Serendib Magazine - August 2012

In this issue

One of the best examples of Mahayana Buddhist art in Sri Lanka is at Buduruwagala, located about five kilometres south of Wellawaya, off the Wellawaya-Tanamalwila road.
Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Kovil inspires the wonder of many and is an inherent destination for countless devotees who revel in the Kovil’s age old yet wondrous beliefs.
Sri Lankan decorative pottery is an ancient legacy, etched into clay dating back to over 1000 BC. Archaeological excavations have discovered sophisticated burial urns and figurines predating the Island’s written history.
Colombo is fortunate in having Mount Lavinia beach, whose history is interwoven with the splendid colonial era hotel that bears this name, the focal point of a destination that apparently began with an exotic romance.
The two kilometre trek to the summit of Govinda Hela or 'Westminster Abbey' is a veritable adventurer-traveller’s delight, replete with winding forest paths and steps carved out of rock.
Maskeliya is one of Sri Lanka’s little known towns and yet thousands of tourists, both domestic and foreign, travel through it every year on their way from Hatton to climb Adam’s Peak.