The Ramayana Tour (In Sri Lanka)

An interactive map that shows the places associated with Hindu mythological cum historical epic Ramayana in Sri Lanka.

Ramayana Proofs in Sri Lanka

As we all know, during exile Sita was abducted by demon king Ravana from Lanka. Lord Rama gathered an army of monkeys and bears to search for her. The allies attacked Lanka, killed Ravana, rescued Sita, and crowned Ravana's brother Vibhishana the king of Lanka and restored rule of law.

The island country Sri Lanka boasts something around fifty Ramayana-related sites, ranging from Sita's imprisonment to the battlegrounds where Rama defeated Ravana. Sri Lanka Ramayana tour mainly focus on the Ramayana historical places in the country that are truly living witnesses of the epic in Sri Lanka. These include places like such as Rama temples in Chilaw and Trincomalee, Ravana's palace in Sigiriya hill top, Ashoka Vatika in Nuwara Eliya where Sita was imprisoned, Hanuman Temple in Ramboda, Ravana Water Fall and Ravana Caves, Ussanggoda torched areas where Hanuman was set to fire with his tail, Kelaniya Vibhishana Temple in Colombo, etc.

Hence, with the Ramayana tour in Sri Lanka, one can get an opportunity to discover the mythological as well as historical sites that have their mentions in the Hindu epic of Ramayana that was written in approximately 200 B.C.E, that’s seven thousand years back!

In order to complete visiting all these Ramayana sites in Sri Lanka, one would need at least 7-8 days to maximum 13-14 days, depending on tourist’s available time for the tour. The tour would start from the capital city Colombo, and then subsequent transfers (in the order) to the locations Chilaw, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Kataragama. Finally take a flight from Mattala (near Kataragama) and get back to Colombo. Please browse the above map in this sequence.

Jai Shree Rama

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