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| @ the Ranamure 'Rawana' Devalaya |
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| Preperations for the 'Poojawa' |
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| Making the Offerings (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| Our tracker Wasantha on the right-hand-side. |
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| seeking blessings.... |
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| the 'Kapu Mahaththaya'. |
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| The 'Gale Bandara (Rawana) Deviyo' (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| the sacred Deva's blessings, which may have miraculously saved our lives @ the end-of-the-day !
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| leaving the devalaya |
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| at the base of Kapuketugala |
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| Ready for the climb |
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| up-along the steep slope |
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| one-by-one..... |
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| with additinal reinforcment when seems needed |
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| view down from cave No. 01 (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| another's turn |
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| (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| Inside Kapuketugala Cave-1 (Apex. 700m above msl) |
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| Inside cave No. 01 (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| 'Lakegala' as seen from inside cave No. 01 |
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| crossing the steep rock surface horizontally to reach the Kapuketugala cave No.02 |
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| Entrance of Cave No. 02 |
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| the 'cliff' infront of the Cave No. 02 entrance |
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| Gihan's tensed moments between the two caves (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| Ashan, on the only piece of rock everyone found refuge while crossing from cave-to-cave |
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| ... and that piece of rock as seen from below ! |
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| Ajith, with his Historical Rope ! This rope to which all our lives were dependent, brocke at the top while we were descending, miraculously when no-one's life was hanging-off it. (Photo by : Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake) |
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| Going down with causion ! |
