On the way to Tissa we visited an ancient site of a Buddhist temple from the Mahayana tradition the one that I am more familiar with and I got a kick our of seeing carvings whorsquos names I knew. Theravada is the tradition here in Sri Lanka and although the philosophies are not that different the religious practices are.Tissamaharama is a lively little town and a lot bigger than Ella. Itrsqu