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10 Best Places to Visit in Sri Lanka – By Malsha – eLanka Sri Lanka is a small island . Its in the Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka formerly known as Ceylon. Sri Lanka have Lot of beautiful places to visit . These Are the some of them. visit in Sri Lanka and Spend Your vacation meaningfully. 10 .Hikkaduwa .Hikkaduwa is a town on the south coast of Sri Lanka .Hikkaduwa is Famous for its long sandy beach. 9 . Ella Ella is a town in the Badulla District of Uva Province, Sri Lanka . Ella is surrounded by hills covered with cloud forests and tea plantations. Ella is one of most beautiful areas in sri lanka Attraction places in Ella Dhowa temple Bambaragala Peak Little Adam’s Peak Ravana Ella Falls Nine Arches Bridge Demodara Diyaluma Falls Yahalamadiththa temple Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery Ravana cave Nildiya pokuna 8 . Anuradhapura Anuradhapura is ...

Dec 11, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Malsha Madhuhansi Tagged Anuradhapura, beautiful places, Ceylon, Colombo, Ella, Galle Fort, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka

“SAVIOUR OF CEYLON” – by Des Kelly Superb true story sent to us via Victor Melder and Keith Bennett. Remembrance day is now past, but, as I always say. Let us not pay homage to those who went to war, totally uncertain whether they would survive and go back to their families, FOR JUST ONE DAY !!!, These brave people should be remembered every single day of the week, in fact, they should never be forgotten. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. Saviour of Ceylon – byJohn Boileau Source: Legion Magazine Patrolling over the Indian Ocean, pilot Leonard Birchall and his aircrew spotted an approaching Japanese fleet It had been a long, uneventful flight. After 12 hours of scanning the vast Indian Ocean without luck, the pilot of the Royal Canadian Air Force Catalina flying boat decided to return to base. Suddenly, the navigator cried out; he had seen something on the horizon. The pilot banked and headed toward ...

Nov 17, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Admiral James Somerville, Ceylon, Royal Canadian Air Force, Saviour of Ceylon

Kallady Bridge in the land of “Singing Fish” – By Arundathie Abeysinghe Prefabricated in 1924 in the United Kingdom and imported to Sri Lanka, Kallady Bridge was the longest iron bridge in Sri Lanka in the past. Kallady Bridge connects *Kallady to *Batticaloa and it is a unique bridge shrouded in history and legend. The Bridge is officially known as “Lady Manning Bridge” and was named to honor Lady Manning, the wife of the former Governor of *Ceylon William Manning. The view from the Bridge is spectacular and serene… The massive truss bridge had been prefabricated at Patent Shaft & Axletree and transported by steamship from London. During that period, it had been a challenge for engineers to set up the Bridge over the flowing waters of the Lagoon. Although, it has been constructed in 1924, it has been installed 1928. Constructed during the British Colonial Era, the Bridge served ...

Nov 2, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Arundathie Abeysinghe Tagged Batticaloa, Bridge, Ceylon, Ceylon William Manning, Kallady, Kallady Bridge, Lady Manning, London, Sri Lanka

SRILANKAN AIRLINES – IS IT A PARADISE? – By Dr. Tilak S. Ferando For the last few years, the SriLankan airline has been making a loss continuously. It is the consensus of everyone that the airline is overstaffed, particularly top-heavy, with millions of rupees to the senior management staff as salaries. Therefore, the only option would be to privatise the airline. During President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s rulership, one of the international airline multinational conglomerates, with its separate travel company, showed an interest in taking over SriLankan airways. Virgin Conglomerate’s Chairman, Mr Richard Branson, had discussions with President Kumaratunga. He had to return to the UK disappointed, only having placed Sri Lankan ginger beer for virgin flights. SriLankan Airlines has gone through a metamorphosis of names in 42 years. Formally, it was known as the flag carrier of Ceylon under ‘Air Ceylon’. In 1979 Air Lanka commenced its operations from Bandaranaike Airport. ...

Oct 24, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Tilak S Fernando Tagged Air Ceylon, Air Lanka Board, Airline, Ceylon, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Flying Peacock, Richard Branson, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan, SriLankan airline

Sounds of Ceylon – by Des Kelly No better title, no better video that I have had the pleasure of seeing, as an aid to reminiscing about the Motherland that so many of us had to leave most reluctantly. I always loved the name CEYLON, and after watching this video, will endeavour to compose some music in the near future, with this fascinating title, “Sounds of Ceylon”. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynnDZa3NcihOfTaufPWy_g Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. ...

Oct 20, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Ceylon, Motherland

“A BLESSED VEGETABLE” – by Des Kelly It was just about time. A video about my favourite vegetable, I remember them as Ladies Fingers or Bandakkas, which came to us in Ceylon, in plenty, only you had to snip off the pointed little end of each one to find out if it was either ‘lappati’ or ‘morala’. The lappati ones were tender, the others were rough and not fit for cooking. Like a lot of experienced cooks, my dear mum was considered an excellent one, and would cook twenty or thirty of these little lappati, punchi bandakkas simply boiled in creamy gravy c/w a variety of spices, ending up in a most delicious vegetable curry, OR would first fry them in good old coconut oil, then cook them. We called this lot simply bandakka-thel-dhala, and my mouth waters, just thinking about this vegetable. The manner in which I describe it. ...

Oct 19, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Ceylon, cooking abilities, vegetable

History of Royal College Crest – By Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam (Excerpts from the book History of Royal College published in 1981) Royal College crest serves to identify the school from other schools and gives a seal and significance to documentation. However it had not been mentioned in any writing prior to 1892. As Ceylon was crown colony of the British Empire, the imperial emblem – The Lion and the Unicorn was the badge of the country. As Royal College, then known as Colombo Academy, was a government educational institute, it had to use the British Royal Arms. The first display of Royal crest was in the first College magazine of 1893. Subsequently there had been alterations made to Royal crest in 1910 and 1912. In 1922, the government sanctioned the issue of the new crest in place of the one used in the past. Description of the ...

Oct 17, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam Tagged Ceylon, Colombo Academy, Royal College

Transport Policy & Logistics – Joe Paiva (Adelaide: Australia) “journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” is a common saying that originated from a Chinese proverb. This saying teaches that even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point; something which begins with one first step. I very reluctantly share this narrative. At the very beginning ( 1973..74..75.) life was far from a bed of roses in Adelaide. Adelaide was the backwaters of Australia, as a city then. I remember the Adelade airport being a ‘tin shed’. No international flights operated in and put of Adelaide. It was the days of TAA and Ansett interstate domestic carriers. I had to claw my way up. Number of times I did fall, and had to pull myself up again ( ripped, bleeding finger nails, metaphorically) . It would have been futile to retune home to Ceylon, as I had burnt my bridges ...

Oct 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Joe Paiva Tagged Adelaide, Ceylon, international flights operated, White Australia Policy

FROM LITTLE THINGS BIG THINGS GROW – THE ANTHONIANS WHO EXCELLED BEYOND EXCELLENCE – by Bernard VanCuylenburg PROLOGUE. As an introduction to the subject of this article I had to choose a title which nails it all in just one line. It is the story of an academic miracle which emanated from a simple school in its infancy, St.Anthony’s College Katugastota, by a group of students who raised the bar of achievement and excellence in the prestigious London Matriculation Examination in 1934, with a 100% pass rate THUS OBTAINING THE BEST RESULTS IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. It was a path breaking year for the College and a validation of the school’s excellence. Twelve students sat the examination that year of whom six obtained first division passes, and six obtained second division passes. Their names which should be emblazoned in letters of gold in the field of education, will be mentioned in this article. Paraphrasing ...

Oct 4, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Bernard VanCuylenburg Tagged British Empire, Ceylon, College, school

“THE CATS & I” – by Des Kelly “I came to Australia in 1962, from Ceylon, my ‘Lovely Island Home’, together with my wife and two very young sons, for one plain & simple reason. This migration on our part was to ‘escape’ the ‘Sinhala-only’ policy brought in by the S.W.R.D. B.Government of the day. However, we walked in, because of one ‘Policy’, straight into another, called ‘The White-Australia Policy’. Speak about these Policies anyway you like, but it ends in a single term called ‘Racism’, which was openly, & unfortunately, rife, in our World of that era. Racism,to me, is a far worse bloody epithet, than any four-letter word that one could even imagine. To me, the sum total of nine plus billion people on this Planet, are ALL the same,(Men, Women and Children)born, to struggle through life, to then pass on into what is hopefully a better place ...

Sep 20, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Ceylon, Des Kelly, White Australia Policy