Up in the Sri Lankan highlands, a 19th-century transport network for tea is now conveying adventurers to remote communities ...

The Mahavamsa, the Ramayana and Mahabharata make reference to it and even today, almost everyone has their own story to share about Sri Pada, the Holy Mountain- a dawn vision of the Peak from distant ...

Our thwarted attempt to scale the mountain brought us together. We learned something about swallowing our pride and about knowing when to fold ‘em ...

This is the season when pilgrims trek up Sri Pada, battling the biting winds and ignoring the weariness, to get a glimpse of the footprint of the Great One. For, Brindley Paternott, an “old policeman” ...

Sri Lanka Railways has planned to operate four special trains in line with the school vacation and Sri Pada pilgrimage season ...

January marks many significant festivals including the Feast of St Sebastian’s Cathedral, Mannar, Thai Pongal, Duruthu Maha Perahera and Pilgrimage to Sri Pada. Every January, the streets of ...