Heritance Kandalama: The dreamscape destination to enter marital bliss
Heritance Kandalama: To get married in style
By Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person”~ Mignin McLaughlin, June 6, 1913 – December 20, 1983, American Journalist and Authour
Heritance Kandalama Hotel is a five star luxury hotel, which is covered by lush foliage and rocky mountains. Heritance Kandalama Hotel attracts more foreign tourists for its natural dreamscape. The hotel’s ‘green philosophy’ that combines responsible tourism with environment friendliness invites birds, butterflies, dragonflies and animals to its surroundings.
Heritance Kandalama Hotel is becoming a destination of choice to enter marital bliss in style by many couples around the globe.
Estelle Cousins and Robin Farmer are one of those couple who chose to get married at Heritance Kandalama. They are from Upper Basildon, Berkshire, in the United Kingdom, and have decided to get married with Sri Lankan touch:
Estelle Cousins and Robin Farme were amazed by the ‘green philosophy’ which the Heritance Kandalama follows in order to protect the environment.
Beautiful wedding cake for Estelle Cousins and Robin Farmer
Love Birds carved by Anil
Wedding cake in Palymyrah leave box
Wedding rings
Nishantha Jayathilaka and Sagarika Priyangani of Heritance Kandalama Hotel
Architectural view of Kashya hall
Kandyan dancers take the lead
Heritance Kandalama Hotel is covered under clouds during a downpour
Robin Farmer is being accompanied to the wedding hall
A spectacular view of the Kandalama Lake and the Sigiriya rock fortress
Estelle Cousins is being accompanied to the wedding hall
Performance by the Kandyan dancers
Main marriage ceremony is taking place
The hotel is designed to receive enough natural light
Estelle Cousins and Robin Farmer got married at Heritance Kandalama on November 12th 2009
Wooden mask at the hotel
Traditional wedding
Gold thread is tied on fingers of the bride and bridegroom
Poruwa Charitra
Pouring water
Main ceremony gets underway
Gihan presents the wedding rings to the couple
Estelle Cousins gets her wedding ring from her husband Robin Farmer
Robin Farmer gets his ring from his wife Estelle Cousins
Happily married couple
In Kashyapa hall
After the ceremony
Newly wed couple lighting the traditional oil lamp
Posing for photos
Celebration of Love
Sunrise view from Heritance Kandalama
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Interesting. The couple in the photos are alone! In general Sri Lankan weddings (whether Sin hala or Tamil) are a community event. It is interesting to see two people who may not have family or friends wants to get married in a different culture, so that they will have some ‘family’ and ‘friends’. I think that this would be a good arrangement for individualistic and lonely Europeans and North Americans to get married with some hired ‘family’ and ‘friends’?
Perfect presentation to illustrate the Sri Lankan beauty and culture. Thank you
I thought it is a simple and lovely ceremoney. Congragulations to the beautiful bride and the handsome husband! it is indeed an amazing place to get married.
Looks fabulous, I am sure their main reason was to get away from the stress and rigmarole of all the hassles of a western wedding…can’t blame them AT ALL! Maybe not lonely europeans and north americans with hired family and friends – a bit of a condescending comment from Chris really. Whether they have family or friends, it shouldnt matter as at the end of the day, the union is about them and no one else. The right idea!