{"id":115579,"date":"2023-06-06T14:21:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=115579"},"modified":"2023-06-06T14:23:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:23:46","slug":"a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/","title":{"rendered":"A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka &#8216; Katharagama &#8216; &#8211; By Nishantha Weragoda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka &#8216; Katharagama &#8216; &#8211; <span style=\"color: #808000;\">By Nishantha Weragoda<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nishantha-weragoda-70837669\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-115581 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/D5622AQEW0jplY8TIyA\/feedshare-shrink_2048_1536\/0\/1685938442329?e=1689206400&amp;v=beta&amp;t=iqtm7hZxNfvsjLQYyaXxUzQWju0pWXLx1fFJqMBiyuk\" alt=\"Kataragama - elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nishantha-weragoda-70837669\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nishantha Weragoda Linkedin<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Katharagama a popular pilgrimage destination frequented by adherents of all religions in Sri Lanka.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The main shrine devoted to Skanda popularly described in eulogies as God having six faces and twelve arms whose assistance is sought for worldly gain. The history of the shrine dates back to 2 century BC.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The annual procession held in July or August is the main event of the shrine with fire walkers and<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Kawadi dancers. Offering to the god are made at 04.30am , 10.30 am and 06.30pm daily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Menik Ganga (River of Gems)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Can be reached this popular river Menik Ganga from Kataragama and Yala National park as well. A walk across the bridge takes you to the shallow places in the river from Kataragama pilgrim area or one of the resting site at yala park. It&#8217;s a nice &amp; easy river for a leisurely bath (village style) anytime during the day. The area around the river is very attractive with large trees on the banks providing plenty of shade. pilgrims enjoy their ritual bath in the middle of the river.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>The sacred pilgrimage at Kataragama<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>To Buddhists<\/strong><\/em>: In first sanctuary is where the planted a sampling of the Sacred Sri Maha Bodhi tree of Anuradhapura, sanctifying the spot. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>To Hindu<\/strong>s: kataragama is the domain of the Hindu war god Skanda. Both Hindu &amp; Buddhist communities belive that Hindu war god Kataragama (Skanda) has the power to intervene benevolently in their affairs &amp; thousands, convinced of the deity&#8217;s benign influence, journey to kataragama for a puja (offering) at the time of embarking on a new venture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115581 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kataragama-kiri-vehera-elanka.png\" alt=\"Kataragama - elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Kirivehera<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Beyond the Maha Devale is a meeting hall on the north side of the square. From the east gate, a Tulip tree avenue leads 500m past further lines of stalls selling lotus flowers to the Kiri Vehera dating from 1 BC. It is a milk white large Stupa with a well maintained &amp; peaceful courtyard. Its only unusual feature being the two sets of square walls which enclose it. A modern statue of King Dutugamunu stands behind the Dagoba.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka &#8216; Katharagama &#8216; &#8211; By Nishantha Weragoda Source :\u00a0Nishantha Weragoda Linkedin Katharagama a popular pilgrimage destination frequented by adherents of all religions in Sri Lanka. The main shrine devoted to Skanda popularly described in eulogies as God having six faces and twelve arms whose assistance is sought for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":115581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[37873,53199,53200,53198,50340,38822,687,6638],"class_list":{"0":"post-115579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-buddhists","9":"tag-kataragama-pilgrim","10":"tag-katharagama","11":"tag-kawadi-dancers","12":"tag-king-dutugamunu","13":"tag-menik-ganga","14":"tag-sri-lanka","15":"tag-yala-national-park","16":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka &#039; Katharagama &#039; - By Nishantha Weragoda - eLanka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Katharagama a popular pilgrimage destination frequented by adherents of all religions in Sri Lanka.The main shrine devoted to Skanda popularly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka &#039; Katharagama &#039; - By Nishantha Weragoda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Katharagama a popular pilgrimage destination frequented by adherents of all religions in Sri Lanka.The main shrine devoted to Skanda popularly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"eLanka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T14:21:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T14:23:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kataragama-kiri-vehera-elanka.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\"},\"headline\":\"A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka &#8216; Katharagama &#8216; &#8211; By Nishantha Weragoda\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-06T14:21:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-06T14:23:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/\"},\"wordCount\":369,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kataragama-kiri-vehera-elanka.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Buddhists\",\"Kataragama pilgrim\",\"Katharagama\",\"Kawadi dancers\",\"King Dutugamunu\",\"Menik Ganga\",\"Sri Lanka\",\"Yala National Park\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/\",\"name\":\"A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka ' Katharagama ' - By Nishantha Weragoda - eLanka\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kataragama-kiri-vehera-elanka.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-06T14:21:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-06T14:23:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"Katharagama a popular pilgrimage destination frequented by adherents of all religions in Sri Lanka.The main shrine devoted to Skanda popularly\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kataragama-kiri-vehera-elanka.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kataragama-kiri-vehera-elanka.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Kataragama - elanka\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Articles\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/category\/articles\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka &#8216; Katharagama &#8216; &#8211; By Nishantha Weragoda\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/\",\"name\":\"eLanka\",\"description\":\"eLanka - Sri lanka events in Australia\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization\",\"name\":\"eLanka\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg\",\"width\":192,\"height\":82,\"caption\":\"eLanka\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elanka\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SriLankanDownUnder\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\",\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"eLanka admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/author\/elanka\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka ' Katharagama ' - By Nishantha Weragoda - eLanka","description":"Katharagama a popular pilgrimage destination frequented by adherents of all religions in Sri Lanka.The main shrine devoted to Skanda popularly","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka ' Katharagama ' - By Nishantha Weragoda","og_description":"Katharagama a popular pilgrimage destination frequented by adherents of all religions in Sri Lanka.The main shrine devoted to Skanda popularly","og_url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/","og_site_name":"eLanka","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/","article_published_time":"2023-06-06T14:21:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-06T14:23:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kataragama-kiri-vehera-elanka.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"eLanka admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"eLanka admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/"},"author":{"name":"eLanka admin","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd"},"headline":"A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka &#8216; Katharagama &#8216; &#8211; By Nishantha Weragoda","datePublished":"2023-06-06T14:21:19+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-06T14:23:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/"},"wordCount":369,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kataragama-kiri-vehera-elanka.png","keywords":["Buddhists","Kataragama pilgrim","Katharagama","Kawadi dancers","King Dutugamunu","Menik Ganga","Sri Lanka","Yala National Park"],"articleSection":["Articles"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/","name":"A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka ' Katharagama ' - By Nishantha Weragoda - eLanka","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kataragama-kiri-vehera-elanka.png","datePublished":"2023-06-06T14:21:19+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-06T14:23:46+00:00","description":"Katharagama a popular pilgrimage destination frequented by adherents of all religions in Sri Lanka.The main shrine devoted to Skanda popularly","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kataragama-kiri-vehera-elanka.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kataragama-kiri-vehera-elanka.png","width":600,"height":400,"caption":"Kataragama - elanka"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-popular-pilgrimage-destination-in-sri-lanka-katharagama-by-nishantha-weragoda\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Articles","item":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/category\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A popular pilgrimage destination in Sri Lanka &#8216; Katharagama &#8216; &#8211; By Nishantha Weragoda"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/","name":"eLanka","description":"eLanka - Sri lanka events in Australia","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization","name":"eLanka","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg","width":192,"height":82,"caption":"eLanka"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elanka\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SriLankanDownUnder"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd","name":"eLanka admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"eLanka admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew"],"url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/author\/elanka\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115582,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115579\/revisions\/115582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}