Maskeliya is a town in the Central Province of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

, it has previously been the site of the worst accident in the aviation history

Aviation history

The history of aviation has extended over more than two thousand years from the earliest attempts in kites and gliders to powered heavier-than-air, supersonic and hypersonic flight.The first form of man-made flying objects were kites...

 of Sri Lanka.

It is famously known for its mountains and estates. The actual town is built on a combination of 3 estates. Even though its been the site of a famous air craft accident it is not known by many citizens of the country.