Taken on May 23, 2015 in Kandy, Sri Lanka
These are some shots that I took at the Kandy Cultural Centre. They do daily performances of indigenous dance and performance art.
DAILY PHOTO: Kandy Dance
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DAILY PHOTO: Temple of the Tooth Tower
Taken on May 23, 2015 in Kandy, Sri Lanka
I’m back from Sri Lanka, with lots of photos and experiences. Above is a picture taken at the Temple of the Tooth, a.k.a. Sri Dalada Maligawa. This temple is an important site for many Buddhists as it houses a relic in the form of one of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha’s teeth.
Inside the temple on the ground floor.
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DAILY PHOTO: Ramnagar Overlook
Taken on May 9, 2015 from Ram Temple Hill near Ramanagara.
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DAILY PHOTO: Monochrome Chain Bridge [Széchenyi lánchíd]
Taken in December of 2014
From the Pest-side looking toward the Palace (Királyi Palota) on the Buda-side. The Chain Bridge (Széchenyi lánchíd) over the Danube is in the foreground.
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DAILY PHOTO: Tropical Christmas
Taken in January of 2014 in Phuket, Thailand
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DAILY PHOTO: Backwater Slow Boat
Taken in July of 2014 in the Keralan Backwaters
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DAILY PHOTO: Barren Trees in the Churchyard
Taken in December of 2014 in Szentendre, Hungary
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DAILY PHOTO: Near March 15th Square [i.e. Március 15 tér]
Taken in December of 2014 in Vác, Hungary
The church with the unusual, metallic spire is Evangelical Lutheran.
The story I read on the internet–so it has to be true–is that the congregation couldn’t afford to complete the steeple in the usual style. However, they received a donation of scrap iron, from which they constructed an interesting–if unconventional–spire.
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DAILY PHOTO: People You See At Jamboo Savari
DAILY PHOTO: Golden Nai Khanomtom
Taken in August of 2014 at the Muay Thai Institute in Rangsit, Thailand.
As the placard states, Nai Khanomtom is considered the father of muaythai (Thai boxing.) He lived during the 18th century, and is most famous for his defeat of between 9 and 12 Burmese Lethwei (or Let Whay, the Burmese style of boxing) fighters–depending upon the retelling of the story.
One account states that the Burmese king had Nai Khanomtom kidnapped after watching from afar as the Thai legend devastated one Burmese soldier after another in close quarters combat. Other accounts hold Nai Khanomtom was one of many Thai prisoners captured. By all accounts, Nai Khanomtom was pitted against multiple Burmese opponents–some of the best the country had to offer–in a boxing match and defeated them one after another without [significant] rest periods.
I probably should have posted this on March 17th, which is Thailand’s “Boxer’s Day” (not to be confused with the post-Christmas Boxing Day recognized in much of the Western world.)
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