Botanical Gardens Hakgala

Hakgala Botanical Garden is one of the five botanical gardens in Sri Lanka. The other four are Peradeniya Botanical Garden, Henarathgoda Botanical Garden, Mirijjawila Botanical Garden and Seetawaka Botanical Garden. It is the second largest botanical garden in Sri Lanka.The garden is contiguous to Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve.

Location and climate

Hakgala Botanical Garden is situated on the Nuwara Eliya-Badulla main road, 16 km from Nuwara Eliya. The garden has a cool temperate climate because of altitude is 5,400 feet above sea level. The mean annual temperature ranges between 16 °C to 30 °C during the course of a year. From December to February it has a cold climate, while the warm climate persists from April to August.

History

The garden was established in 1861, under George Henry Kendrick Thwaites as an experimental cultivation of Cinchona, a commercial crop thriving at the time. Once after the Tea replaced the Cinchona, it was turned into an experimental Tea cultivation. In 1884 it transformed into a garden. Since then many subtropical and some temperate plants were planted in the gardens.

Folklore

In the folklores, it says Sri Lankan demon King Ravana after abducting Sita, kept her hidden in this area and area was offered to Sita as a pleasure garden, the place finds mention in the Ramayana as Ashok Vatika. The area was named as "Sita Eliya" and "Sita Amman Temple" was built on the site

Erilised kohad Badullas

  • Muthiyanganaya Raja Maha Viharaya asub Badulla linna keskel. Selle templi ajalugu ulatub tagasi Buddha aega, kuid Badulla ümbruse piirkond ulatub tagasi 19.–18. sajandisse eKr.

    Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara 

  • Dowa Raja Maha Viharaya (Dowa neeme tempel) asub Bandarawela linnast mõne kilomeetri kaugusel Bandarawela-Badulla teel. Arvatakse, et selle templi ehitas kuningas Walagamba esimesel sajandil eKr.

    Dowa Raja Maha Viharaya 

  • Bogoda puusild ehitati 16. sajandil Dambadeniya ajastul. Väidetavalt on see Sri Lanka vanim säilinud puusild. Sild asub Badullast 7 kilomeetrit läänes.

    Bogoda puidust sild 

  • Dunhinda juga asub umbes 5 km kaugusel Badulla linnast. See on 63 meetrit kõrge ja seda peetakse üheks Sri Lanka kaunimaks jugaks. Juga on oma nime saanud suitsuste kastepiiskade järgi.

    Dunhinda juga 

Avastage Badulla

Badulla ringkonna kohta

Badulla is the capital of Uva Province in Sri Lanka. Badulla is located on the southeast of Kandy, almost encircled by the Badulu Oya , about 680 meters (2200 ft) above sea level and is surrounded by tea plantations. The town is overshadowed by the Namunukula range of mountains. Badulla is about 230km away from Colombo towards the eastern slopes of central hills of Sri Lanka.

Badulla ja selle ümbrus on ökoturistidele väga soovitatavad, kuna Horton Plainsi rahvuspark ja Knucklesi mäed on vaid mõne tunni kaugusel.

Uva provintsi kohta

Uva provints on Sri Lanka suuruselt teine ​​hõredamalt asustatud provints, kus elab 1 187 335 inimest ja mis loodi 1896. aastal. See koosneb kahest ringkonnast: Badulla ja Moneragala. Provintsi keskus on Badulla. Uva piirneb ida-, lõuna- ja keskprovintsiga. Selle peamised turismiatraktsioonid on Dunhinda juga, Diyaluma juga, Rawana juga, Yala rahvuspark (asub osaliselt lõuna- ja idaprovintsis) ja Gal Oya rahvuspark (asub osaliselt idaprovintsis). Gal Oya mäed ja keskmäestik on peamised mägismaa, samas kui Mahaweli ja Meniku jõed ning tohutud Senanayake Samudraya ja Maduru Oya veehoidlad on Uva provintsi peamised veeteed.

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