The wipe of hewa itharanage don caroli ,a wealthy basinessman dellveed a son on sundar september 17, 1864. the new dorn child was named david dharmapala it was the vogue those days of the nigh class sinalese families to name their childrenby christion names instead of using pleasant local names. this child who was brought up like any ther normal child decame anagarika at the age of 17, 1864. anagarika irl sinhalese , means a person who has givn up all desires of home life . th cnce porthne began to work for the upliftment of the sinhalese andbaddhism.ven.hikkaduwe sri sunananda were his ciosst associates . in 1880, whenne was onlya youth of 16 yars , dnarmapala received the opportanity of melena blavatsky they werae the founders of the theosophical movement in new york in the year 1895. he was a junior elerk in the education department when in 1886 ne fally resolved to dedicate his life for the benepit of baddnism and later he became the aeneral secrctary of the buddhist section of the buddhlhst theosophical society in colombo he was the manager of the journal sandaresa tooin 1891, whenhe visited india he happened to see the miserable condition of the buddhagaya the birth place of lord buddha this tempt
THE MOST INTERESTING BOOK I HAVE EVER READ
Madol duwa is the most interstlng book have ever read . the late mr. martin wickramasinhe is it ‘ author the story of madoldawa ‘ is about the advenares of tow village boys. vpali and jinna are their names . they livein a coastal village in the southern provnce . upali and jinna flee from their homes and stari living on their own in a small is land callcd madol duwa; meanwhile they face many threats from the outsidcrs . bat at the end they make the is land their own.
MOTOR RACE
The race was due to begin at 2.00 p.m. a large crowd gathered. all of them, were wheeled out to take up their positons. suddenly a loud cheer could be heard. it was a splendid matter to see so many racing cars of a variety of colours at one plece . people began to clap when the pormer champion cntered the scene he was one perera. at 2.00 sharp, a pistol shot heard . it was follwed bya roar of engines . the race nad wingless angines . the race had wingless aeroplanes were fighting with each other for the filrt plce
A month of festicvals
A pril is month of festivals the sinhalaes and the hin dus celebrate the new year. the new year is generally on the 13 th or 14 of april . the new year is a national festivl the sinhalese and the itindus celebrateit in different ways . the catholice and the christian celebrate easter . easter is good friday . easter and good friday are important religiousda sometimes the muslims too celerate a day in mid april muslims fstivals do not always come on the same day the muslims follow the lunar celendar the hew jear festival has verru special customs. on this day sinhalese and the hindus light the hearth at on auspicious time. they also take hearth new years newtear meal at an auspious time.this is a very special day to sinhales and hindus..
Sinharaja Rainforest
the sinharaja forest is the only undis rainforest left in sri lanka it is about goo hectarein extent many of the plants are very rare over 60% of the tree species arefound only in the low land wet zone of sri lanka it these species of tree are allowed to get destroed theworld lose them altoge ther so it is important that much effortin mode to conserve this rich valuable and fragile habitat the sinharaja rain fore st is the largest rain forest reserve in sri lanka in 1840 sinharaja become a crown preprtu in 1988 the sinharaja wos made national wilderness area in 1989 unesco included the he sinharaja forest in the world heritage i st as the first national hertoge of sri lanka
Sri Lanka
in sri lanka , there are two seasons. they are the dry seasons and the rainy seasons the weather becomes very hot in the dry season under the heat, streams and wells dry up . in large lakes only some muddy wather remains. the fish in them die the water level in rivers goes down . animals in junles trek miles and miles looking for water most of them did on the way. there is suffering everywhere
the south west monsoon and the north east monsoon bring in the rainy season thanks rivers streams, wells and water holes begin to over flow trees shrubs and vines become fresh and green animals and birds grow fat on the grass leaves , fruits and seeds fermers are happy the dry season in over now theycan start their cultivation
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Trees
Dried stlcks grows in sri lanka. meny trees are can see in the forest in sri lanka . theare tall some are short . trees are usefal for our life we can get fireoods . we can get leaves medicine from the trees , using trees we can bil d the houses , spliting the trees we make table , chairs . window drow and etc , using the trees bridges hove mode out ancenl people , they made bout trees make as oxygon . trees is shelter for meny birds . the trees make raln for us . there for trees get us fertile flow
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the elephant
here is a large it has tow large hands and legs . it ‘ s body is very fat . the elephant is associated with royalty and has been the vehicle of kings elephant were used in battle in the past they are taken in religous pageants it has a long trunk in buddhst pageants the relie casket it always carried by a tusker