Saturday, 2 July 2016

INDIAN GODS ARE NOT MYTH BUT TRUE :- (proof) PART-2 (b) Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama

               INDIAN GODS ARE NOT MYTH BUT TRUE  :-                                                      (proof)    PART-2 (b)


                 Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama


Right from Alexander to Akbar­the great, all the mighty ruler of this world wished to rule India­the richest nation of this planet. Till the sixteenth century, India contributed 33% of the world GDP. In the late seventeenth century, India got invaded by cruel British whose only aim was to loot India wealth. To stop the Indians from protesting against British rule, they decided to divide the unity of India by creating false history of India. They hired some south Indians authors and wrote various theories (like Aryan invasion theory) to justify their rule in India. It is very surprising, and at the same time, very sad that most of the Indians believe in the history written by our enemies (British authors) who had nil knowledge of Sanskrit, zero perception power, no respect for Ramayana and Mahabharata, and were only interested in ruling India by their divide and rule policy. Their strategic attack on Indian civilization paved the path of western materialistic culture in India. Science of Vedic India, ignored by British authors, is today admired by most of the scientists of this world. Today, more than Indians, westerner’s admired Indian culture and are fascinated in knowing the true history of ancient India. After the recent findings like that of saraswati civilization and ram setu, most of the ancient myths of Ramayana and Mahabharata are found to be glorious history of ancient India. Today, we will see one of such proof of Ramayana in sri lanka. This article is based on the interviews with sri lankan historians, museum authorities, local citizen, archeologists and anthropologists of sri lanka. 


What Sri lankans think about Ramayana?

 Sri Lankan Tourism is aggressively selling the Ramayan Events to attract thousands of visitors and pilgrims from over the world, especially from India. According to Kalaiselvan, director of Sri Lanka Tourism, “Sri Lankan historian, archeologists and religious scholars have found more than 40 places associated with sacred epic Ramayana. Despite of being a Buddhist­majority country, locals at this place regard these historical characters with great respect, have left these places untouched and are very proud of the association of their places with Indian epic Ramayana" said S Kalaiselvam, directorgeneral of Sri Lanka Tourism. He also added "Ramayan is an epic that binds India and sri lanka. We believe Ramayana has brought us together and it is our responsibility to restore and maintain these religious sites of great significance”.


Ravana­ king of the whole world lived in lanka Since ravana was the king of sri lanka and 9 other kingdoms, he was known as ‘Dasa Shirsha’, meaning 10 heads. The logic behind this title was that he had ten crowns on his head, one for each kingdom. Sri lanka was the great nation of four clans­ Naga, Devas, Yaksha and Gandharva, who worshipped sun god and were unified together as ‘Sivhala’ by king Ravana. Since Ravana was the great devotee of lord shiva, he might have chosen the name Sivhala meaning “Devotees of lord Shiva”. Over the time, Sivhala became Sinhala and lord shiva devotees became lord Buddha devotees. In the eastern district of Trincomalee is the Koneswaram temple, gifted by Lord Shiva to Ravana. This temple is unique where the lord has built a temple for his devotee as a reward of his devotion In the same district of Trincomalee, at a place called Vilundri, lord rama stopped on his return journey to pay respect to lord shiva so as to get rid of Brahmahasthi Dosham(more in later section). Since he rested his bow on the ground here, this place is known as Vilundri. In Tamil, Vil means ‘Bow’ and ‘Undri’ means “to rest”. Ravana flag depicting the moon and sun is the oldest flag of Sri Lanka. Ravana first built a temple for their beloved parents Visravasmuni and Kesini at Anuradhapura, first capital of sri lanka. This temple is today called “Isurumuniya”.

sita taken from ‘Sita Kotuwa’ to ‘Ashok Vatika’
 To enchant sita, ravana thought of showing the beauty of his kingdom. Sita was taken across the Mahaveli ganga to ashok vatika, the most beautiful garden surrounded by salubrious mountains and forests with soothing sound of air and streams. The path from sita kotuwa to ashok vatika is still visible from these mountains. Present Hakgala Gardens is the part of ramayana Ashok vatika. An arid area on top of Hakgala Jungle is called as sita pokuna, meaning ‘place Sita was held captive.’
Adjoining the path, there is a pond named ‘sita eliya’ that descends from the mountains. It is believed that sita took bath in this pond. This pond, about 15 meters wide, is said to be formed by tears of sita. On one side of the pond, there is a flat rock with an imprint of mighty foot on it. It is believed lord hanuman landed on this rock in the form of a gaint.

Hanuman meets Sita at Ashok Vatika and is captured by R āvana 
After meeting Sita at Ashok Vatika, hanuman uprooted some of the trees to quench his hunger. Humiliated by hanuman actions, ravana ordered his soldiers to punish him by burning his tail but his punishment turned out to be fugitive as he saw his entire city burnt down by hanuman. Present Ussangoda was the part of city burnt down by hanuman. Astonishingly, the color of soil across hundreds of acres of land is black, in total contrast to light brown fertile soil in the adjacent areas.

Sita is hidden after the visit of Hanuman 
Seeing the strength and capabilities oh hanuman, ravana decided to move sita to some other secret place. Râvanagoda, an area of complex caves and tunnel is the area where sita devi was kept hidden in secrecy. Istreepura, meaning ‘area of women’ in Sinhalese, is another place full of ingenious network of paths interconnected to all prime areas of Râvana capital city Lankapura. Istreepura refers to lady servants chosen by ravana to look after Sita.

 Places of battle in sri lanka 
Ravana most powerful son meghnath, also known as indrajit was granted celestial supernatural power by lord shiva at Gayathri Peedum. The place where lord rama shot an arrow to produce water from ground for his army is known as Neelawari, a beautiful place located in the Jaffna peninsula. Dondra, Hikkaduwa and Seenigama are the places south to lanka from where Sugriva battled against armies of king ravana. In Wasgamuwa, there is a place named Yudhaganawa, meaning battlefield in Sinhalese. This is the place where the war between lord rama and ravana broke out. To break the fighting spirit of powerful hanuman, meghnath beheaded a replica of Sita Devi. It is believed that this incident happened at a place called as Sita waka of Avissawella district. Also, there is a footmark of lord rama at one of the stones in this area. Lord Karthikeya was sent by lord indra to help lord ram against Râvana Brahmastra. This happened at Kataragama, a sacred place of worship among Sri Lankans. 

Hanuman­ the greatest devotee of all times, bring mountain on his hand
 Upon being hit by the most powerful celestial weapon ‘Brahmastra’, lakhshman was unconscious and dying in the battlefield. Hanuman was instructed to bring the herbs from Sanjeevani Mountains of the Himalayas. As hanuman was not able to identify the herbs, he uprooted the whole mountain and started travelling lifting the mountain on his bare hand. While travelling in sri lanka, parts of this mountain fell in the areas of Katchchathivu, Dolukanda in Hiripitiya, Talladi in Mannar, Unawatuna in Galle, Ritigala in Habarana. All this areas are rich in ayurvedic medicinal herbs and plants. Unawatuna of Galle means ‘here it fell’. Indeed, the area is known for its medicinal plants. About 150 km north of Colombo, there is a mountain near Ruma Sulla, surrounded by ocean and sandy beaches. At first look, everyone kinda gets a feeling that this mountain came from some another place. This mountain is rich in ayurvedic herbs and medicinal herbs with soil unmatched with soil in all areas of sri lanka



Epics of India.
As per recent scientific research now it is believed that Ramayana could be happened before 10000 to 12000 years and Mahabharata could be somewhere between 1100 to 800 BCE. Ramayana wrote by Maharshi Valmiki who had probably vast knowledge of astrology.


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