Photo GALLERY

My parents. My dad is wearing the Ceremonial dress
for the honor bestowed on him by the Governor General in 1952 

 
My wedding photo

 
Chitra, my late wife and the mother of our children
                Enoka, Sidath and Sasika

Enoka, Sidath and Sasika upon graduation from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

      


Enoka and Sanjeewa                                                Recent family photo


                          The three at the beach in Colombo            At home in Colombo

 

My mom at our ancestral home


My former boss and mentor
Deshabandu Bogoda Premaratne
Former Commissioner of Examinations.


With Mayor Bloomberg and Bhante Kondanna                       

 
Piccadilly Circus, London 1971    Princeton 1971 in national dress   In the ferry on Seine in Paris


        In London with Madhura        The London Eye   At  Cambridge University

 
Opposite Buckingham Palace      Louvre Museum Paris       Piccadilly Circus 2007


Claude Monet Museum, Giverny, France                  At Sydney, Australia


At the Vatican                                    At the Coliseum in Rome


In Florence near statue of David                                   In a gondola in Venice


Opposite the Norwegian cruise ship 'Majesty of the Sea'
and the underwater aquarium in the 'Atlantis' during my cruise to the Bahamas.


At the convocation of Hasira and Madhura, sons of my niece Manjula
and husband Dr Linton de Silva at University College, London.

The first time I went to Buddha Gaya, I was greeted and
garlanded at the Gaya airport by Bhante Neluwe Ratanatissa,
Kiran Lama and several others.

   
At Buddha Gaya

 
Paying homage at the Vajrasana, the diamond throne. It is here on a
sandstone slab that Buddha sat when he attained enlightenment


With my Nephew Dr. Kalinga Nanayakkara, his wife Prof. Deepthi,
my nieces Kanthy Perera and Manjula de Silva. We do a floral bedeck
of the promenade where Buddha spent his third week performing walking meditation.


Offering 5000 lamps to the Sacred Bodhi Tree.

    
At Vaishali (Visala Mahanuwara)                      At Sarnath                   

 
At the Fragrant Chamber of the                    At Nalanda                            At Kusinagar where Buddha
Buddha at Jetavanaramaya                                                                       attained parinibbana    


With Bhante Kondanna at Lumbini, Nepal the birth place of the Buddha    At the Asokan Pillar in Lumbini.   The exact birth place.

  
At the Taj Mahal


  
                                                In Bangkok, Thailand           At Wat Po with Manjula and Madhura


With my friend Arthur Wedamulla (Ex-Commissioner of Exams), his wife Muriel
and my sister in Bangkok


With Siriratana Nayake thero at Ajantha India, famous for the frescos.
The steps were so steep, 4 people had to carry me in a chair.


As Systems Manager at Khaleej Information Systems in Dubai


When my sister Kusuma visited us in New York


                                                                         At South St. Seaport, Manhattan

 

My brother-in-law Late Prof. Darrel Wijeratne's and Octavia's son
Dimuth (GM (Gulf ) Tech Access) visited us in 2007

Watching TV at Colfax Av


In the SI Ferry. Statue of Liberty in the background           When Inoshi and Kishan (Dimuth's Brother)visited us

  
When my niece Prof Indira de Silva       When my Niece Nirupa and husband Nandalal
visited us in New York.                                         visited us in New York   


With my friend and Yoga Instructor Susan


When my Nephew Rajah Nanayakkara, Chairman, Ishara Traders and
LOLC (Sri Lanka) visited us in New York.
 

 
When Aruna (Now Attorney at Law) son of niece Manjula
 and husband Linton visited us in New York

  
When Manjula visited us in New York


When Hasira (now AVP Fitch Ratings Colombo)
and his wife Inoshi visited us in New York

 
              At Sasika's Condo              


At Sidath's House


At Mayberry Promenade


Fishing trip in New York harbor with friend Capt. Tommy Verderosa, wife Linda and sons Hunter and Logan


CHEERS !


New Year's eve at the Hilton, Staten Island.      My b'day dinner 2011

 
My old car                                               My present car