Situated in the lower escarpment of the western slopes of central Sri lanka, tangakelle is a magnificent tea plantation managed by Watawala plantations PLC. It takes approximately 45 minutes for a traveller to reach tangakelle from the hill station, nuwara eliya, via nanuoya, trough windy roads among the lush green carpets of tea. The estate is situated at an altitude ranging from 1372mts up to 1728mts, in close proximity to the township of miraya. The name tangakelle has coined from the tamil word ‘tanga’ Which means ‘gold’ and has indeed been a goldmine over a century. Even though there is no proper evidence regarding the inception of the estate, it is believed to have been started during the early period of British colonization. A London based agency house

Named the Ceylon tea plantation company limited managed the estate before the change of hands on 15/10/1975, when it was vested with the state plantations cooperation. The name of the famous British planter Mr. Geoffrey Middleton, the inventor of the tea sifting machine, Middleton, has been synonymous with the name tangakelle owing to his magnanimous contribution rendered to the estate, during pre-nationalization era. The names of the legendary tea manufacturing expert Mr. Ralston Tissera and Mr. PHAN Dias too are among the managers who have rendered yeoman service to the estate.