Caving Sri Lanka Rawana Cave

Rawana Cave

Rawana Cave is linked to a network of caves corresponding to the legend of the Rakshasa people in the vicinity of the Ravana Falls.

Dunuvila Lake

Dunuvila

Dunuvila is important since it is believed to be the location that the final battle between Lord Rama and the Rakshasa king Ravana took place.

Ashok Vatika Lord Hanuman Footprints

Ashok Vatika

The royal garden of Ravana located in Lankapura was called the Ashok Vatika. It gets its name from the Ashok trees and their delicate crimson flowers.

drip-ledge cave Brahami inscriptions vessagiriya

Drip-ledge Cave

The drip-ledge cave in Vessagiri, Anuradhapura, is filled with Brahmi Prakrit letters. Brahmi scripts are among the oldest alphabets in the region.

Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple Jaffna

Shree Nagapooshani Amman Kovil

The Nainativu Shree Nagapooshani Amman kovil is one of 64 Shakthi Peeth around the Indian Subcontinent. These temples are built for goddess Shakthi.

Ramayana Trails Sri Baktha Hanuman Temple Nuwara Eliya

Sri Baktha Hanuman Temple

Situated in Ramboda in Nuwara Eliya, the Sri Bhakta Hanuman Temple is among the most sacred sites dedicated to the fiercest warrior among Rama’s supposedly simian Vanara allies.

Rawana Carving

Rawana Carving

A carving of King Rawana made into a rock-face overlooking the Ella-Wellawaya Road. The Rawana carving is badly weathered but some believe it to be there.

Rumassala Sanjeevani Drops

Rumassala Sanjeevani Drops

Rumassala is a small hill near Galle. According to Ramayana trails, it was yet another part of the “sanjivani”-bearing mountain that Hanuman carried on his back on the way to the island.

Ussangoda Ramayana Trails

Ussangoda

Ussangoda is a flat-topped plateau with low-growing vegetation. According to legend, Lord Hanuman’s tail was set on fire at Ravana’s city of Lankapura.

Seetha Amman Temple

Seetha Amman Temple

Seetha Amman Temple, surrounded by the cloud forests of Nuwara Eliya, is the only place of worship dedicated to Lady Sita,the chaste wife of Lord Rama.