The Brahmachari Walisinghe Harischandra Museum is located in Negombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is named after Walisinghe Harischandra (1876-1913), a Buddhist revivalist, social reformer, historian, and author. The museum was established in 1996 and is housed in Harischandra's former residence, Mahagedara, which is managed by the Walisinghe Hariswandra Cultural Centre. Initially managed by the Department of Museums, the museum contains furniture, books, diaries, and personal effects used by Harischandra, along with local objects and artifacts from his era.
The fishermen who are based at the Negombo lagoon live rely mainly on their traditional knowledge of the seasons for their livelihood, using outrigger canoes carved out of tree trunks and nylon nets to bring in modest catches from September through April. Their boats are made in two forms – oruvas (a type of sailing canoe) and paruvas (a large, man-powered catamaran fitted with kurlon dividers). The men are regularly forced to head out to the ocean to fish, often losing money in the chartering process.
Thalpitiya Beach is one of the most famous beaches that decorates the west coast of the Sri Lanka with wide and long stretch golden sand heaven boarded by beautiful and elegant crystal blue water shore kissing sea and soft yet radiant sunlight that would let anyone rest under it feel the warmth of Mediterranean sea side. The Panadura region houses this strip of shore in the Wadduva sub-region. Sunbathing, photography, flying kites, beach parties, beach sports, or simply walking along the shore while the sea kissing your feet, and many more activities can be enjoyed in this blessed land.
Nestle in the Kalutara District the Mannankethi Ella has a reputation of providing the local farmers with the necessary farming tools for farming purposes, the legend passed down by the near by villages. With a more nature in time waterfall which is hard to reach due to the extremely dangerous slope of mountain, the Mannankethi Ella relatively unmolested even by the villagers as there are no tracking and hiking or even navigating footpaths to the waterfall. The difficulty lies with the people having to Clean and make there own path every time they ventures there thus the high density of bio diversity can be seen. Many native flora and faunas, the butterflies and even many rare animals habitats are hidden there safety from the prying eyes of greed.
