Sending some wishes to the sky on Vesak day from Batticaloa, Sri Lanka!
Vesak this time was super exciting not only to us Batticaloa Local Guides, but also to the public of Batticlaloa. While planning our Vesak day celebration with Batticaloa local guides, I decided to buy some sky lanterns while on my way to hometown for Vesak holidays. Sky lanterns are new to Batticaloa to be honest. There were a lot of participants present and were ready to attend the meet up when I reached Gandhi Park.
Even before reaching the site, I started getting a lot of calls confirming their presence at this meet-up. Everyone was excited to see the sky lanterns. Even I was. Watching at them traveling up… up… and up… and at an endpoint, they go invisible… gives you such an overwhelming inner feeling. I have been fancying the sky and the sky lanterns a lot of times; about where they go and what will be their ending altitude.
Being excited of the meet-up, we all started launching our first lantern around 7.30 pm. Soon once the first lantern risen up the sky, quite a lot of people gathered around and they started inquiring about what’s happening here and who we were. As always, we explained about Batticaloa local guides and our fun-filled meet-up’s. From kids to elders, there were quite a lot of people gathered around. It was a fun-filled gathering that night, rather than a formal meet up. Also, there were some guys who wanted to volunteer lighting up that lamp. We gave them few chances too. To be more precise, Gandhi Park looked like a carnival that night with the enthusiasm spread from us Batticaloa Local guides. Have a look at some photos of the gorgeous sky and the sky lantern.
More Photos Please check this album
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Wonderful recap. You all have a great time @IlankovanT thanks for sharing this beautiful pictures.
Happy Vesak…
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You are welcome @IlankovanT
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Thank you @NareshDarji 
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Hi @IlankovanT
NIce to see such events from all over Sri Lanka. thanks for hosting such one. hope to see more and more from you
cheers
Amila
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Thank you very much @Amilamadushan , yeh I like hosting meet-ups and encouraging others to make some contributions to GM. hope you will like my meet-ups here
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Also, have submitted a meet-up - Battaramull this 19th, I will share the meet-up link once it got published
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awesome… @IlankovanT it looks like you really enjoyed. awesome sky Vesak lanterns
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Thank you @AsankaJayasuriya , after a long time… I’m going to host a meet-up in Battaramull this 19th, join if you free.
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Yes, after a long time, I’ll join as many as possible :-), I have class on Saturday morning. If possible I will definitely join you guys.
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awesome sky Vesak lanterns ayya
@IlankovanT wrote:
Sending some wishes to the sky on Vesak day from Batticaloa, Sri Lanka!
Vesak this time was super exciting not only to us Batticaloa Local Guides, but also to the public of Batticlaloa. While planning our Vesak day celebration with Batticaloa local guides, I decided to buy some sky lanterns while on my way to hometown for Vesak holidays. Sky lanterns are new to Batticaloa to be honest. There were a lot of participants present and were ready to attend the meet up when I reached Gandhi Park.
Even before reaching the site, I started getting a lot of calls confirming their presence at this meet-up. Everyone was excited to see the sky lanterns. Even I was. Watching at them traveling up… up… and up… and at an endpoint, they go invisible… gives you such an overwhelming inner feeling. I have been fancying the sky and the sky lanterns a lot of times; about where they go and what will be their ending altitude.
Being excited of the meet-up, we all started launching our first lantern around 7.30 pm. Soon once the first lantern risen up the sky, quite a lot of people gathered around and they started inquiring about what’s happening here and who we were. As always, we explained about Batticaloa local guides and our fun-filled meet-up’s. From kids to elders, there were quite a lot of people gathered around. It was a fun-filled gathering that night, rather than a formal meet up. Also, there were some guys who wanted to volunteer lighting up that lamp. We gave them few chances too. To be more precise, Gandhi Park looked like a carnival that night with the enthusiasm spread from us Batticaloa Local guides. Have a look at some photos of the gorgeous sky and the sky lantern.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkwHGNrM-iM
More Photos Please check this album
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Hi @IlankovanT ,
Thanks for this beautiful recap. Nice pictures and video.
Happy Vesak
Jul
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That was great teamwork and superb efforts @IlankovanT Keep up good work
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Hello @IlankovanT sky lanterns nice to see good idea… thank you for sharing with us…
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