third awara siripa🍁🙏 episode 01

              Third awara siripa🍁🙏 ep 01

The third Awara Siripa pilgrimage is the best trip I have ever taken. This time we chose Palabaddala Raja Mawatha for the trip.  Come and walk with Journey of Gemcity through the cold forest.

  This time four people participated in our trip.  We arrived at the Palabaddala Temple around 8 am with all our belongings. We parked our bikes there and drove on.  

About 1km further we came across a police checkpoint.  A young police officer stopped us.  He said it was not allowed to travel on this road.  If you  want to proceed, you have to get permission from a senior police officer.   We asked him to let us go.  But he did not allow it and came to Erathna Road in a three wheeler near us.

  It was already noon.  Elephants roam the Erathna road at night.   So we must go to the shed at the foot of the Sri Pada hill for the night.  

We had little time left so we moved quickly.  When we reached the Cold River, it was still raining but the river had not overflowed..  We crossed the river as soon as possible.  As we waited in the shed on the other side, the river overflowed.

We moved forward quickly.  The leeches were hanging on our legs and drinking blood.  But for those of us living in Ratnapura, an area of ​​leeches, it was not a significant hindrance.

  A huge stream of water is flowing along our path.  We reached Indikatupana around four in the evening.  There were more elephant dung and elephant footprints across the road than usual.  We went to a nearby building and waited for a while, hoping to see an elephant.  But it didn’t happen so we headed forward in the heavy rain. 

See you soon with the rest.