What is referred to as Lanka or Lankapuri in the Ramayan is the present day Srilanka. In the Tretayug Shri Mahavishnu incarnated as Shrirama and went to Lankapuri where He annihilated the demon, Ravan. Now 70% of the population of Srilanka is Buddhist.
The temples of five Deities Keteeshwaram, Tondishwaram, Munneshwaram, Koneshwaram and Naguleshwaram from Sri Lanka are famous. Koneswaram is also referred to as Thirukoneswaram as it is in the village of Thirukoneswar.
After annihilation of Ravan when Shrirama leaves for Ayodhya in The pushpak airplane, He realises that a black cloud is following them.
In Tamil ‘Munna’ means Primal (Adi) and ‘Ishwar’ means Deity Shiva. So Munneswaram is that which is existing even before the incarnation of Shrirama.
The elderly manager took us to Ashwattha tree where Sitamata had walked through fire. There was a small temple near it but its door was locked with a big size old lock.
Sri Lanka is an island with high mountains in its central region. Sri Lanka has been divided into provinces instead of States. There are 9 provinces in all and central province has beautiful mountains.
Many scholars and historians have so far researched 47 places connected to ‘Ramayana’ in 9 provinces of Sri Lanka. Most of these places are found in central part of Sri Lanka.
There is a spiritual ashram known as ‘Gayatri Peetha’ founded by Saint ‘Murugesu Siddher’ in ‘Nuwara Eliya’ city in 1970.
Ella is a small city 51 kms away from ‘Nuwara Eliya’, situated in mountainous region of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is also called ‘Ravana Ella’.
Ramayan is an invaluable treasure and history of Bharat. No matter how much modern day rationalists criticise the Ramayan and refuse to accept that the Ramayan
