Protesters 'unwind' at PM's home & Presidential Palace in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's colonial-era presidential palace has embodied state authority for more than 200 years, but after taking it over by the protestors the palace has become a picnic spot. From playing carroms, cards, swimming in the pool to washing clothes, cooking food and resting on Presidential palace beds, the official residences of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and OM Ranil Wickremesinghe has become a picnic spot as thousands of men, women and children stormed the mansion amid the political unrest in Sri Lanka.

People play carrom inside the official residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, in Colombo. Credit: AFP Photo

People play cards inside the official residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, in Colombo. Credit: AFP Photo

Protestors in Sri Lanka Presidential palace's pool amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Credit: Reuters Photo

People dry their clothes inside the premises of the official residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, in Colombo. Credit: AFP Photo

Demonstrators rest inside the Prime Minister's residence on the following day after demonstrators entered into the building, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Credit: Reuters Photo

A man jumps into the Sri Lanka Presidential palace's pool as other protestors look on. Credit: Reuters Photo

Demonstrators are seen sleeping in a bedroom at the President's house in Sri Lanka. Credit: AFP Photo

A demonstrator poses for photographs where President Gotabaya Rajapaksa used to hold main events at the President's house on the following day after demonstrators entered the building, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Credit: Reuters Photo

Two kids play the piano inside the President's house on the following day after demonstrators entered the building, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Credit: Reuters Photo

People cook food inside the premises of the official residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, in Colombo. Credit: AFP Photo

An unidentified man poses for pictures awhile seated on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s chair at the presidential palace in Colombo. Credit: AFP Photo

People crowd inside the Sri Lanka's presidential palace, in Colombo. Credit: AFP Photo

People pose for pictures inside the Sri Lanka's presidential palace, in Colombo. Credit: AFP Photo

A man plays a piano inside the Sri Lanka's presidential palace, in Colombo. Credit: AFP Photo

Protesters pretend to hold a cabinet meeting after occupying seats at the cabinet meeting hall of the president's official residence a day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Credit: AP Photo

People crowd inside the Sri Lanka's presidential palace, in Colombo. Credit: AFP Photo

Several demonstrators were seen sleeping in a bedroom at the President's house. Credit: Reuters Photo

A demonstrator is seen posing for pictures inside Sri Lanka's presidential palace, in Colombo.AFP Photo

People rest inside the official residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, in Colombo. Credit: AFP Photo