Ayubowan !! Welcome to Sri Lanka. You will be met by representatives of Real Lanka at the airport and transferred to Dambulla/Habarana.En route visit Munneshwaram and Manaveri Temples & Sigiriya/Cobra Hooded Cave. Munneshwaram Temple: Munneshwaram means the first temple for Lord Shiva (Munnu + Eswaram). Lord Rama after his victorious battle left for Ayodhya with Sita in one of Ravana’s vimanas. He felt he was being followed by Bramhaasthi dosham (A malevolent black shadow) as he had killed Ravana who was a Brahmin. When the vimana was passing over Munneshwaram he felt the vimana vibrating and in Munneshwaram realised the Brahmaasthi Dosham was not following him at this particular point. He stops the Vimana at this juncture and asks Lord Shiva for a remedy. Lord Shiva blessed Rama and advised installing and praying for four Lingams at Manaveri, Thiru Koneswaram and Rameshwaram in India, as the only remedy to get rid of the dosham

Manaveri Temple: Manaveri is the first lingam installed and prayed by Lord Rama and till date this lingam is called as Ramalinga Shivan. Rameshwaram is the only other lingam in the world named after Lord Rama.

Sigiriya/Cobra Hooded Cave: It is a natural geological formation, part of the famed Sigiriya rock. According to the records in the Palm Leaf Book, Ravana Watha, Sigiriya was built under the directions that were given by King Visthavasa, father of King Ravana. According to Ravana Watha, the blue hued lady in the frescoes represents the Yakka tribe and the other ladies represent the Naga, Deva and Gandabhbha tribes. It is said that Sita was held captive in Cobra Hood Cave by King Ravana. There are many pre-historic drawings on its ceiling. There is a distinct link between Sita and the cave having following inscription, ‘Parumaka naguliya lene’. It would have been inscribed after Ravana’s period but positively it has a connection to Sita’s stay in this cave, as the word ‘naguliya’ refers to Sita.