After New Year (Photos)

A Sri Lankan Buddhist devotee offers prayers at a temple in the Bellanvila suburb of Colombo on April 16, 2011, as part of the traditional new year rituals. The timing of Sri Lanka's Sinhala New Year coincides with the new year celebrations of many traditional calendars of South and Southeast Asia. -Getty Image

A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk anoints a temple elephant in the Bellanvila suburb of Colombo on April 16, 2011, as part of the traditional new year rituals. The timing of Sri Lanka's Sinhala New Year coincides with the new year celebrations of many traditional calendars of South and Southeast Asia. -Getty Image

Devotees line up in the Bellanvila suburb of Colombo on April 16, 2011, as part of the traditional new year rituals. The timing of Sri Lanka's Sinhala New Year coincides with the new year celebrations of many traditional calendars of South and Southeast Asia. - Getty Image

Sri Lankan Buddhist devotees offer prayers during the public holiday Poya Day at the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya on April 17, 2011. The predominantly Buddhist country marks every full moon as a key religious holiday or Poya Day. Buddhism was brought to the island nation from neighbouring India over 2,500 years ago. Over seventy percent of Sri Lanka's population practice Buddhism. - Getty Image

A Sri Lankan Buddhist devotee offers prayers at a temple in the Bellanvila suburb of Colombo on April 16, 2011, as part of the traditional new year rituals. The timing of Sri Lanka's Sinhala New Year coincides with the new year celebrations of many traditional calendars of South and Southeast Asia. -Getty Images

Sri Lankan Buddhist devotees offer prayers during the public holiday Poya Day at the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya on April 17, 2011. The predominantly Buddhist country marks every full moon as a key religious holiday or Poya Day. Buddhism was brought to the island nation from neighbouring India over 2,500 years ago. Over seventy percent of Sri Lanka's population practice Buddhism. -Getty Image