Places You Must Visit in the Central Province - 01

Let's start with Central Province. The central province is the sixth-largest province by area, which covers 5575 km2. That is 8.49% of the total area. It is surrounded by four provinces, North-Central province from the north, Sabaragamuwa province from south and west, Uva province from the east. 

Provincial Flag...
The flag represents three districts of the province. At the center, there is a golden color lion with a sword surrounded by four Bo-leaves in a maroon background. This symbolizes the Kandy district. The white layout of the flag represents the Matale district. By the white lotus on the right side of the flag represents the Nuwara Eliya districts. On the left side of the flag, there is a sun and moon. This symbolizes eternity.

Provincial Flower...


The official flower of the central province is Rhododendron arboreum - subsp. zeylanicum. 
In Sri Lanka, this plant is known as 'Ma-Rathmal' or as 'Maha-Rathmal.' The name derived from its colour. This flower has deep red petals. 'Rath' in Sinhala means red.
This plant only grows in the central hills in Sri Lanka. So this plant is endemic to the central hills. One who visits Horton Plains, Ohiya, Seetha Eliya and Pattipola, can see this flower. Flowers are blooming between April - June.




As I mentioned earlier, there are three districts in the central province. Kandy, Matale, and Nuwara Eliya. From here, I will talk about the places you must visit accordingly to the regions.

 Image courtesy : https://www.cp.gov.lk/en/

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