Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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... Kataragama there were practically no villages and neither food nor shelter was obtainable . Among pilgrims there are always a large number of sick people who are brought to the temple to be cured by the God . These unfortunate people ...
... Kataragama there were practically no villages and neither food nor shelter was obtainable . Among pilgrims there are always a large number of sick people who are brought to the temple to be cured by the God . These unfortunate people ...
Page 228
... Kataragama . They did so at once . The God at that time was a Tamil , but he married into a Sinhalese family in Kataragama and became a Sinhalese God , and that is why now the temple kapuralas are Sinhalese . This was the story of a ...
... Kataragama . They did so at once . The God at that time was a Tamil , but he married into a Sinhalese family in Kataragama and became a Sinhalese God , and that is why now the temple kapuralas are Sinhalese . This was the story of a ...
Page 230
... Kataragama temple authorities provide accom- modation for the pilgrims . I pointed out that the authorities got between three and four thousand pilgrims to come to Kataragama and the revenue which they obtained 230 GROWING.
... Kataragama temple authorities provide accom- modation for the pilgrims . I pointed out that the authorities got between three and four thousand pilgrims to come to Kataragama and the revenue which they obtained 230 GROWING.
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