Amazing Hasthi Kuchchi


Hasthi Kuchchi in the north-western province of Sri Lanka is one of the oldest temple complexes of the country, built between 307–267 BC as a meditation centre for Buddhist monks. This was the location where King Siri Sangha Bo (251–253 AD) offered his own head to a peasant. Today, the partially restored archaeological site is little…

Road To Habarana


  It is six in the morning on Independence Day and I am on a coach to central Sri Lanka in search of ancient monasteries and rose-quartz mountains   I am off on my travels again, this time to the North-Western Province of Sri Lanka, spending two nights at Habarana to see little known and…