Nuwara eliya

Nuwara Eliya is a city in the hill station in Sri Lanka, also called “city on the plain (table land)” or “city of light” and “little England. The city is famous for its landscape and temperate climate. It islocated at an altitude of 6,128 ft and is known as the tea capital of Srilanka Nuwara Eliya has cool climate and one of the coolest areas in Sri Lanka.

The city is surrounded with tea gardens and hills. The city gives a British village feel amalgamated with colonial-era bungalows, Tudor-style hotels, well-kept hedges and neat gardens.

Nuwara Eliya or Seetha Eliya or Little England of Sri Lanka is well known for is forest looking ambience all around.  The temperature is towards a lower side in this city as it’s a hill station. The climate is very pleasant in the daytime and its starts turning quite cold at night. Nuwara Eliya is blessed with nature’s bounty and that’s the major reason it attracts plenty of tourists per year.

Aadishakti Seeta Amman Temple

Sri Lanka is known since our Indian Epic Ramayana. As soon as you think of Sri Lanka the first picture which comes to my mind is of Ravana, and a series of imaginations pops up in my mind thinking about the times when Ravana used to rule Sri Lanka.

And to my surprise I got to witness some evidence of places where Ravana kept seetha in hostage. Not any of my imaginations could give this place a justice for its beauty, Sita was really lucky to have stayed in the beautiful valley (even though in hostage).

There is a temple dedicated to Seeta here in Nuwara Eliya which is known as Aadishakti Seeta Amman Temple. This temple is unique because it’s the only temple dedicated to Sita in Sri Lanka. The temple is painted orange with golden highlights on all the sculptures on the temple. There is no entrance fees for the temple.

According to the story Lord hanuman had Burned Lanka during his first visit which has turned the soil here in Black colour. There is a stream by the side of the temple where that runs from the hill, catered to the needs of Sita Devi during her stay at Ashok Vatika. She is also said to have bathed in this stream. About a century ago of three idols were discovered in the stream.

Temple timings

Morning 8AM to 1PM
Afternoon: 2PM to 6:30PM

Interesting Fact: There are few depressions on the rock besides the stream which is believed to be foot prints akin to Lord Hanuman’s. Some are of small size (resembles human feet) and some are of large size (resembles monkey paw), 

The water flowing from the stream is sweet in taste as we tasted it during our visit.

 Gregory park

Gregory lake or Gregory reservoir is situated at the heart of Nuwara Eliya city. It’s a beautiful park with Gregory reservoir being its major attraction. The Park is filled with exotic flora. The garden is huge and tourists love to relax here.

You can enjoy various water sports in this lake namely speedboat and jet ski. The charges of these activities totally depend on your bargaining skills. We paid 1000 Sri Lankan Rupees for jet ski and 600 Sri Lankan Rupees for speed boat per person. The entry fee for Gregory lake is 200 Sri Lankan Rupees.

The park timing is 6am-6pm.

The ambience of the park is very refreshing and you can relax here along with the view of enchanting Gregory Lake.

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