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The '''Seetha Amman Temple''' is a [[Hindu temple]] located in Seetha Eliya village approximately {{convert|1|km}} from [[Hakgala Botanical Garden]] and {{convert|5|km}} from [[Nuwara Eliya]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Seetha Amman temple was built by [[Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka|Tamil estate labourers]] who came to the country in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Goonatilake |first1=Susantha |last2= |first2= |date=2014 |title=Introduction to the Issue on the Rāmāyaṇa |url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/44809402|journal=[[Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka]] |volume=New Series, Vol. 59, No. 2 |issue= Special Issue on the Ramayana |pages=1-21 |doi= |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Legends==<br />
This place is believed to be the site where [[Sita]] was held captive by the [[rakshasa]] king [[Ravana]], and where she prayed daily for her husband [[Rama]] to come and rescue her in the Hindu epic, the [[Ramayana]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lankalibrary.com/heritage/sita.htm| title = WWW Virtual Library: Sita Eliya / Seetha Eliya / Sitha Eliya}}</ref><ref name="news18">https://www.news18.com/india/epic-ties-sri-lankan-pm-unveils-special-cover-for-sita-temple-in-nuwara-eliya-ramayana-trail-to-be-made-more-attractive-7646653.html</ref> There is a stream by the side of the temple where that runs from the hill nearby, and said to be formed for the needs of Sita Devi during her days at [[Ashoka Vatika]]. It is also considered that [[Devi Sita]] had taken bathe in this stream.<ref name="news18"/> On the rock face across the stream are circular depressions that are regarded to be the footprints of [[Hanuman]].<br />
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[[File:Hanuman temple Nurawa Eliya.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hindu temple called "Seetha Rama Kovil" (Hanuman Kovil) at Seeta Eliya village, close to [[Hakgala Botanical Garden]]]]<br />
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{{Commons category|Seetha Amman Kovil}}<br />
{{Hindu temples in Sri Lanka}}<br />
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[[Category:Hindu temples in Nuwara Eliya District]]<br />
[[Category:Shakti temples]]<br />
[[Category:Purana temples of Vishnu]]</div>Ajay Kumar