Explore Ramayana in SRI LANKA

Rama Setu, also known as Adam’s Bridge, is traditionally considered to be the bridge built by Lord Rama and his Vanara (monkey) army to cross over to Lanka in the Ramayana. This bridge is a chain of natural limestone shoals that connects Rameswaram in India to Mannar Island in Sri Lanka. The Yuddha Kanda (Book of War) in the Ramayana narrates the construction of this bridge, also known as Nala Setu after Nala, the engineer who helped build it.

Located in Seetha Eliya, a small beautiful village 5 km away from Nuwara Eliya, the temple is small yet beautiful and rich in Hindu architectural details and painting and statues of Lord Rama, Sitha Devi, Luxshmana, and Hanuman. According to the legend, the river next to the temple is where Sitha bathed. The footprints on the rock next to the river believed to be of Hanuman.

Located in Chillaw, the Hindu Kovil is one of the oldest Hindu temples in Sri Lanka that bear close connections to Ramayana. The temple believed to be the place where King Rama prayed to Shiva asking for remedies after committing ‘Brahmahasti’ the biggest crime according to the Hindu Darma. Killing a priest known to be the ‘Brahmahasti’, which he did by Killing King Ravana who was a priest of Brahmin caste.

The beautiful rural village located near Hiripitiya is believed to be one place among the five places where parts of the piece of Himalaya lord Hanuman brought fell on.

Nilawari is a famous village in Jaffna, with a pilgrim site that attracts thousands of locals and tourists each year. According to the folklore, the underground well of unknown depth is a well lord Rama created when his army faced a water crisis during the war against king Ravana. Lord Rama had shot a magic arrow to the ground and the water sprung out which haven’t dried up until this day.

Located in Mathale Laggala is a rural village with natural beauty and historical value. The place believed to be the location where Lord Rama’s army was firstly sighted by king Ravana’s troops. King Ravana had meditated and prayed to Lord Shiva at Thiru Koneshwaran from the Laggala rock, as the rock was the highest peak of his Kingdom.

Located in Laggala, Dunuvila lake believed to be the place where Lord Rama killed king Ravana by a single combat. As the folklore goes lord Rama had fired the Brahmaastharam at King Ravana from the lake you can still see in Dunuvila.

Translated into English as ‘Bedrock’, Yahangala is believed to be the place where locals paid their respect to king Ravana for the last time and kept the body. The place located along the Mahiyanganaya – Wasgamuwa road is ideal for a hike and offers you amazing views of the surrounding. You can see the Yahangala rock miles away.

This is another place where an important event of Ramayana happened. Divurumpola is the place where Sitha Devi took her oath to prove her innocence and purity with ‘Agni Pariksha’. When Sitha Devi plunges into the sacrificial fire, Agni, lord of fire, raised Sitha Devi, preventing any harm proving her innocence.

The spectacular waterfall situated by the roadside of Ella-Wellawaya road is 1080 feet high. As the folklore goes King Ravana had lived in one of the many natural caves near the waterfall.