Ramayana sites in Sri Lanka

2.1 Capital city of King Ravana - Weragantota, Seetha Kotuwa, and Gurulupotha.           2.2 Naga deepa   2.3 The jungle on the top of Pusselawa Hills   2.4 Sita tear pond   2.5 Sita flowers   2.6 Sita gooli   2.7 Sri Baktha Hanuman temple   2.8 Sita Pokuna   2.9 Seetha Amman temple, Seetha Eliya 2.10 Mani Kattuther 2.11 Ussanggoda 2.12 Ishtripura / Konda Kattu Gala 2.13 Ravana Goda 2.14 Gayathri peedam 2.15 Nilawarai 2.16 Dondra/ Seenigama/ Hikkaduwa 2.17 Sita Waka 2.18 Yudhuganawa 2.19 World’s end or Pathala Lok 2.20 Sanjeevani drops - Rumasela, Dolu Kanda, Ritigala, Thalladi, and Kachchativu 2.21 Dunuvila 2.22...

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Rama and Sita

Rama and Sita are the protagonists in one of the most famous love stories of all time. Described as being deeply in love, Sita and Rama are theologically understood as Avatars of Lakshmi and Vishnu respectively. When Rama is banished from the kingdom, he attempts to convince Sita not to join him in a potentially dangerous and certainly arduous existence in the jungle, but Sita rejects this. When Rama orders her in his capacity as husband, Sita rejects it, asserting that it was an essential duty of a wife to be at her husband's side come good or ill.[25] Rama in turn is assiduously protective and caring for Sita throughout the exile. When Sita is kidnapped by Ravana, both Sita and Rama undergo great personal hardships during their separation. Sita protects her chastity assiduously, and survives...

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Hanuman

Hanuman was born to Anjana, a female vanara, and Kesari, a male vanara, in Anjana Giri mountain. His mother was an apsara who was born on Earth as a female vanara due to a curse. She would be redeemed from this curse on her giving birth to an incarnation of Lord Shiva, who is also known as Rudra, and endowed with the Supreme Power of exalted devotion to Bhagwan Hari. Hanuman is endowed with 28 transcendental divine opulences, with perfection in each. Multiple places in India are claimed as the birth place of Hanuman. Even Trimbakeshwar, Anjan, a small village about 18 km away from Gumla, houses "Anjan Dham", which is said to be the birth place of Hanuman.[3] The name of the village is derived from the name of the goddess Anjani, mother...

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