{"id":163912,"date":"2023-07-01T14:27:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T08:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/?p=163912"},"modified":"2023-07-04T16:04:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T10:34:41","slug":"haunted-places-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/haunted-places-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Most Haunted Places In Sri Lanka To Make You Face Your Darkest Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have heard various spooky stories from your grandparents. They can be extremely unimaginable, and you can consider them crazy. Are any of them genuine? Well, we’ll possibly never know, yet there are certain spots popular for ghosts or spirits in haunted structures, houses, or even whole lanes. Quite strange is the case with Sri Lanka which is viewed as the simple embodiment of life and energy with its lovely beaches bus also ought to be home to certain doomed spots that are oddly devastating and are evidently scary.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, whenever you are in this country and choose to go to its renowned vacation spots, make it a point to also visit these scandalously haunted places in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

7 Most Haunted Places In Sri Lanka<\/h2>\n

It is bizarre how the most prominent, clearly open spots can conceal the darkest of mysteries. Check out this list of places in Sri Lanka to know more!<\/p>\n

1. Lovers Leap Waterfall<\/h3>\n
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Wonderful and worth a trip \u2013 for the breathtaking scenes from its top \u2013 this cascade is also supposed to be haunted by the spirits of the couple who dived to their deaths here. Cautious locals avoid visiting this place after nightfall, presenting belief to the story of a commoner and prince, whose love was denied and who tempted togetherness by dying.<\/p>\n

Its a tale so romantically unfortunate that it became a terrifying local saga. For it was that one deadly day in September of 1915 when pretty Jane Riley, sorrowful and agitated, ended her life by jumping off the falls at Albion Mills into the rocky chasm underneath.<\/p>\n

Must Read:<\/strong> The Ultimate Guide To Sri Lanka\u2019s Dambulla Cave Temple<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Helgas Folly<\/h3>\n
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This 35-room hotel\/art gallery surrealist fantasy has to be a truly unique and most over-the-top hotel in Sri Lanka<\/a>. Helgas parents converted their house into the Chalet hotel. The residence was first designed in the 30s by Esme de Silva, Helgas mother. After Helga took over the place some decades ago she renamed it Helgas folly and treated it with artwork.
\nThis house has also greeted leading dignitaries like Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Nehru during its political tycoons.<\/p>\n

Visiting this place looks like a living memorial to the spirits of the past by the owner, who lived on the top floor of the hotel.<\/p>\n

If not anything the d-cor will surely give you a spooky feel as if youre in those horror Hollywood movies kind of house!<\/p>\n

Suggested Read:<\/strong> Ceylon Tea Museum: The Perfect Spot To Relish The Taste Of The Authentic Sri Lankan Tea!<\/a><\/p>\n

3. General\u2019s House<\/h3>\n
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General\u2019s House is a country house supported by the Members\u2019 Services Office of the Parliament Secretariat. It is the country residence of Members of Parliament as well as a vacationing spot for many. Generals House was built during the late 19th century as an English country house by the British Colonial administration. It is established within the boundaries of the Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka along the Grand Hotel Drive and near to The Hill Club.The country house is supposed to be possessed by the ghost of a dead English Lady who was discovered dead in one of its rooms under unnatural circumstances.<\/p>\n

Suggested Read:<\/strong> Viharamahadevi Park: A Handy Guide To Explore This Nature\u2019s Paradise In Sri Lanka!<\/a><\/p>\n

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