Time Out Srilanka - May 2016

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It’s mango season again in Sri Lanka. The wayside booths and markets are teeming with mangoes, in a variety of shades and shapes.
Unpretentious and nonconforming, Sri Lanka’s favourite heavy metal band takes stage for the second time in Colombo to celebrate Sri Lankan artistry and thought provoking lyricism. Kicking open the archaic, Stigmata has since its inception changed the local music platform.
Stepping into Kotte, you’ll find it an ancient fortress surrounded by water with stream-formed ‘lakes’ and associated marshes known as the Diyawanna Oya.
Puttalam is on the inland side of the lagoon that begins at Kalpitiya, extending down to Udduppi and reaching up to Vanathavilluwa which forms a lagoon line of 70km. Once a forgotten town of fish and salt, it has transformed itself into a throbbing hub of activity with industries indispensable to the country.
Dorawaka Lena is for those with an adventurous streak and a love for mythical stories mixed with archaeological fact.
Set in the deep south of the country, in Ridiyagama Hambantota is Sri Lanka’s first man-made safari park, where animals from around the world roam freely while visitors travel around the landscape in guided tours.
Unique to Trincomalee is the China Bay Oil Tank Farm, the largest of its kind located between West Asia and Singapore.
Named after Sir Robert Wilmot Horton, British Governor of Ceylon in the 19th century, Horton Plains is a beautiful paradise of diverse visions and nature’s marvels.
Madu Kanda temple may be the Megaghiri Viharaya where the sacred tooth relic was first received by King Kith Siri Mevan.