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    Miracles of Ramayana

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    The Sri Lankan tourism promotion bureau has launched a "Sri Lanka's Ramayana Trail" tour to capitalize on interest in the Ramayana epic in India. The trail includes over 25 locations associated with characters and events from the Ramayana, such as Ravana's palace and cave. Tour operators in Sri Lanka are receiving many inquiries from religious groups and tourists in India interested in following the trail. However, some historians criticize efforts to locate real-world evidence for places mentioned in the Ramayana, saying its stories are myths not meant to be read literally or verified archaeologically.

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    The Sri Lankan tourism promotion bureau has launched a "Sri Lanka's Ramayana Trail" tour to capitalize on interest in the Ramayana epic in India. The trail includes over 25 locations associated with characters and events from the Ramayana, such as Ravana's palace and cave. Tour operators in Sri Lanka are receiving many inquiries from religious groups and tourists in India interested in following the trail. However, some historians criticize efforts to locate real-world evidence for places mentioned in the Ramayana, saying its stories are myths not meant to be read literally or verified archaeologically.

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    The Sri Lankan tourism promotion bureau has launched a "Sri Lanka's Ramayana Trail" tour to capitalize on interest in the Ramayana epic in India. The trail includes over 25 locations associated with characters and events from the Ramayana, such as Ravana's palace and cave. Tour operators in Sri Lanka are receiving many inquiries from religious groups and tourists in India interested in following the trail. However, some historians criticize efforts to locate real-world evidence for places mentioned in the Ramayana, saying its stories are myths not meant to be read literally or verified archaeologically.

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    The Sri Lankan tourism promotion bureau has launched a "Sri Lanka's Ramayana Trail" tour to capitalize on interest in the Ramayana epic in India. The trail includes over 25 locations associated with characters and events from the Ramayana, such as Ravana's palace and cave. Tour operators in Sri Lanka are receiving many inquiries from religious groups and tourists in India interested in following the trail. However, some historians criticize efforts to locate real-world evidence for places mentioned in the Ramayana, saying its stories are myths not meant to be read literally or verified archaeologically.

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    Miracles & Mysteries - Proof of Ramayana in Sri Lanka

    The Ravana Palace which was burnt by Hanuman

    Sugriva Cave

    Floating Stone from Ramsethu(bridge made by lord Rama and Vanara sena)

    Ashok vatika where Ravana kept Sita

    The Sri Lankan tourism promotion bureau must have been watching very closely when the
    Setusamudram Project rocked Parliament last year. Their attempt to cash in on the Ramayana
    craze in India seems to have hit jackpot.
    Ever since the launch in January of the Sri Lankas Ramayana Trail a religious/ spiritual
    tourism venture by Lanka tour operators have been flooded with enquiries from India.
    A swami from north India is bringing 400 of his students to go on the trail. An Andhra Pradesh
    tour operator has come and checked out the trail. We have already had batches of 50, 60, and 120
    visitors from India, said Asoka Perera, South Asia spokesperson for Sri Lanka Tourism. He is in
    Delhi to take part in the South Asia Travel and Tourism Exchange.
    The trail, that can be anything between one and three weeks, comprises a maximum of 25

    locations spread across central and western Sri Lanka.


    The objective of this venture is to create fellowship with other communities so that there can be
    some relief from the ethnic strife, said Perera. Among the attractions is the Ravana Cave at Ella,
    220 km from the capital Colombo. According to legend it served as a quick means of transport
    through the hills for Ravana.
    Even a research study called Following the Trail of Ramayana in Sri Lanka is underway. The
    study is based on the compilation of research conducted by academicians from India and Sri
    Lanka over the years. We are a team of six active members, including three Indians, said T.Y.
    Sunderasan, director of the study.
    But historians say such efforts must be condemned. As far as historicity is concerned, these
    claims are unverifiable. As we know from the Ram Setu controversy, literal reading of the epic is
    problematic. In archeological terms, it is very difficult to verify. We as historians and scholars
    should condemn such efforts that give legitimacy to artificial geography, said R Mahalakshmi,
    assistant professor, Centre for Historical Studies at JNU.
    DN Jha retired professor of history from Delhi University and author of the controversial book
    The Myth of the Holy Cow attributes the success of the venture to mythomania. I think this is
    bizarre. This is what we can call mythomania.
    It is a myth that we have already exposed here. One needs to ask if these researchers have
    studied Sanskrit, have they read all the different versions of Ramayana there are over 300 of
    them.

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