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This fascinating account flows, alas! not from my pen, and I claim no authorship. But let me tell you of how I chanced upon the story. I found a copy of an old “Veerakesari” newspaper with a grainy photograph of a Jaffna Thoni in the National Archives but none of my Tamil friends could understand the classical Tamil in which it was written: not even the then Editor of the paper who helped me with my research.

Cosy hideaway on scenic slopes

In his quest for the ultimate location to create his dream sanctuary, planter Norman Bostock and his son Mark, chose no less than the scenic slopes of Bandarawela. Bostock’s dream was realized as the Kirchhayn bungalow, nestled in the midst of the Aislaby tea estate and farm.

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