Landing Port of Peacock Chariot
His Kingdom had mainly concentrated around the Eastern and Southern
corners of the country and believed to have been lost to the sea with the years.
Some even go as far as to insist that Ravana was a Buddhist king and holds
him to be the creator of monasteries found in Sri Lanka like Kuragala and
Rahalgala. The country is filled with locations which are linked to the Ravana
legend like SitaElisa in NumaraElisa, which is believed to be a prison of
Princess Sita while Wariyapola and Horton Plains are considered to be the
landing sites of his flying machine.
Rumassala, a mountain peak by the Southern oceans of Sri Lanka is too linked
to the Ravana legend and is held to be a part of the Himalaya Mountain. The
mountain filled with medicinal plants was allegedly brought to Sri Lanka to
treat the injured of the Rama-Ravana war was left in the country and is still
filled with herbs of rare medicinal value.
Adam’s Bridge, a chain of limestone shoals, between Rameswaram Island, off
the south eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north
western coast of Sri Lanka too is connected to the legend of Ravana. Also
known as Rama-Sethu or Rama’s bridge the land mass is believed to be a
bridge built by monkeys interconnecting India and Sri Lanka and enabling the
crossing of Rama’s army. Investigations conducted by Indian National Remote
Sensing Agency had suggested that the land connection could be a manmade
structure built 5000 to 3500 years ago.
Yet Sri Lankan Ravana fans contradict its origin and its builder. Sri Lankan
historians believe that the bridge was built by Ravana and was a floating
structure connecting Lanka with lands in India.
According to them the bridge was later used by Rama’s army who crossed
boundaries to Ravana’s Lankapura and overthrew one of the greatest rulers of
the world with the assistance of his brother Vibishana, bringing down one of
the most advanced civilisations in the history.
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