Landing Port of Peacock Chariot
The Experimental Journey to land of yakka
insearch of unsolved myth of Rawana,
“The greatest emperor of universe”
King Ravana is one of the characters who has immortalised himself
in Sri Lankan history. Tale of Ravana dates back more than 5000 years in Sri
Lankan history even before the arrival of King Vijaya. Sri Lanka has special
bond with India, geoagrphically, historicaly, culturaly and spiritualy. The tale
of ravana is not only related to Sri Lanka. Mythes and legends related to
Ravana is a long lasting story among both Sri Lankans and Indians which
handover from generation to generation. According to epics of ramayana
Sri Lanka has different places related to Ravana tale.
In our journey we have explored the ravana cave which is believed
to be the landing port of Dadumonara (peacock chariot) of the emperor
Ravana. Accordong to Ravanakatha, an ancient Ola manuscript of Millawa
Vannibandara Rajaguru Mahakappina Wickramasinghe Adigar of Murunda
Dynasty says that Sri Lanka had a well established aircraft service and a
navy very powerful in the Indian Ocean. For Sri Lankans, Dandu Monara
was actually an air plane that carried Ravana to distant corners of the world.
To reach Ravana caves, if you come from train you must get down
from Ella rail way station. Then you must reach to Binna-Ella along the
Wellawaya road to the Ravana Raja Maha viharaya. If you come from your
own vehicle you can easily reach near to Ravana Raja Maha viharaya. From
there you can take the small road which leads to Ravana cave. It takes a 3035minits walk to reache the cave. This is a good place for the tourists who
like to do Hiking. This is a place where you can do adventure tourism and
cave tourism at once.
People say that the ravana cave which we are mentioning is
consisted of ancient paintings which believed to be done in the time of King
Walagamba. But this cave does not consist any paintings. The paintings
which people talk about are in the Temple of Ravana Raja Maha wiharaya.
Some people mis-lead it as there are so many places related to Ravana tale
all over sri lanka.
Though, there are many places famous because of Ravana tale,
this cave which is located near ravana raja maha viharaya is still unknown to
the both Sri Lankan and foreign tourists. But this place has a potential to be
developed as a tourist attarction point in Ella area because still some Indians
believe this place as the landing port of Dadumonara. So there is a huge
possibity to develop this place as a lesser known tourism attraction in Sri
Lanka.