nuara

Updated: January 11, 2026

They are present from Jaffna in the north, from Galle in the south, from Nuara Eliya in the mountains, from everywhere some come on foot, some by curious carts drawn by buffaloes or bullocks, some by railroad train. All are unshod, and the head of each is bare and shaven.

Frederic Courtland Penfield - East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan