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Like many other sports, Table Tennis began as a mild social diversion. It was probably played with improvised equipment in England, during the last quarter of the 19th century. Though Table Tennis evolved, along with Badminton and Lawn Tennis, from the ancient game of Tennis (also known as Jeu de Paume, Real tennis, Court Tennis or Royal Tennis), the game was developed after Lawn Tennis became popular in the 1880s. The earliest surviving action game of Tennis on a table is a set made by David Foster, patented in England in 1890 (No.11037): Parlour Table Games, which included table versions of Lawn Tennis, Cricket and Football. The Lawn Tennis game featured strung rackets, a 30mm cloth covered rubber ball, a wooden fence set up around the perimeter of the table, and large side nets extending along both sides. Game manufacturers tried many experiments to market an indoor version of Lawn Tennis, including board and dice games, Tiddledy Winks variations, card games, racket and balloon game...

 Yagiriala forest Reserve The area of 5,908 hectares has been halved since 1971 due to exploitation, but thankfully remedial action is underway, which includes increased growth of aquatic plants to enhance the relative protection of stream and bank vegetation. It is on record that 45% of the plant species at this Reserve are endemic to sri Lanka. The university of jayawardanapura,sri Lanka has been entrusted with the task of turning the yagirala Forest onto a high-benifit reserve once again.

Horton plains, the highest plateau in Sri Lanka, was traditionally known as Mahaeliya until it was renamed Horton plains after Sir Robert Horton, a British governor. It was gazetted as a Nature Reserve on 5th of December 1969 and was upgraded as a National park on 16th of March 1988. Two escarpments falling from the Horton plains have contributed to it's awe inspiring physiognomy, " the small world end" and "the big world end". The park is the home to Sambar, leopard, primates, a spectrum of flora and rare bird life like the Crested serpent Eagle, the Mountain Hawk Eagle, the Blue Flycatcher and the Whistling Thrust.