Lodge
Bonnie Doon No: 611
of the Scottish Constitution was consecrated on the 5th
November 1877. It is the only Scottish Lodge in Sri Lanka.
The regalia of Lodge Bonnie Doon is the Royal Stuart Tartan
No. 4 surrounded by Gold lace. The information available
is that it is reasonably certain that the name of the Lodge
is taken from the works of the late poet laureate Brother
Robert Burns. The river Doon flows through Ayshire and is
part of the climax of the poem “Tam O Shanter”
Burns makes even more specific reference to this in the
song “Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon..”
T his song is one of Burns’s popular works. To confirm
this further the logo of our Lodge appears to be the Bridge
of the River Doon, made famous by Burns in ” Tam O’
Shanter.” |
