4 novels and 56 short stories.  ...

                                             Kalutara Bodhiya is a sacred tree worshipped by Buddhists. It is located in Kalutara, Western Province of Sri Lanka.  Together with this sacred Bo tree, there is a Buddhist temple called "Kalutara Viharaya" and a modern Stupa called "Kalutara Chaitya". This temple is one of the most venerated religious places in Sri Lanka. Hundreds of Buddhist people and also tourists visit here daily.  People believe that this tree is one of the 32 saplings of the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura, Sri  Lanka. According to ancient chronicle Sinhala Bodhiwamsa, those saplings were planted in different parts of the  country as instructed by Arahant Mahinda Thera.  However, it is said that the Buddhist public of Sri Lanka started to consider this place as a sacred place after Wickrema Pandya who was a ...

                      This Stream which is situated in Kaluthara District is attracted by the local visitors and International tourists as it has very beautiful and attractive natural ponds for bathing. It is situated in between the borders of Western Province and Southern Province. Usually, if a tourist need to visit a natural waterfall or a stream, he has to travel a tough way for a long while. But, in order to reach ‘Kalu Dola’ ,we don’t have to do an adventure. This rivulet is first named as ‘Kalu Dola’. It is started at sapugahahena,pidurangala Mountain in Western province and is nurtured from the residual forests of Sinharaja Rain Forest. Because of this,the forest density around the rivulet was very thick before. The surrounding and the water of the rivulet were also a little dark. Because of this, the name ‘Kalu Dola’ has been created. But recently, a bund was built in order to support the cultivations of the a...

                              P awura kanda Raja Maha Viharaya situated at Halwala about 10Km from Lewwanduwa junction. One can see the ancient Buddhist heritage and a rock fortress in this temple. And also, the horizon up to the Southern coastal areas, Benthara River, Southern Express Way, ancient frescoes, statues, a pond and many things can be seen. Visiting this temple can be considered as a pilgrimage as well as an adventure picnic because of the rough path. In the past, King Manabharana fled to Pasyodunrata with his brothers Kithsirimegha and Sri Wallabha after got defeated by Wikramabhahu and then got protection in this temple. There is a natural fortress here and it is said that it is king Manabharana’s fortress.It is called Pawura kanda. Recently, footprint of Lord Buddha had been carved at the mountain peak and it is called Piunchi Sripada. In this peak, there is a cave, where about 400 ...

                                       A century ago, a German company named ‘Broodenburge’ arrived in Sri Lanka in order to discover graphite and ended up in Rathmale. Rathmale is a village which is situated in Agalawaththa. They started a graphite mine in a meadow in Rathmale. After the 1 st World War, the company was bankrupt and left Sri Lanka. The graphite mine and also closed. Because of the graphite spread from this huge mine, the whole meadow appeared in silver color. The Sinhala word for ‘meadow’ is ‘ ඕවිට ’. The Sinhala word for ‘Silver’ is ‘ රිදී ’. People started to call this area as ‘ රිදී ඕවිට ’ first. Then, it became ‘ රිදීවිට ’. There is not a mine now, but there is a huge forest cover in that area which created a beautiful ecosystem. Now this village is famous again because of a waterfall called ‘ රිදීවිට ඇල්ල ’. There is anoth...

            The temple named Sri Vivekaramaya was founded in 1874 at Meegahathenna. Before that, there was not a temple in Meegahathenna. People used to go to the temple at Polgampala which is called Shailashekararamaya. Later, people in Meegahathenna built Sri Vivekaramaya. There is an inscription in the temple which is mentioned about the origin of the temple, founders and the donors.   The first Thero of this temple was Ven. Halpe Sonuththara Thero. The most important and special thing in this temple is the granite cairn. Since the Anuradhapura and Polonnaru eras granite cairns were built but, it was only a few. The granite cairn in Sri Vivekaramaya was built in 1888. As of today, this granite cairn is about 133 years old and it is considered as the biggest granite cairn in Sri Lanka.