Ramayana Holiday Package

On arrival in Sri Lanka, you will be warmly greeted by our chauffeur guide who will transfer you to the Negombo. Arrive at your hotel and spend the rest of the day at leisure. If you have spare time, our guide will lead you to some of Negombo’s curious sites. You may visit a fish market and the Dutch canal.
Highlights:
* Negombo city tour

Today we proceed to another historical city in Sri Lanka. Thiru Koneshvaram in Trincomalee was built by Rishi Agastya on the instructions of Lord Shiva who was impressed by the devotion of King Ravana. This place is unique in this respect because the Lord built a temple for his devotee as a reward for his devotion. Sri Shankari Devi Shakthi Pitam is a famous Ramayana, it is a reconstruction of a new place. The original Shankari Devi temple, said to be built by Ravana, was the first in the list of Ashta Dasha (18) Shakti Pitas written down by Adi Shankara, but its whole cliff was destroyed by Portuguese cannonballs.
Highlights
* Koneshvaram Hindu Kovil in Trincomalee
* Shankari Devi temple

Today Explore Kanniyai hot water springs and other important places in Ramayana trails. Kanniyai in Trincomalee is the place where King Ravana carried out the last rites for his mother. The temperature of the water is different in all the seven wells in Kanniya. Rest of the day you can enjoy &relax at the Nilaweli Beach beach.
Highlights:
* Kenniya Hot water springs
* Nilaweli Beach
* City tour

Today Head to the central kingdom of Sri Lanka. Kandy is a cultural city in Sri Lanka. The ancient city of Kandy is known as the Buddhist shrine and was the last capital of the Sinhala king’s Buddha Tooth Relic Temple also located on the edge of the beautiful Kandy Lake in the center of the holy city of Kandy. In the evening visit the TEMPLE OF THE SACRED TOOTH RELIC. It was built within the royal palace complex which houses the only surviving relic of Buddha, a tooth, which is venerated by Buddhists. The city “Kandy” is a world heritage site declared by UNESCO, in part due to the temple.
Highlights:
* Temple of Tooth
* Ramboda Water Fall

Ramboda is an area, where the forces of Rama gather to fight against King Ravana. On the way to Nuwara Eliya visit Sri Bhakta Hanuman Temple in Ramboda. It was built by the Chinmaya mission of Sri Lanka and dedicated to Hanuman. This temple houses 16 feel the height statue of Hanuman. Nuwara Eliya is located in a central mountainous area, the temperature is 4-16 °C all year round So and the existing geography of the area is ideal for tea plantations. Nuwara Eliya is famous for authentic Ceylon Tea all over the world. While this tour, you can taste Ceylon tea in your Tea factory tour. Sita Amman Temple is the place where Sita spent most of her time during her captivity on the island of Lanka.
Highlights:
* Sri Bhakta Hanuman Temple
* Sita Amman Temple

Today hope to cover the most famous and historically valuable sites related to Ramayana Trails. Gayathri Peedam is the first and the foremost temple built for Gayathri Amman in Sri Lanka. Gayathri Pitam is said to be the place from where King Ravana’s son Meghanath propitiated Lord Shiva with penance and worship and in turn was granted supernatural powers by the mighty god. Divurumpola is said to be the location where Sita underwent the famous fire ordeal Agni Pariksha, in order to prove her chastity. Hakgala garden in Nuwara Eliya is the pleasure garden of Ravana – in the Ramayana epic and now it is one of the Botanical Garden in Sri Lanka
Highlights:
* Gayathri Peedam
* Divurumpola
* Haggala Botanical Garden
* City Tour

Ravana Ella is the cascading waterfall that measures about 25 meters. It is believed that Sita bathed in a pool that accumulated the water falling from this waterfall and also Ravana Cave proves beyond doubt the architectural brilliance of King Ravana. These tunnels served as a quick means of transport through the hills and also as a secret passage. These tunnels networked all the important cities, airports, and dairy farms. A close look at these tunnels indicates that they are where a palace and a tunnel existed.
* Ravana Water Fall
* Ravana Cave

Welcome to Kataragama. Kataragama (God Skanda) is the name of God and is linked to the Ramayana trail legend. Lord Indra is said to have given him orders to join the battle on the last day of the war to protect Lord Rama from the powerful wrath of Lanka’s demon king Ravana.
Highlights:
* Kataragama Hindu Temples

Highlights:

Here you can explore the most famous Kelaniya Buddhist premises, there is a Hindu shrine, too. It is dedicated to Lord Vibhishana who was the younger brother of Ravana but during the legendary war on Lanka a supporter of Lord Rama because he disapproved of Ravana’s abduction of Sita. Another place is Panchamuga Anjaneyar – Hanuman is often called Anjaneyar by Tamils, as his mother’s name is Anjan. This Kovil is the first Anjaneyar Temple in Sri Lanka and the only one on the island dedicated to Lord Hanuman in his Panchamuga form; meaning five faces.
Highlights
* Ussangoda
* Kelaniya Temple
* Panchamuga Anjaneyar

After enjoying the Colombo city tour, your guide will take you back to the international airport for taking the flight home with blissful memories of your Sri Lankan tour. We hope you visit Sri Lanka again to collect memories.