THARANGA 2017
I don’t consider my-self as a professional wildlife photographer because I just click away for pure
pleasure and self-satisfaction. I share what I capture through my lens on social media such as Facebook
and Instagram to show everyone else the pure beauty of what is out there. I believe that such awareness
will inspire people to consider more about conservation rather than destruction of nature.
Wilpattu National Park & Yala National Park
are two of the most favorite jungles that I love
going back to in Sri Lanka. I consider them as my
homes away from home. Those are the two places
that takes my worries away and puts me at
complete peace far away from people. I love being
amongst the trees of the wilderness and all sorts
of wildlife that surrounds them but I have to
confess that elephants, leopards and sloth bears
are the ones which I go in search for the most.
I’ve had countless amazingly wild encounters
through the years and I would not even try to
explain them in words purely because I cannot do
justice to them using words. However, watching
5 leopards (An adult male & female with their 3
cubs) together on a rock, following a mother sloth
bear carrying her two cubs on her back and being
surrounded by 32 wild elephants mere meters
away for 1 hour stands out from the rest.
I will continue to return back to the
jungles and do what I love to do the
most till the day I pass on from this life.
I hope and pray that more people would come
forward to cherish and protect the jungles and wildlife
around the world so that they get preserved for
generations to come. Due to the space limitations, I
am presenting only a few of my clicks here in this
“Tharanga” magazine and I mostly welcome you all to
follow me on my Instagram account (manindra.d) to
see what I experience within the jungles of Sri La