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THE UDARATA MENIKE – THE MAID OF THE MISTS by Bernard VanCuylenburg. Source: By Kalpabas at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18876727 My Dad was on Carolina Group, Watawala for 28 years, and before he retired, he planted in Bandarawela for four years. Carolina was a huge estate of 2330 acres. By a topographical twist of fate, the railway line from Colombo to Badulla ran  through one of the divisions of Carolina Group called Mt.Jean. In fact  the Watawala  railway station was located on Mt.Jean division, and on land which was owned by the Carolina Tea Company Limited.  ...