SITA KUND, Hakgala

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

After an underground course of fifty yards (48.5 m), the stream kown as Seeta-ella (FORBES 1840, 1841. vol. 2: 131) or Sita Ela (note 1) resurges at a Sita's Pool or Seeta Koonda (Sita Kund), where whirlpools or round holes formed by the eddying stream (FORBES 1840, 1841. vol. 2: 131-132): A karst surface with scallops? SITUATION: At an unidentified location somewhere on the plain (or plateau) of Seeta Talawa or Sita Talewa (note 2), which appears lie somewhere on the way from Hakgala Peak (note 3) generally north towards Nuwara-ellia (note 4) or Nuwara Eliya (N06°58'11”: E080°46'12” WGS84) and, perhaps, within the Hakgala Strict Natural Reserve or, but this is mere guesswork, in the Kandapola Sitaeliya Forest Reserve (note 5). CULTURAL HISTORY - cave legend: The round holes formed by the eddying stream … are pointed out as the marks of the feet of the elephant ridden by Rawana, when Seeta [note 6] vanished and re-appeared where the stream now does, in her exertions to escape frm the persecution of the demon King (Rawana). CAVE POTENTIAL: Also found in the vicinity of Sita Kund (Hakgala) are –>AA Cave (Baker), –>Istripura Cave (Welimada), the cave at –>Hakgala, the –>Luckyland Estate cave, and the cave at –>Padanwela (near Wilson's Bungalow).After an underground course of fifty yards (48.5 m), the stream kown as Seeta-ella (FORBES 1840, 1841. vol. 2: 131) or Sita Ela (note 1) resurges at a Sita's Pool or Seeta Koonda (Sita Kund), where whirlpools or round holes formed by the eddying stream (FORBES 1840, 1841. vol. 2: 131-132): A karst surface with scallops? SITUATION: At an unidentified location somewhere on the plain (or plateau) of Seeta Talawa or Sita Talewa (note 2), which appears lie somewhere on the way from Hakgala Peak (note 3) generally north towards Nuwara-ellia (note 4) or Nuwara Eliya (N06°58'11”: E080°46'12” WGS84) and, perhaps, within the Hakgala Strict Natural Reserve or, but this is mere guesswork, in the Kandapola Sitaeliya Forest Reserve (note 5). CULTURAL HISTORY - cave legend: The round holes formed by the eddying stream … are pointed out as the marks of the feet of the elephant ridden by Rawana, when Seeta [note 6] vanished and re-appeared where the stream now does, in her exertions to escape frm the persecution of the demon King (Rawana). CAVE POTENTIAL: Also found in the vicinity of Sita Kund (Hakgala) are –>AA Cave (Baker), –>Istripura Cave (Welimada), the cave at –>Hakgala, the –>Luckyland Estate cave, and the cave at –>Padanwela (near Wilson's Bungalow).