Indiana Jones in Sri Lanka
The movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom made by Steven Spielberg in 1984 has a connection to Sri Lanka. Even though the story happens mostly in India they did not film it there so they used Sri Lanka for some parts. The city of Kandy was one of the places where they filmed.
Kandy: The Main Sri Lankan Location
They did a lot of filming around Kandy in Sri Lanka. This place has beautiful mountains and forests and rivers and plantations which were perfect for the movies fake Indian setting.
Hanthana Tea Plantation
There is a place called Hanthana near Kandy. They used it to film scenes for the fake village of Mayapore in the movie. The mountains around Hanthana are still covered in tea plants and people who like movies and travel like to visit this place when they are, in Kandy. Indiana Jones fans like to go too.
Pinnawala
Pinnawala was also a part of the movie production in Sri Lanka. Now Pinnawala is famous for things related to elephants. This makes Pinnawala a great place to visit on a trip that is themed around Indiana Jones in the part of Sri Lanka.
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Other Filming Locations
The movie was not filmed in Sri Lanka. The production team also used places and studio sets in the United States and Macau and England. They made some sets at Elstree Studios in England. These sets included the inside of Pankot Palace.
So people who are travelling should not think that every place they see in the movie is really in Sri Lanka.
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Best Way to Visit
People who like movies can see the places where the movie was filmed and also visit places in Kandy. You can spend time in Kandy. Visit the Hanthana area. You can also see the tea plantations around Kandy. Go to the Victoria Dam area.
You can also visit nearby places, like the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic and Kandy Lake and Peradeniya and Pinnawala.
Best Time to Go
You can visit Kandy at any time of the year.. The weather in the hills can change really fast. It is usually nice to go out in the morning. This is a time to look around take pictures and see the mountains.
If you want to walk around the plantations or go hiking you should wear shoes that’re comfortable.
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Final Thoughts
The movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is very famous. It showed Sri Lanka in a cool way. The movie was filmed in the mountains of Hanthana and around Kandy and the Mahaweli River. These places looked amazing in the movie. If you like movies and you are visiting Sri Lanka you should follow the path of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. This is a way to see the country and learn about its history, in movies.
