Sri Lanka – Dharmadeepa
Sri Lanka was once admired as a land of balance and was known as Dharmadeepa meaning ‘Island of the Dharma’. The Island was renowned for its fertile natural beauty, advanced irrigation systems and sophisticated intellectual culture, which drew admirers to its shores from all over the world. Today, some villages remain oases of kindness and tolerance, promoting the art of living simply in an increasingly fractured landscape and often, violent world. Dharmadeepa is decated to the memory of my dear friend of 20 years, Manik Sandrasagra.
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“Those who know the taste of milk
know their mother.Those who know the taste of rice
know their father.Those who know the taste of fruits
know the earth.Those who don’t know these things
for what were they born?”Old Village ‘Kavi’
LAUNCH OF “DHARMADEEPA” in SRI Lanka
Stephen Champions latest work, Dharmadeepa is a book of around 105 black and white photographs celebrating Sri Lanka’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and natural landscape. The book is dedicated to Stephen Champion’s close friend of many years, Manik Sandrasagra, who sadly died last year.
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