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Sita
Eliya
or
Sita
Kovil
area
is
known
as
Seetha
Eliya
in
Sinhala.
It
means
cold
open
area!
This
area
is
associated
with
the
battle
of
Rama-Ravana
which
is
believed
to
have
taken
place
between
6000
and
7000
years
ago.
According
to
the
story,
Ravana
ruled
over
South
India
and
expressed
his
love
for
his
sister
Lakshman
or
Rama's
brother
whom
he
had
appointed
for
South
India.
Ravana
came
to
South
India
in
search
of
his
brother
as
she
had
just
told
him
that
he
had
insulted
her
and
cut
off
her
nose
saying
that
she
was
a
monkey
due
to
her
black
body
color.
Ravana
Lakshman
returned
to
Sri
Lanka
with
her
elder
brother's
wife
Seetha
as
they
could
not
be
found.
However,
Rawana
retains
Sita
with
all
the
amenities
of
this
Sita
Eliya
area
or
the
Royal
Garden
in
the
Ashoka
Garden,
located
in
his
Lankapura,
close
to
that
hill
station.
This
temple
is
believed
to
be
the
place
where
she
used
to
bathe.
This
is
where
Hanuman
or
the
semi-dwarf
man
finds
her.
However,
during
the
Rama-Ravana
war,
Vibheeshna
was
betrayed
by
Ravana's
younger
brother
(which
was
said
to
be
the
result
of
a
local
power
struggle)
due
to
the
local
power
struggle
between
the
Yaksha
Raksha
Deva
and
the
Naga
tribes.
Ravana
is
defeated
in
this
war.
He
also
loses
his
two
sons.
However,
Rama,
the
son
of
a
North
Indian
ruler,
lost
his
kingdom
due
to
a
power
struggle
within
his
family
and
was
deported
to
southern
India,
where
his
younger
brother
Bharatha
became
king.
In
the
meanwhile
Rama
finally
liberated
South
India
and
handed
over
the
kingdom
of
Ceylon
from
Ravana
to
Vibhishana
and
returned
to
North
India
to
regain
the
throne.
This
conflict
is
reminiscent
of
the
current
world
political
conflict
and
the
tactics
used
in
connection
with
it.
Today,
however,
Rama
is
regarded
as
the
god
of
Vishnu,
and
as
Sita
and
Lakshmi,
and
Lakshman
and
Hanumantha
as
Vibhishana.
Vibhishanas
are
considered
deities
only
in
his
mother's
area
of
Colombo
near
Kelaniya.
This
Sita
Eliya
area
is
located
at
a
distance
of
about
2
km
close
to
the
Nuwara
Eliya
area,
about
three
to
four
kilometers
closer
to
the
Ragala
hills
and
at
a
distance
of
about
5
km
near
the
yahangala
area.
Yahangala
is
considered
to
be
the
place
where
Ravana
was
buried
after
regaining
consciousness.
Nearby
are
the
Knuckles
Range,
which
is
considered
to
be
the
location
of
Ravana's
Lankapura,
and
the
Badulla
District
of
Matale.
2500
years
ago,
the
expulsion
of
the
Yaksha
tribes
from
the
Mahiyangana
area
or
the
Hillcuntry
deportation
to
Malaya,
who
were
protesting
against
the
arrival
of
the
Supreme
Buddha
in
Ceylon.
As
well
as
other
things
related
to
their
iron
extraction
technology
being
reported
from
the
central
highlands
near
Balangoda.
Here,
the
Supreme
Buddha
welcomes
the
local
ruler
named
Saman,
who
later
became
the
local
ruler
of
the
Sabaragamuwa
region
as
the
god
Saman
based
in
Sri
Padasthana.
2500y
before
the
origin
of
the
Sinhalese
Vijaya
came
and
married
the
then
ruler
of
Sri
Lanka,
the
Yaksha
tribe
Kuveni,
inheriting
the
sovereignty
of
Sri
Lanka.
Later
his
great
grandson
Pandukabhaya
combined
these
four
tribes
with
the
local
Yaksha
tribal
blood
heritage
to
form
the
Sivu
Hela
or
Sinhala.
That
is
how
the
Sinhala
monarchy
originated
from
the
Kingdom
of
Anuradhapura!
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