It was evening when we zoomed in to the Grand Hotel in Nuwara Eliya after a temple sojourn covering some of the important sites on the Ramayana Trail in Sri Lanka. Set in an idyllic location right next to Nuwara Eliya’s Golf Course in Sri Lanka’s highlands, it was an ideal place to chill out and overcome the temple fatigue. Originally meant to be the private holiday home of Sir Edward Barnes, the then Governor of Ceylon, it was known as ‘Barnes Hill’. This huge old colonial hotel is one of Nuwara Eliya. . .
