Sri Lanka starts Ramayana trail
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Sri Lanka plans to attract more Indian tourists - its biggets source market – next year on the trail of a legendary tale.
Sri Lanka’s Tourism Promotion Bureau said Sri Lanka has 34 sites related to the ancient epic of ‘Ramayana’ where an Indian prince was said to have come to the island to rescue his kidnapped wife.
“In India sometimes elections are won on the Ramayana platform and it is a huge thing,” Renton De Alwis chairman of tourism promotion bureau was quoted saying by Lanka Business Online.
“We will be getting the Indian government to assist us in developing some of these products (sites).”
According to legend, Prince Rama’s wife Seetha, was captured by King Rawana of Sri Lanka who had flying machines known as a Dandu-Monera or a ‘large peacock’.
Some of the places of interest include Seetha Eliya, Ramboda, Ussangoda and Wariyapola in the Matale district. Wa-riya-pola literally means air-craft-port and could be the world’s oldest airport, the report said.
Rama with the help of Hanuman, a giant monkey, is said to have bridged a string of islands stretched across the narrow sea straits between India and Sri Lanka to rescue the kidnapped Seetha.
The report said the bureau also planned to invite Indian religious gurus to hold their meditation gatherings or “Asram” in Sri Lanka.
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