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4 unusual facts about Nuwara Eliya


Duhulu Malak

The fantastic scenery shown in the film is from an area called "Selesumthenne" at Nuwara Eliya with a background song "Bonda Meedum Kandu Relle-Surangana Rajadahane" (like living in a Fairy kingdom with surrounding misty mountains).

One day, the family schedules to visit the hill country Nuwara Eliya because the husband has some official commitments in the area.

Hugh Boustead

Boustead was born on 14 April 1895 in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, the son of a local tea planter who later became a director of The Imperial Ethiopian Rubber Company.

Pied Thrush

Although rare, they are locally and seasonally seen regularly at certain locations in winter such as at Victoria Park in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, where a number of birds gather by the stream early in the morning or in some hills stations in southern India such as Nandi Hills and Yercaud.


Central Province, Sri Lanka

The Central Province attracts many tourists, with hill station towns such as Gampola, Hatton and Nuwara Eliya.


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