Month February 2014

Hanuman To Lanka Place Distance Controversy

This Mountain is reported to have been in Sri Lanka.
..2.The distance between Lanka and India, from its southern tip is about 24 km.

The distance is from Kodiyakkarai, Point Calimere,where Ram surveyed the Ocean.

But the Ramayana states that the distance is 100 Yojanas, one Yojana is about 8 Miles.

That it is 800 Miles?..
The above text refers that Hanuman crossed from the North of Vindhya Mountains.

This is further North of Kodiyakkarai!

As far as I know Maruti crossed from Mahendra Parvatha, the Eastern Ghats in the South.

I am trying to resolve this.

How Sita Was Moved In Sri Lanka Ramayana Sites

But Buddhist Legends of Lanka give a detailed description about how Sita was moved in Lanka.

" this vehicle landed at Werangatota, about 10 km from Mahiyangana, east of the hill station of Nuwara Eliya, in central Sri Lanka. Sita was then taken to Goorulupota, now known as Sitakotuwa, where Ravana's wife, Mandodari, lived. Seetakotuwa is about 10 km from Mahiyangana on the road to Kandy. Sita was housed in a cave at Sita Eliya, on the Colombo-Nuwara Eliya road.