Matters spiritual aren’t really, as they say, my ‘thing’. (In all honesty, I’m none too hot on the temporal, either). But recently, what with a local recital under discussion, surprise correspondence from an erstwhile colleague at Hampton Court, and then, of course, The Wedding (watched grudgingly, I hasten to add, though I stood for the anthem), the sacred realm – musically, at least – has been more than usually on my mind.
A visit to Mandira Craig Appin, a holiday bungalow situated in the cool climes of the Dickoya estate in Hatton, is akin to stepping back in time to old Ceylon. Built in the early part of the 20th century, the Craig Appin Bungalow still retains the architectural style of the Colonial era as it was originally intended as a home for tea planters of the period.