Royal Elephant Tours: 2011

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Wedding at Negombo Beach GBP 2300

Theme - Beach or Traditional Sri Lankan Wedding

Bridal Bouquet & Button Hole
Decorated Oil Lamp
Floral Décor for the Registration table etc.
Wedding Cake (Ribbon cake with Icing) - Structure
An elevated & decorated Bridal throne "Poruwa" on which the traditional ceremony is carried out
03 Young Girls to chant Jayamangala Gatha to invoke blessing on the Couple
Traditional Dancers & Drummers

Conducting of the Marriage Ceremony
Charges of the Government Registrar of Marriages (With English Copy of the Marriage Certificate)
Settee Back - with flower arrangement
Elephant Ride

Extras -

Bridle Dressing and Hair Stylist - GBP 300

Wedding Cake - GBP 200

Garden Decorations - GBP 350

Traditional Sri lankan Saree and Jewellery - GBP 400

Traditional White Shirt and Linen Trousers (Hand Tailored)

White Shirt and Off White Linen Trousers -GBP 175

We will be arranging Transport and accommodation for the couple and Guests. and we will be arranging sightseeing tours for your guests and any other service requested.

We can provide a professional Photographer to Capture most beautiful memories of the wedding day and private photography sessions will be held prior to wedding. Couple will be travelling to most picturesque places in country.

More options for Honeymoon and you will get discounts for your wedding anniversary if you are planning to celebrate it in Sri Lanka

COMPLIMENTARIES: A Cocktail will be served on Complimentary.

Sea food dinner or a 5-Course sit down dinner for two

Bottle of Sparkling Wine

Additional - Dinner - GBP 35 per person (Sea food dinner or a 5-course sit down dinner)

Wedding package for nature lovers. US$ - 2900

Theme - nature, Sri Lankan Traditional Wedding

Bridle Dressing and Bouquets

An Elegant wedding cake according to theme of the wedding

Marriage podium and master of ceremony

Palanquin with four men to carry it

Kandyan Dancers

Four girls to sing Traditional Blessings (Jaya mangala Gatha)

Registration of wedding

Extras -

Garden Decorations - US$ 350

Traditional Sri lankan Saree and Jewellery - USD 400

Traditional White Shirt and Linen Trousers (Hand Tailored)

White Shirt and Off White Linen Trousers - US$175

We will be arranging Transport and accommodation for the couple and Guests. and we will be arranging sightseeing tours for your guests

Wedding photograph of sri lankan couple

Elephant will be provided up on request and any other service couple requests will be provided by us

More options for Honeymoon and you will get discounts for your wedding anniversary if you are planning to celebrate it in Sri Lanka

Wedding at hills at a hotel near famous Diyaluma Falls US$3700

Theme - Nature/ Traditional Sri Lankan theme

Includes :-

Marraiage podium and master of the ceremony (Astaka Gatha reader)

An elephant

Kandyan dancers

Sri Lankan cultural foods(Konda Kewum,Athirasa,aggala,kiribath,askirinngna etc)

Four girls to sing Jayamangala Gatha

Paduru Party with fresh fermented Toddy and Manniok bite.

Accomadation upto 20 pax

Registration of wedding

Extras -

Bridle Dressing and Hair Stylist - US$ 300

Bridle Bouquets and Buttonhole - US$ 300

Wedding Cake - US$ 200

Garden Decorations - US$ 350

Traditional Sri lankan Saree and Jewellery - USD 400

Traditional White Shirt and Linen Trousers (Hand Tailored)

White Shirt and Off White Linen Trousers - US$175

Any other service couple requests will be provided by us

More options for Honeymoon and you will get discounts for your wedding anniversary if you are planning to celebrate it in Sri Lanka

Traditional Sri Lankan Wedding (USD 2000)

Includes Wedding Representative & The Master of Ceremonies

Wedding Poruwa (Natural Platform & Arch) & Traditional Decorations. All made naturally and by hand on the day of wedding

Includes Authentic Kandian Dancers & Drummers at Ceremony

Registrar to officiate at Ceremony; She will provide a basic offering of vows in English.

Provides Official Sri Lankan Marriage Certificate.

Certified English Translation Available (1-2 Days) -US$80

Handmade Brass Canister as gift for document

Couple must visit Registrar 4 days prior to Wedding Day

Includes locally arranged flower bouquet & button hole

Includes Bridal Hair Stylist and also help for dressing

Antique Brass Oil Lamp included for ending ceremony

Open Top Morris Minor with Driver for Sunset Beach Photos

Includes Chilled Champagne Jacob's Creek Pinot Noir at Beach

We will be arranging Transport and accommodation for the couple and Guests. and we will be arranging sightseeing tours for your guests

Elephant will be provided up on request and any other service couple requests will be provided by us

More options for Honeymoon and you will get discounts for your wedding anniversary if you are planning to celebrate it in Sri Lanka

Extras -

Wedding cake decorated with Araliya flowers - USD 400

Traditional Sri lankan Saree and Jewellery - USD 400

Traditional White Shirt and Linen Trousers (Hand Tailored)

White Shirt and Off White Linen Trousers - US$175

Fireworks Display Night Show (15 Mins) ‘BIG SHOW’ - US$300

Fireworks Display Smaller Show (5 Mins) ‘LIL MO’ - US$150

Entertainment Package Extras

“Misty” - US$1900

“Dylan” - US$600

“DJ Shiran” - US$400

“DJ Vibrations” - US$300

Traditional Indian Music Group - US$160

Classical Indian Music played on the Grassy Garden Hill

Local Calypso Band - US$200

Three Piece Local Calypso Band Playing Entertaining Western and Sri Lanka Music

Jazz Group (3 Piece including vocals) from Colombo - US$800

Passionate Jazz musicians with a strong repertoire

Authentic Village Devil Dancing & Drummers Cultural Show - US$200

Fire walking display also included

Wedding Tables an chairs , Marquees , Dance Floors and Lighting on request

Quotation for Wedding & Accommodation

Non-Refundable Deposit of 50% due to secure wedding

Converted to Sri Lankan Rupees dd/mm/yy

Final Balance Due Two Months Prior To Arrival

Budget Wedding

Budget Wedding - USD 1350

Natural Wedding Arch with hanging threads of Frangipani & Jasmine

Also includes handmade coconut lamp decorations in the gardens

Registrar to officiate at Ceremony;

She will provide a simple offering of vows in English

Provides Official Sri Lankan Marriage Certificate

Certified English Translation Available (1-2 Days) US$80

Handmade Brass Canister as gift for document

Couple must visit Registrar 4 days prior to Wedding Day

Wedding Representative will conduct a short series of blessings

Offering of your wedding bands will also be at the Natural Arch

Includes locally arranged flower bouquet & button hole

Antique Brass Oil Lamp included for ending ceremony

Open Top Morris Minor with Driver for Sunset Beach Photos

We will be arranging Transport and accommodation for the couple and Guests. and we will be arranging sightseeing tours for your guests

Elephant will be provided up on request and any other service couple requests will be provided by us

Extras -

Wedding cake decorated with Araliya flowers - USD 400

Traditional Sri lankan Saree and Jewellery - USD 400

Traditional White Shirt and Linen Trousers (Hand Tailored)

White Shirt and Off White Linen Trousers - US$175

Fireworks Display Night Show (15 Mins) ‘BIG SHOW’ - US$300

Fireworks Display Smaller Show (5 Mins) ‘LIL MO’ - US$150

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Heavenly Honeymoon

Honeymoon

Get Married in Sri Lanka

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Anuradhapura Sri Lanka

Anuradhapura attests in a unique and specific way to the Sinhalese civilization. On numerous occasions the city was submitted to the assaults of invaders from southern India - Tamils, Pandyas, Cholas, etc. It stands as a permanent manifesto of the culture of Sri Lanka, impervious to outside influences. The sacred city exerted a considerable influence on the development of architecture during several centuries. It includes remarkable monuments, particularly the Dagabas of colossal size, placed on circular foundations and surrounded by a ring of monolithic columns, characteristic of the Sinhalese stupas.

The city is one of the principal shrines of Buddhism. The cutting from the fig tree of Buddha, brought there in the 3rd century BC, has flourished and, today, the Bodhi tree spreads out over the centre of the site from a sanctuary near the Brazen Palace. The relics of Siddharta have, moreover, shaped the religious topography of Anuradhapura, where the Dagaba Thuparama was built by King Tissa in the 3rd century BC to house the clavicle of Buddha, an important religious relic presented by Ashoka.

Founded during the 4th century BC, Anuradhapura quickly became both the capital of Ceylon and the sacred city of Buddhism on the island. The Chronicles of Mahanam, a narrative written 1,000 years later, affirms that it was founded in 380 BC by Prince Pandukabhaya.

Towards 250 BC, King Ashoka sent his son Mahinda to convert Tissa, the grandson of Pandukabhaya, and the latter became the first Buddhist sovereign (devanampiya) of Ceylon. A second mission, led by Sanghamitta, Buddhist nun and daughter of Ashoka, brought Tissa a cutting from the Ashvattha, the sacred fig tree of Bodhgaya, under which Siddharta attained spiritual enlightenment and supreme wisdom.

With the exception of the period of the invasion of the Tamil princes, at the beginning of the 2nd century BC, Anuradhapura remained the political and religious capital of Ceylon during 10 centuries. Its apogee was reached under the reign of Dutthagamani who, in 161 BC, expelled the Tamil invaders, re-established Buddhism in the place of Brahminism and endowed the site with extraordinary monuments: Dagaba Minisaweti, Dagaba Rubanwelisaya, the Brazen Palace, etc.

Anuradhapura was sacked and taken by the Pandyan kings during the 9th century and then returned against payment of a ransom.

The majority of the monuments were restored but the city never recovered after its destruction in AD 993 by King Chola Rajaraja I. Having lost its position as capital, it was deserted in favour of Polonnaruwa.

Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC