Location : 3.5 km from Nuwara Eliya on the Peradeniya-Badulla-Chenkaladi Hwy/A5
Ashok Vatika
Legend: The ‘Ashok Vatika’ is one of the locations at which King Ravana held Queen Seetha captive. Ashok Vatika is a garden, now a part of the Hakgala Botanical Gardens in Nuwara Eliya and contiguous to the Hakgala Nature Reserve. Some of the interesting findings here include a rock on which it is believed the Queen meditated on. It is believed that this garden was where Hanuman first saw Queen Seetha and presented her with King Rama’s ring with the news that the King was looking for her. Excavations have unearthed idols of Queen Seetha in this area.