Guess what? I have a stalker! Hmmm, who can it possibly be? I decided to visit the main temple in Kandy, the Temple of the Sacred Tooth when lo and behold I 'bump' into greasy, lanky haired man. He gives me his sob story about wanting to be friends and being a guide, blah blah. I decide that as I'm not going too get rid of him any time soon I'd best just let him guide me around the Temple, give him a few bob and have done with his stalking.
Temple of the Sacred Tooth
Legend has it, the Buddahs actual tooth is held in the Temple. (From all my travels it's a bit crazy how the Buddah seems to have left random body parts around Asia) Everyday, 3 times daily they hold a ceremony of sorts so people can perform Puja. I turned up for the morning session and there were people everywhere. My guide did his guiding speil as I shook my head, and oohed and ahhed, like I was paying attention to what he was saying. After about 30 mins he told me the 'tour' was over and then gave me the give me money stare. So I gave him 500R/£2.50 and he had the nerve to ask for more money. For what? I didn't even want his guidance. He realised he wasn't getting anymore and hence that is how I managed to lose my stalker.
I watched the procession. Lots of drumming, lots of jostling. We all had to queue to get a glimpse of the tooth, which was in some elaborate golden container that could have been empty for all I knew. Anyway, it was a beautiful temple and a nice way to spend a morning.
As I continued to wander around a lady grabbed me for a selfie. Totally weird but she was very insistant. So I had to take one back with her.
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| Walking towards Temple of the Sacred Tooth |
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| Elephant art |
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| Entrance into the temple |
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| Flowers laid out as offerings for puja |
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| Drummers during the ceremony |
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| Selfie time with random lady. (??!!) |
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| Puja |
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| Religious art |
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| Huge monitor lizard inches it's way toward duck. Duck swam away. |
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| View of Kandy from roof top bar |
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