200 years ago a green haven began to grow The Royal Botanical Gardens Peradeniy Excerpts from The Sunday Times – By Udumbara Udugama Source : AUSTRALIA SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION SA INC (ASLA) – Newsltter November 2023. The Royal Botanic Gardens Peradeniya, beloved to Lankans and known simply as the Peradeniya Gardens celebrated it’s bicentiary in 2022. Founded by the British as a premier research institution for agriculture and plantation crops in the country, it was brought under the purview of the Department of Agriculture and in 2006, the Department of National Botanic Gardens was formed to administer this and other botanic gardens around the island. Dr. Shelomi Krishnarajah, the seventh Sri Lankan Director General of the Gardens and the first woman to hold this post. Dr Krishnarajah who was appointed in 2018 has a solid background in floriculture and tissue culture. The history of the Royal Gardens could be traced ...
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Four new stamps mark Peradeniya Gardens’ bicentennial bloom-By L.B. Senaratne Source:Sundaytimes To celebrate the bicentennial of the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, once known as the Royal Botanical Gardens, four stamps were issued this week together with a first-day cover at a ceremony where Tourism Ministry Secretary Chitrananda Perera participated as chief guest. The first-day cover was stamped by Deputy Post Master General Rajitha Ranasinghe and presented to the Garden’s Director General Shelomi Krishnaraja during the ceremony held on Monday at the Botanical Gardens’ auditorium. The Garden’s Director Achalla Attanayake and Central Province Postal Director Shamili de Silva were also present. ...
Sep 23, 2022
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Commonwealth War Cemetery – tribute to brave warriors By Arundathie Abeysinghe Serene and incredibly well-maintained Commonwealth War Cemetery also known as Kandy War Cemetery is a memorial to known and unknown warriors who sacrificed their lives during World War I and II. This cemetery is one of the most well-maintained and visited war cemeteries in the world. There is one Commonwealth burial from the World War I and 196 Commonwealth burials from the World War II. The cemetery also has four foreign national burials and two non-world war burials. The graveyard formerly known as the Pitakande Military Cemetery was taken over by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as a permanent war cemetery Located approximately 1.5 kilometers from the entrance to the *Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, the Cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Among the burials in the Cemetery, 203 buried comprise 107 British, 35 East Africans, 26 Sri ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Kandy Clock Tower – a memorial to a son By Arundathie Abeysinghe Located in the center of Kandy City, at a major intersection, Kandy Clock Tower is an iconic landmark. Embellished with traditional Kandyan style architectural motifs, the Clock Tower blends well with the surroundings. The design of the clock tower is influenced by Kandyan architectural style. Kandy Clock Tower was completed on December 23, 1950 and declared open for the public by the former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, D.S. Senanayake and Kandy Mayor E.L. Senanayake in 1951 in the presence of Mohamed Zacky Ismail’s family members. The clock tower has a tragic story behind it and is also known as Kandy Ismail Clock Tower as it was constructed by Haji Mohomed Ismail, the local agent for Rowlands Limited (the largest importer of British cars to Sri Lanka during that period) in memory of his son Mohamed Zacky ...
Feb 28, 2021
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GROWING UP IN NAWALAPITIYA : WORLD WAR 11–DAYS OF DARKNESS & JOYS OF BOYHOOD: Memories of yesteryear – by G.A.D.Sirimal Source:Sunday Island My birthplace was Nawalapitiya surrounded by lush green tea gardens, the meandering Mahaveli river under Salem Bridge with cascading waterfalls, and the Udarata Menike climbing to Galaboda Station to the rhythm of UDARATA MANIKETA PATA KUDA DEKA DEKA I went to St. Mary’s College at that time. During the war, air raid drills were conducted to teach us what we should do when the siren goes off announcing enemy aircraft. We all had a small wooden stick hanging round our necks which we had to bite no sooner the siren was sounded, and crawl under our desks plugging our ears with our fingers. Our teacher, Miss Kelly, was a fat lady who had to demonstrate how it was done. Once she struggled and crept under her table ...
Jun 8, 2020
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INSPIRING PLACES Walking through the beautiful botanical gardens of Sri Lanka is undoubtedly a special feeling and worth jotting down on the “to do” list of things when visiting Sri Lanka. One that especially comes to mind, and an old-time favorite is the Royal Botanical Garden in Peradeniya, which is situated about 5.5 km to the west from the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka and attracts 2 million visitors annually. It is renowned for its collection of a variety of orchids. It includes more than 4000 species of plants, including of orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees. www.tambavillasthalpe.com Hakgala Gradens Royal Botanical Gardens Peradeniya Bawa’s Lunuganga Gardens Seethawaka Botanical Gardens https://www.elanka.com.au/tamba-villas-thalpe-sri-lanka/ \ ...
Feb 3, 2020
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