Special Commemorative cover from Sri Lanka

 Seethai Amman Temple, Nuwara Eliya

Commemorative Cover with Personalized stamp issued on 23.04.2023 for Seethai Amman Temple at Nuwara Eliya.

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dinesh Gunawardena, accompanied by the High Commissioner of India and other dignitaries, issued a Special Commemorative Cover for the Seethai Amman Temple in Seetha Eliya, Nuwara Eliya.

They also laid the foundation stone for a Meditation Centre at the Temple, which is believed to signify the place of Ashok Vatika in the epic Ramayana. Furthermore, the Meditation Centre will add to the facilities at the Temple and help attract more tourists from India and other places to Nuwara Eliya.

The Seetha Amman Temple is a Hindu temple located approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Hakgala Botanical Garden and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Nuwara Eliya. The temple is located in the village of Seetha Eliya (also known as Sita Eliya). This place is believed to be the site where Sita was held captive by the rakshasa king Ravana, and where she prayed daily for her husband Rama to come and rescue her in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. On the rock face across the stream are circular depressions that are regarded to be the footprints of Hanuman.

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-Kasinath R.