The Lankatilaka temple history runs back to the Gampola Kingdom era. King Buwanekabahu IV has built this temple in 1344 AD. The King's Chief Ministers Senalankadhikara was entrusted to carry out the construction work of this temple. The South Indian architect Sthapati Rayar has designed this with a blend of Sinhalese architecture of Polonnaruwa period and of Dravidian and Indo Chinese style is the opinion of late Professor Paranavitana. Considered to be a Gedige type of Polonnaruwa architecture, this temple which was of four stories earlier, is constructed on the uneven surface of the rock with a granite based foundation. The plan of the temple protrudes to the four sides like of a cross. What is seen today is the Ground Floor and part of the First Floor of the earlier temple though the temple seems to have three stories. This temple is an example for the Buddha and God worship prevailed during Gampola era. Gods Vishnu, Saman , Vibhishana, Ganapathi, Skandhakumara and Kumara Bandara have been worshipped here. Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2014.

The tea plantation is structured in a social hierarchy. The women, who make up 75%–85% of the work force in the tea industry, are at the lowest social strata and are powerless. This is not unusual as the subordinance of women under men is present domestically and in the social community in many parts of Sri Lanka. Wages are typically particularly low. In Nuwara Eliya, women were once paid as little as 7 rupees per kilogram, the equivalent of 4 pence, or 7 cents, and many must complete 16 kilograms a day. Given the social stratification in Sri Lanka's past, the pay had to be collected by a husband or father. The men who work on the tea plantations typically cut down trees or operate machinery and are better paid at 155 rupees (82p) a day and finish their working day hours earlier. Due to the severely low wages, industrial action took place in 2006. Wages in the tea sector were increaseded to an average daily wage of 378 rupees for men and 261 for women. However, studies have revealed that poverty is still a major problem and despite the tea industry employing a large number of poor people, employment has failed to alleviate poverty since workers are often highly uneducated and unskilled. Poverty levels on plantations have consistently been higher than the national average, and although overall poverty in Sri Lanka has declined in the last thirty years, it is now significantly concentrated in rural areas. Life long tea plucker sits by the window of her small home and looks out onto the tea plantation. Sri Lanka, 2014.