Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) is an Island nation south of India in the Indian Ocean.Its diverse landscapes range from rainforest and arid plains to highlands and sandy beaches. It’s famed for its ancient Buddhist ruins, including the 5th-century citadel Sigiriya, with its palace and frescoes. The city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka's ancient capital, has many ruins dating back more than 2,000 years.
Capitals:Colombo.
Population:20.97 million(2015)
National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka (also called Colombo Zoo or Dehiwala Zoo) is a zoological garden in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, founded in 1936. Its sprawling areas are host to a variety of animals and birds. The zoo exhibits animals but also places an emphasis on animal conservation and welfare, and education.
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History Sri Lanka has a history of collecting and keeping wild animals as pets by some Sinhalese kings as well as some British. What is known today as National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka was founded by John Hagenbeck in the late 1920s. It was closed at beginning of World War II in 1939 because of the owner of that company was a German. After liquidation of Zoological Garden Company in 1936, the government acquired much of the collection and added it to the Dehiwala Zoo (Zoological Garden of Ceylon) collection. Although Dehiwala Zoo officially began operating in 1939, an impressive animal collection already existed there as part of Hagenback company's holding area, where public could visit. Major Aubrey Neil Weinman, OBE was the first Director of the Dehiwala Zoo. During his period various programs were developed, such as introducing more native and foreign species, educational and conservation programs, improving the facilities and infrastructures and more. By 1969, half of the collection consisted of native species including virtually all of the mammals represented. In 1973, the zoo had 158 mammal species, 259 bird species, 56 reptile species and 7 fish species. However, not much has been reported on Zoo progress until the 1980s. Before World War I, the Dehiwala Zoo was also involved in Ethnographic Expositions (human zoo exhibits) and functioned as holding quarters for live human exhibits collected from around the region. Dehiwala Zoological Garden is one of the oldest zoological gardens in Asia and one of the most abusive. It has a substantial collection of worldwide animals. It is open all year long and can be reached by public transportation. Diversity of the zoo is indicated by the presence of an aquarium, walk through aviary, reptile house, butterfly garden and many small, dilapidated cages and enclosures, housing starving, bored animals, living in prison-like conditions. The zoological garden has a small, but picturesque butterfly garden which is decorated with small shrubs, trees, creepers and small streams. Internal temperature and humidity of the house is controlled by artificially created mist. The butterfly garden exhibits 30 species of butterflies with their all stages of life cycle for educational purposes. Elephant performance The elephant's performance are held at elephant arena with certain time table. Pachyderms in shows perform antics such standing on their heads, wiggling their backs to music, hopping on one foot and standing up on their hind legs. This is an extremely cruel practice which is forced upon the elephants. The elephants in Dehiwala Zoo are chained, throughout the day in abusive conditions. Many of these elephants are showing neurotic and self-harming behavior, such as swaying back and forth all day long.
Ilma International Girls’ School is the leading private Muslim girls’ school in the country. Situated along Thalakotuwa Gardens in Colombo 05, it boasts of a lower Primary, Middle and Senior School. The school possesses all the facilities capable of providing a substantial holistic education to Muslim girls in Sri Lanka whilst preserving the values and virtues of Islam. Watch Our Video
Ilma was founded by the late. Madam Rasheedha Mohideen, a leading lady in the sphere of education who was the Chief Education Officer of the Sri Lankan Education Service and also the Chief Educationist in one of the leading Islamic schools in Abu Dhabi (UAE). Ilma was her mission. Her vision depicted Muslim girls educated just like every other girl in this nation and taking the world by storm. Her aim was “To provide an effective and meaningful education for girls for higher intellectual attainments while conforming to the tenets of Islam.”
Realizing this dream, in the year 1987, Mrs. Mohideen spearheaded this tedious task of establishing this girls’ school. Finally, on January 18, 1988, the foundation of her legacy was laid down on the soil of Wijerama Mawatha in Colombo 07 with the motto. “Qul, Rabbi Zidni Ilma” – “Say! O My Lord, Advance me in knowledge.
Initially the Board of Management of Ilma International Girls’ School consisted of three efficient individuals who helped raise the institution to what it is today. They were: • Chairman – (late) A.H.L.A. Saleem • Working Director – (late) Mr. Mohideen • Working Director and Principal – (Late) Mrs. Rasheedha Mohideen
In January 1989 The Ilma Educational Trust was created with, these three eminent persons as Trustees, having as one of its objects “to take over the ownership with the assets and liabilities and manage and control ILMA INTERNATIONAL GIRLS’ SCHOOL .” which was then situated at No. 33, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7. In May of that year this charitable trust was incorporated as Ilma Educational Foundation (IEF), a Company limited by guarantee, under the Companies Act No.17 of 1982, with 9 members. The 9 founder members of IEF were (late) Mr. A. H. L. A. Saleem, (late) Mr. M. S. Alif, (late) Justice A. M. M. Jameel, (late) Mr. M. A. S. M. Mohideen, (late) Mr. M. S. Moujood, (late) Dr. M. M. Uwise, Dr. M. A. M. Shukri, and Mr. Osman Kassim.
The Ilma Educational Foundation is a not-for -profit organization, has been headed by many eminent personalities including Late Mr. A.H. L A. Saleem, Late Justice A.M.M Jameel, Mr. Mohamed Zubair, Mr. Jawid Yusuf, Mrs. Husni Hussain and the current chairman Mr. Ishrat Rauff. In just 2 years, Ilma International Girls’ School grew in leaps and bounds. In the year 1990, the land that the school is currently standing on, was purchased. By the following year in the 130 perch land stood a 3-storey structure, the new and improved Ilma International Girls’ School, Colombo 05. It was also in 1991 that Ilma unveiled its first batch of Ordinary Level students. There were 7 students in all, under the Edexcel Board of Examinations.
Although Ilma International Girls’ School was advancing at a remarkable pace, it was still a sapling. The year 1992 was an eventful year with Ilma International Girls’ School having its inaugural prize giving.
With the demand of educating girls increasing, it was necessary for Ilma International Girls’ School to expand. It opened doors for girls of all communities. The year 1993 saw a new wing being constructed for the Primary School with the purchasing of another plot of land adjoining the school. The following year (1994) revealed Ilma International Girls’ School’s First Advanced Level batch. All praise due to God, Ilma International Girls’ School had achieved maturity. Ilma International Girls’ School reached its 10th birthday in the year 1998. What was once a mere 140 students was now a booming 1500. What was 16 teachers with 11 classrooms was now 112 teachers and 63 classrooms respectively!
Soon after, the Ilma International Old Girls’ Association (IIOGA) was formed. The IIOGA has been instrumental in organizing the pre-Ramadan fair which has now become an annual event.
The dawn of the new millennium brought in the first batch of students to have completed their entire education at Ilma International Girls’ School. Brave and courageous would not do justice in describing these students, who took their chances to seek their academic guidance at a place as new as Ilma which was situated in Wijerama Mawatha. Those who joined at Pre-Grade Level sat for their Advanced Level examinations that year.
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2001, a year later, saw the introduction of the new air-conditioned main hall, curtsey of the IIOGA, which was soon certified as a London Examinations Centre. This was also the time when Ilma International Girls’ School first introduced Local A/L’s. Students could now choose their own paths. The provision of options and choices within the school coloured its poster of popularity among the public.
The growth spurt continued. It was time that the Primary School was separated from the Senior School. And so, 2002 called for a fourth block, which initiated this separation. The main hall certified for London Examinations was integral for the school. But yet, that wasn’t entirely enough. London Examinations (the science stream) required laboratories in order to conduct practical examinations. Basically, without the labs, the school was incomplete. Realizing this, Ilma International Girls’ School opened up 3 laboratories: a Biology lab, a Physics lab and a Chemistry lab. In June 2003, the London Advanced Level examination practicals were conducted in the new Physics and Chemistry labs. This was also the year Ilma International Girls’ School had arrived at a point where one Awards Day clearly wasn’t enough to award its students within the time limits of 1 day. Talents of students could not be ignored and Ilma seemed to be brimming with just that. Therefore, 2003 inaugurated the hosting of 2 Awards Days: 1 for the Primary School and 1 for the Senior School.
Demand for attention in the literary department grew. A part of the school that wasn’t really heeded to thus far, but yet was a vital unit for the academic growth, was now given attention. In 2006 the senior library of Ilma International Girls’ School now expanded to 3 huge rooms filled with books, from books of fiction to books of reference. Magazines, newspapers, books of Islamic guidance and everything within the wants of a reader’s mind was available in the Senior library of Ilma.
The year of 2010 called for a big change. The students of Ilma who had been sitting for public examinations under the Examining Board of Edexcel from the very inception of the School changed to a new examination body; the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) and 2010 saw the first batch of Ordinary Level students sitting for their examinations. With the transition taking place a fully equipped physics, chemistry and biology lab was introduced for practicals catering to Cambridge requirements. Today we boast of Ilma International School being an examination centre giving our children the opportunity to sit for their examination within the comfort of their school.
Adding to obtaining a holistic education, the students of Ilma decided to show case their talents on the netball court.
Dwelling on the matter of the court, in 2011 Ilma International Girls’ School now decided to host a netball tournament of their own. Up against some of the very prestigious schools of Colombo, held at the Sugathadasa Stadium, Ilma girls once again rose as the “CHAMPIONS” of the day!
This tournament, which has been successfully organized annually by the school since, is now firmly established as the main Netball Tournament for international schools and has been placed on the sports calendar of The International Schools of Sri Lanka (TISSL).In January 2013, Ilma celebrated its Silver Jubilee with a grand event at the BMICH Canopy Hall, hosted jointly by the School and the Old Girls’ Association, showcasing Ilma’s achievements over the past twenty five years. Students past and present, parents, teachers, as well as special invitees attended this momentous occasion, which was graced by the founder Late Madam Rasheedha Mohideen. The 25th Anniversary Magazine was released and the new website of the School was launched at this event.
This event was proceeded by a series of concerts by the students of the Primary (Splash of Lights) and the Post Primary (Spectrum) which were held at the Bishop’s College Auditorium over a period of three days. The celebrations culminated with a Fun Fiesta, organised by the Ilma International Old Girls’ Association (IIOGA).
Ilma is proud of her past she is even more enthusiastic about her future. As the demand for admission to Ilma International Girls’ School continued to grow, a one acre land in Dehiwala was purchased for its expansion.
2018 marks the 30th anniversary of Ilma International Girls’ School. Three decades of academic success and growth since its inception, it has watered many minds with wisdom and knowledge and provided a holistic approach to train students to be better prepared to enter the competitive world. Our past and present principals led by the dynamic founder principal Late Mrs. Rasheedha Mohideen, Mrs. H. Hashim, Mrs. F.H Deen, Mrs.Hafeeza Ghori and Mrs. Fareeda.Wahab along with the dedicated staff have played the lead role in the success story of Ilma International Girls’ School.
I was once an admirer of Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe. He was the blue-eyed boy of the UNP. The poster-child of the capitalist right-wing. The last of the green-blooded aristocrats. The chosen-one to make Sri Lanka a developed nation. Lately, the knight in rusty armour who was to bestow good governance upon us. Well, so much for that.
After 40 long years in politics and at the old age of 68, Mr Wickremesinghe has been reduced to a man of utter failure. With all due respect, perhaps these five reasons might convince Mr Wickremesinghe to retire from politics with the little dignity that is left of him.
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1. Living with a destiny of failure There has never been a man who has failed for so long, for so many times than Mr Wickremesinghe. What is so ironical about Ranil’s political career is that even when he wins, he still loses. It looks as if he is cursed with failure. O what a tragedy his destiny has woven for him. His life-and-career is a sad case study of leadership failure. At some point in one’s life, you should realise the purpose of your existence. There was a purpose for D S Senanayake. There was a purpose for S W R D Bandaranaike. There was a purpose for Rohana Wijeweera. There was a purpose for Velupillai Prabhakaran. There was a purpose for Mahinda Rajapaksa. And every remarkable leader had a specific purpose which they all fulfilled irrespective of whether that purpose is right or wrong. But what is Ranil Wickremesinghe’s purpose? It’s too late for him. There’s no purpose for him anymore. Because whatever purpose that is remaining to be fulfilled are just mediocre economic stuff or simply too technologically advanced for a 19th century pseudo aristocrat. It’s not like Mr Wickremesinghe can build Sri Lanka to meet the 21st century sustainability challenges, or introduce Blockchain-based governance system. Even the one last purpose he could’ve owned which was to instil good governance in this country, ended up as his life’s biggest failure. 2. Becoming the Antichrist of Good Governance Isn’t it ironical the very person who vouched and stood for Good Governance became the very symbol of Bad Governance? Ranil Wickremesinghe can write a book titled “101 Ways to Govern Badly”. It was fascinating how some people actually believed that he is the ideal man to bring good governance when his entire political career is marred with too many examples of bad governance. His Machiavellian dictatorial authority in running his own party for so many years by stingily holding on to power through plutocracy, cronyism and conspiracy is such a giveaway that it is impossible to associate Ranil with any form of “Good” governance. Hell shall freeze over before Ranil brings good governance to anywhere. Purposely or not, Ranil massacred the concept of good governance. Although some die-hard UNP members refuse to accept it out of embarrassment, deep down everybody knows that it’s a lost cause. And the wickedest thing about it is that, Ranil did it in the grandest way possible, by making a Billion Rupee Central Bank fraud to happen on his watch. 3. Lack of sound judgment For Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe, the proud Royalist, the educated lawyer, the English-speaking gentleman, and once thought master-strategist to fall victim to an average person such as Mr Maithripala Sirisena must be an unbelievably humbling experience. At least it’s dignified to lose in a battle, in an election, in a competition, but to lose in your own game by your own pawn, when you least expect it, is soul crushing. Taking the Central Bank under his control, appointing his buddy, a foreigner, a questionable character, as the governor to the single most important financial institution in the country, when there was huge resistance from all sides including from his own party, shows a serious lack of sound judgement. If Mr Wickremesinghe had an iota of good judgement he would never try to safeguard Arjuna Mahendran, when the first complaints surfaced. Ranil could’ve at least tried to control the damage to him, to his party, and to his country. But he just played right into President Sirisena’s advantage. Not only he continued with Arjuna, he then appointed another foreigner to the same position who is directly connected with the man who is in jail for the biggest insider trading fraud in the history of the USA! They say there is a thin-line between genius and stupidity. This seems to be Ranil’s Achilles heel as he is unable to control serious situations contingent upon multifaceted, external factors like in 2004 when Mrs Chandrika Kumaratunga ended the coalition with Ranil too easily. I used to think it demonstrates his political maturity, but seeing his childish behaviour inside and outside parliament, I no longer think as such. It’s just his weakness to handle crisis. He is like that senior guy in many offices who wheels and deals to come to power and stays in power, but fails to deliver any project successfully, and ends up making a mess for everyone. 4. Dishonouring the great UNP forefathers It’s disgraceful what has become of the UNP, the party of the great D S Senanayake, the Father of the Nation. It’s shameful to see the incompetence and the indecencies of most of the UNP Members of Parliament compared to its former great statesmen such as Mr J R Jayawardene. It’s sad to see how the party that was once hailed as the common man’s party under great leaders like Mr Ranasinghe Premadasa, has turned into a corrupt bunch of a mediocre mob. And the one man who is responsible for that tragedy is the UNP party leader for the past 24 years, Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe, the man who controlled his party tightfistedly for the longest period in the history. In his struggle to stay in power at any cost, he lost sight of the big picture. He failed to live up to the magnanimity of his forefathers. He failed to make his mark as a leader. His legacy is a disillusioned party with a group of corrupt and incompetent fools running around like headless chickens. The kind of fools who would actually get apartments as gifts for corruption. The kind of fools who actually spend time and money to write books to coverup corruption. The kind of fools who promise to give free Wi-Fi to the whole country using an experimental technology. The kind of fools who open Volkswagen factories before even seeing the investment agreements. And they are the next generation of leaders of this once great party. Mr Wickremasinghe, what have you done… 5. Let go, Mr Wickremasinghe It’s time to let go, Sir. You are just making it worse for yourself and for everybody around you by holding on. What are you trying to prove? You had 40 long years, four decades, to do something meaningful for your life and for the country. You were the youngest cabinet minister. You had more time and more opportunities than any other political personality to make history. Yet, here you are today childishly trying to emancipate yourself from disgrace, disappointment and failure of your own making. Is this what you dreamed of? You could’ve at least repurpose and rebuild your party to meet the 21st century challenges. But instead you lost the plot. Leadership, Mr Wickremesinghe is no longer about power. It’s about people. If only you took all that time you spent in the opposition to build good people around you, implement good governance within your own party, you would not have to beg for salvation from some Indian god. O what depths you have fallen. But you also have an amazingly high endurance, which I respect very much. But you don’t have to fight anymore, Ranil. You tried your best and that’s what’s important. Everybody deserves some peace in their life. Give peace to yourself. Give peace to your party. Give peace to the people. Sometimes the greatest success comes in your surrender.
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Richmond Castle කලුතර රිච්මන්ඩ් වලව්ව– A Landmark of Kalutara, Sri Lanka
I wrote this after watching the humiliating incident yesterday (10 January 2018) at the parliament, partly with sympathy and partly with a genuine wanting to tell the Prime Minister what he needs to hear at this critical moment. You can’t behave like a child at this very serious moment. I wish no disrespect to the Prime Minister. I sincerely hope this will help him to stop and reflect. Maybe we’ll meet one day when you’ve retired and talk about this over a good cup of black coffee.
Richmond Castle, built at the turn of the century in Kalutara, is considered one of the most spectacular architectural works of the period. It was the property of a wealthy landowner turned philanthropist, Padikara Mudali Nanayakkara Rajawasala Appuhamilage Don Arthur de Silva Wijesinghe Siriwardena. The mansion stands majestically at top of a hill, on a 42 acre estate beside the Kalutara-Palatota Road. Once a circuit bungalow for high ranking officers of the British administrative service, today it is a popular tourist attraction, and serves as an educational centre for less privileged children of Kalutara and the vicinity.
Mudaliyar Wijesinghe and his newly wed wife, along with relatives and wedding guests, arrived at the Kalutara railway station by steam driven locomotive.
It is said that ‘Governor George Anderson was requested by the royal family of England to appoint a battalion of 40 soldiers to guard the castle and its occupants. Padikara Mudali, as he was known, had a 12-strong staff known as mudaliyars.
Richmond Castle is a two-storeyed building with 99 doors and 34 windows, decorated with glass panes of exquisite design depicting grape vines. Records indicate that two shiploads of teak were imported from Burma for its construction.
Mudaliyar Wijesinghe and his newly wed wife, along with relatives and wedding guests, arrived at the Kalutara railway station by steam driven locomotive.
The entire building is characterised by intricate carvings. The timber remains as fresh as at the time of construction. A dancing hall with a stage is another of its features. The architecture shows greater similarity to an English mansion than to an ancient walauwwa.
The gardens which once boasted a profusion of flowers have now given way to trees like coconut, mangosteen, veralu, guava, mango, rambutan and various citrus fruits. The mudaliyar was a lover of nature, and adorned his garden with marble statues, some of which still stand. However he was not happy in marriage, for he was childless. Having ended his marriage, he bequeathed his properties to the Public Trustee for the welfare of the children of the country. He took up residence in a quiet room at the Queen’s Hotel, Kandy , where he breathed his last in 1947.
1. பெண் குழந்தைகள் யாருடைய மடியிலும் அமரக்கூடாது என்று சொல்லிக் கொடுக்க வேண்டும்.
2. 2 அல்லது 3 வயதுக்கு மேல் ஆன குழந்தைகள் முன்னிலையில் உடை மாற்றிக் கொள்ளுவதைத் தவிர்க்க வேண்டும்.
3. குழந்தைகளுக்கு யாரும் இது உன்னுடைய கணவன் என்றோ, மனைவியென்றோ குறிப்பிடுவதோ, மனதில் பதிய வைப்பதோ தவறு.
4. குழந்தை விளையாடப் போகும்போது உங்கள் பார்வை அவர்கள் மீது இருந்து கொண்டே இருக்கட்டும். மேலும் அவர்கள் என்ன விளையாடுகிறார்கள் என்பதையும் கவனித்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள். ஏனென்றால் குழந்தைகள் தங்களுக்குள்ளாக வே பாலியல் துன்புறுத்தல்களுக்கு உள்ளாக நேரிடும்.
5. உங்கள் குழந்தையால் சரியாக பொருந்தியிருக்க முடியாத நபரை ஒருபோதும் சந்திக்க அனுமதிக்காதீர்கள் அல்லது அவரிடம் அழைத்துச் செல்லாதீர்கள்.
6. சுறுசுறுப்பாக இருக்கக் கூடிய ஒரு குழந்தை திடீரென்று களையிழந்துவிடும் போது பொறுமையாக அவர்களிடம் பல கேள்விகளைக் கேட்டு அவர்களின் பிரச்சனை என்னவென்று கேட்டறிய வேண்டும்.
7. வளரும் பருவத்திலேயே உடலுறவு மற்றும் அதன் நன்மதிப்பீடுகளை பக்குவமாக கற்பியுங்கள். இல்லையென்றால், சமுதாயம் அவர்களுக்கு அதைப் பற்றிய தீய மதிப்பீடுகளைக் கற்றுக் கொடுத்துவிடும்.
8.குழந்தைகளுக்கு தேவையானவற்றை அவர்களுக்கு முன்பாக நாம் அறிந்து கொண்டு அவர்கள் கேட்பதற்கு முன்பாக நாமே வாங்கிக் கொடுத்துவிட வேண்டும்.
9. தொலைக்காட்சி சேனல்கள் மற்றும் இணையதளங்களில் குழந்தைகள் பார்க்க அவசியமற்ற சேனல்களை பேரண்டல் கன்ட்ரோல் மூலம் செயலிழக்கச் செய்துவிட்டோமா என்பதை உறுதிப்படுத்திக் கொள்வது நல்லது. மேலும், குழந்தைகள் அடிக்கடி செல்லும் நம் நண்பர்களின் வீடுகளிலும் இதை செய்து வைக்க அறிவுருத்துவது நல்லது.
10. 3 மூன்று வயது ஆனவுடனேயே குழந்தைகளுக்கு தங்கள் உடலின் அந்தரங்கப் பகுதிகளை சுத்தம் செய்ய கற்றுக் கொடுக்க வேண்டும். உடலின் அந்தப் பகுதிகளை பிறர் யாரும் தொடுவதற்கு அனுமதிக்கக் கூடாது என எச்சரிக்கை செய்து வைக்க வேண்டும். நீங்களும் அந்த வேலையை செய்யக் கூடாது. ஏனென்றால், அவசியமற்ற உதவிகளை செய்யும் போக்கு வீட்டிலிருந்துதான் தொடங்குகிறது
11. குழந்தையை அச்சுறுத்தக் கூடிய அல்லது அவர்களின் மனநிலையை பாதிக்கக் கூடியவற்றை முற்றாகத் தவிர்க்கவும். இதில் இசை, படங்கள், நண்பர்கள் மற்றும் குடும்பங்களும் அடங்கும்.
12. மற்றவர்களுடன் ஒப்பிடும்போது உங்கள் குழந்தையின் தனித்துவத்துத்தை அல்லது தனித் திறமையைப் புரிந்து கொள்ளச் செய்யுங்கள்.
13. குழந்தை ஒருவரைப் பற்றி ஒருமுறை குற்றச்சாற்றைக் கூறினாலே, அதை கவனிக்கத் தொடங்குங்கள். கேட்டுவிட்டு அமைதியாக இருக்க வேண்டாம். நீங்கள் அதற்காக நடவடிக்கை எடுத்தீர்கள் என்பதை குழந்தைக்கு உணரச் செய்யுங்கள்.
* மேலே சொன்னது யாவும் ஞாபகம் இருக்கட்டும்; அது ் பெற்றோராக இருந்தாலும் சரி அல்லது பெற்றோராகப் போகிறவராக இருந்தாலும் சரி! ".
1. வேங்கட மலை: ‘வேம்’ என்றால் பாவம், ‘கட’ என்றால் ‘நாசமடைதல்’. பாவங்களைப் போக்கும் மலை என்பதால் இதற்கு ‘வேங்கட மலை’ என்று பெயர். இம்மலையில் வெங்கடாசலபதியாக (ஸ்ரீனிவாசன்) மகாவிஷ்ணு காட்சி தருகிறார்.
2. சேஷ மலை: பெருமாளின் அவதாரத்திற்காக ஆதிசேஷன் மலையாக வந்தார். இது ஆதிசேஷன் பெயரால் ‘சேஷமலை’ என்று அழைக்கப்படுகிறது.
3. வேதமலை: வேதங்கள் இங்கு மலை வடிவில் தங்கி எம்பெருமானை பூஜித்தன. எனவே இது ‘வேத மலை’ எனப்பட்டது.
4. கருட மலை: இங்கு சுவாமியை வணங்க வந்த கருடாழ்வார் வைகுண்டத்திலிருந்து ஏழுமலையை எடுத்து வந்தார். அதனால் இது ‘கருட மலை’ எனப் பெயர் பெற்றது.
5. விருஷப மலை: விருஷபன் என்ற அசுரன், இங்கு சுவாமியை வணங்கி மோட்சம் பெற்றான். அவனது பெயரில் இது ‘விருஷப மலை’ எனப் பெயர் பெற்றது.
6. அஞ்சன மலை: ஆஞ்சநேயரின் தாய் அஞ்சனை. தனக்கு குழந்தை பாக்கியம் கிடைக்க ஆதிவராகரை வேண்டி தவமிருந்தாள். அதன் பயனாக ஆஞ்சநேயரைப் பெற்றாள். இவளது பெயரில் ஏற்பட்ட மலை ‘அஞ்சன மலை’ எனப்படுகிறது.
7. ஆனந்த மலை: ஆதிசேஷன், வாயு பகவானுக்கிடையே போட்டி ஏற்பட்டபோது, மகாவிஷ்ணு நடுவராக இருந்தார். இருவரும் பலத்தில் சமமானவர்கள் என்று தீர்ப்பளித்தார். இதனால் வாயுவும் ஆதிசேஷனும் ஆனந்தம் அடைந்தனர். இதன் காரணமாக இது ‘ஆனந்த மலை’ என்று பெயர் பெற்றது.
