Sohum Sutras

Temple of the tooth relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy. It is considered the foremost sacred place of worship in the Buddhist World. According to legend, the tooth was taken from the Buddha as he lay on his funeral pyre. It immediately became an object of great reverence and was enshrined in a series of nested jeweled reliquaries. On the outside, the temple buildings are not magnificent or elaborately decorated. While with red roofs, they cluster around Kandy lake. In striking contrast to the plain exterior, the interiors of the temple buildings are richly carved and decorated with inlaid woods, ivory and lacquer. The relic of the tooth is kept in a two story inner shrine fronted by two large elephants tusks. I had dinner in a french restaurant named Le Leopard d'argent. A quite and nice dinner complete with french wine.

Elephant orphanage is the home for young elephants who have been displaced or lost from their natural habitat. They had lots of elephants and one could bathe them, feed them and even have shower with water sprayed by elephant's trunk.

Christmas time has always been special for me. In fact, Christmas is my top most favourite festival. You can see some of my past Christmas posts here  in New York, here , here , here , here , here , here - so many of them. Each year has been special and this year was no exception. I celebrated it in Kingsbury hotel in Colombo and had an awesome dinner. Cherished memories.