About the heart of Sri Lanka, Mahaelithenna or Horton Plains. The story you don't know, How did the area formerly known as Mahaelithenna get its name from Horton plains? During the period 1831 - 1839, a British governor named Robert Wilmot Horton was in Sri Lanka. When he came to meet the chiefs of the Sabaragamuwa region in 1836, he came to know that earlier, in 1834, Lt. William Fisher of the 78th Regiment and Lt. Albert Watson of the 58th Regiment had to climb a very high mountain while hunting. When viewed from the top of that mountain, a very beautiful mountain view was seen on one side, and from that point, the sea was visible, and behind the other, the heavenly world was visible. It was a large green plain filled with trees of various colors, filled with elephants , and they said that they had never seen such a view before, and that the view was submerged in clouds for a short time. When they went down again and looked at the mountain they had climbed, The governor came to k...
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