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Kashyapa’s days in Sigiriya-by Dr harold Gunatillake Video produced by me 20 years ago, with Arun Dias Bandaranaike as narrator and scriptwriter. Most enjoyable trip. I hired a helicopter from the Airforce for the US $ 310.00 for 15 minutes flying over the Sigirya Rock. The pilot said that he is not allowed to fly over the rock, so I had to capture video shots flying at a distance from the rock. To hire the helicopter, we drove all the way to Hingurakgoda, the three of us-Arun, Irangani and myself. We were given a three-seater helicopter, Arun was sitting in front with the pilot well enclosed and comfortable, while I sat at the back seat open on both sides. ...

Mar 24, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged , ,
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Thomians Young and Thomians Old by Arun Dias Bandaranaike Source:-stcobasydney That clarion call and exhortation, is not part of a song; rather, it is an anthem. The lyric is sober even as it bespeaks vitality and not a little relish in the prospect. The anthem, then, serves as a rallying call, for indeed the very essence of such is included in the words, composed so long ago, and which declaim, “Rally round the College Flag”! The opening stanza is as well-known as the lines of the palms of our Thomian collective, and its membership encompasses the many, not few, and also directly addresses those that have long passed the portals of academia and moved on in life and often in different geographic directions much farther than the campus we have known for some years in the burgeoning persona of our youth. Somehow, that rallying call has stayed alive, and the ...

Feb 13, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Sigiriya – Garden City of King Kassyapa – unimaginable- by Harold Gunatillake   Website:www.Doctorharold.com Overview: Frightening experience This film was done 20 years ago. The desire to fly over the rock and film some captures was my dream. So, we paid $311 to book a four- seater plane from the Air Force, in Colombo. After booking, the three of us, self, my wife, and Arun Dias Bandaranaike, drove to Hingurakgoda, to the Air Force base. The plane and the pilot were waiting for us. ‘The pilot and Arun Dias sat in front, well protected by glass to avoid the breeze, whilst I was sitting by myself, at the back both sides open and the wind blasting through me and getting the feeling of blown out. ...

Sep 5, 2020 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged Comments 0
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