Kataragama is a pilgrimage town sacred to both Buddhists and Hindus. It is the terminus of an annual pilgrimage from Jaffna at the far northern tip of Sri Lanka.
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| The way to the temple from the main road is lined with stalls selling puja supplies -- mostly fruits. |
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| Another puja fruit stall. |
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| On the walkway between the Hindu-Buddhist temple and the large Kiri Vehera Dagoba the merchants were mostly selling flowers. |
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| There was a place where worshippers could offer prayers with lighted coconuts. Then they then smashed the coconuts by throwing them into a pit. |
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| The shrine dedicated to the Hindu deity Skandia/Murukan was getting most of the attention tonight. |
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| Next to the Skandia shrine was one dedicated to Lord Buddha. |
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| A set of shrines to lesser deities lined the back wall of the temple. This one is dressed in the traditional garb of the Kandyan king |
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| At the other end of the temple complex is the Kiri Vehera Dagoba. |
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