Day 01

• Ayubowan” On arrival at the Sri Lanka’s International Airport, your local  guide will meet and assist you. You will be transferred to you i  Anuradhapura.
• En route we stop Munneshwaram Temple in Chilaw.

Munneshwaram – Is a temple complex of three shrines. The 1500-year-  old inner sanctum of the main Siva temple has Tamil inscriptions and is  an important pilgrimage center. August is the main festival period. The temple is believe to pre-date Ramayana and is a dedicated to Lord Siva. It is believed that a Shiva Lingam was already here when lord Rama visited the place. Lord Rama after his victorious battle against King Ravana left for Ayodhya (India) with Sita Devi in ones of King Ravan’s Vimanas. He believed he was being followed by a demon force, as he was feeling the force having killed King Ravana, who was of Brahmin blood.

When the demon was passing over Munneswaram, Lord Rama felt it vibrating, and realised the “Brahmaasthi Dosham”. He asks God Shiva for a remedy. God Shiva blessed Lord Rama and advised installing and praying for four lingams at Manavari, Thiru Koneshwaram, Thiru Ketheshwaram and Rameshwaram in India, as the only remedy to get rid of the dosham. The first Lingam was installed at Manavari about 5 Km from Munneswaran, near the banks of Deduru Oya.
Today the Munneshwaram kovil is a lively place in the center of a vibrant little township.Proceed to Anuradhapura and check in to your hotel

• Overnight at Anuradhapura

Day 02

• After breakfast proceed to Jaffna
• En route do a sightseeing tour of Anuradhapura.

Anuradhapura is the first capital of Sri Lanka in 380 BC. Visits the Sacred Sri Maha Bo tree in Anuradhapura which is over 2200 years old, the remains of the Brazen palace (2nd century BC) the Kuttam pokuna (Twin Ponds) the Ruwanvali Stupa, the Thuparama Dagoba (enshrines the Buddha’s collarbone relic) the Samadhi Buddha Statue, The Abayagiri and Jethawana Dagoba and Moon Stones and many other sacred Buddhist sites.Anuradhapura is Sri Lanka’s most sacred city. Along with Mihintale, it represents the first real home of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, and this contains some of the island’s most sacred Buddhist sites.

It is here that the Sri Maha Bodhi tree was planted from a cutting from the original Bo under which the Buddha received Enlightenment, to this day drawing thousands of pilgrims from around the world. Today, Anuradhapura’s ruins and monuments are widely scattered which makes a thorough tour exhausting and time-consuming, but for those with more than a passing interest in the island’s past it more than repays the effort to tour this sacred region of Sri Lanka.

We will schedule special visits with the head-priests at most temples where possible

• Proceed to Jaffna and check in to your hotel
• Overnight at Jaffna

Day 03

• After breakfast proceed to Nagadeepa (Nainative)

Nainative island reach the Jetty point from where you have to catch a boat of reach Nagapooshani temple (15 minutes boat ride) Nainative Nagapooshani Amman Temple is an ancient and historic Hindu temple located amidst the Palk Strait on the island of Nainative in Sri Lanka. It is dedicated to Parvati who is known as Nagapooshani or Bhuvaneswari and her consort, Siva who is named here as Nayinaar. The temple’s fame is accredited to Adi Shankaracharya, a 9th century Hindu philosopher, for identifying it as one of the prominent 64 shakthipeethams in Shakthi Peetha Stortram and its mentioned in the Brahmandapurana. According to some tradition, its believed that Angry Shiva performed the fearsome and awe inspiring Tandava dance with Gauri’s charred body on his shoulders. During this dance, Gauri’s body came apart and the pieces fell at different places on earth.

Nainative Nagapooshani Amman Temple is believed to be where the Silambu (anklets) of Gauri had fallen. Anklets have been given immense importance in the worship of Shakthis in time and memorial. This ornament is also referred to in the famous Tamil epic Silapathikaram – where the story begins and ends with an anklet. Nagapooshani Amman Temple on the island of Nainative is a very ancient hindu temple. It is believed that this temple was originally erected many millennia before by the Nagas who were a pre-historic race of people of Sri Lanka. The temple was originally erected and dedicated for the worship of the Serpent God called “Nayinar” by the Nagas in the Nainative Temple, the object of worship in the sanctum sanatorium is a stone figure of the five – headed cobra. Beside the Nagapooshani Amman temple there are Buddhist temples called Nagadeepa Buddha temple (Buddha visited place).

• There after visit keerimalai which is Jaffna city.

Keerimalai is a natural spring lying next to the sea west of Palali. A bathing tank is built surrendering this pool and only the walls separate the water of the spring and the sea. Although the tank is so close to the sea, the water is fresh coming from an underground fresh water spring in Tellipallai-Maviddapuram. The water is not hot and this spring is popular among the Hindus for the miraculous power it holds. Keerimalai translate in to mongoose mound in Tamil it’s said that a Indian priest called Naguala Swamy (Naguala Muni) bathed in this pond and his mongoose face was cured and turned in to a human face. According to local folklore a Pandiyan princess named Maruthapuraweerawalli built the Hindu Kovil at Kireemalai when she was cured of her horse shaped head after bathing at Kirimalai.

• There after visit Kandashamy Nallur temple in heart of the city of Jaffna.

Nallurkandashamy Kovil or Nallur Murugan kovil is one of the most significant Hindu temples in the Jaffna district of northern province in Sri Lanka. it stands in the town of Nallur. the presiding deity is Lord Muruga in the form of the holy well. the idol of the Nallurdevi or goddess was gifted to the temple in the 10 century by the Chola queen Sembiyan Mahadevi, in the style of Sembiyan bronzes

• Overnight at Jaffna

Day 04

• After early breakfast proceed to Dambulla en route we stop Koneshwaram temple at Swami Rock, Trinco

Swami Rock and Konesvaram Temple are built on a cliff high above the sea. The modern Hindu Konesvaram Temple, one of the five most sacred saivites sites in Sri Lanka, stands at the farthest end of the Swami Rock in the place of the original. The temple of Koneswaram is believed to be surrounded by the legend on Ramayana as the legendary hero-king Rama. Koneswaram was developed in the post classical era, between 300 CE and 1600 CE by kings of the Tamil Pandyan and Chola empires, and Vannimai chiefs of the Eastern Province, with decorations and structural additions such as its famous thousand pillared hall furnished by kings of the Tamil Pallava dynasty and the Jaffna kingdom.

This culminated in Koneswaram becoming one of the most important surviving buildings of the classical Dravidian architectural period by the early 1600s. In 1624 CE, the Konewaram temple was largely destroyed by the Portuguese colonials who practically bulldozed the entire temple into the sea. Hindus built a successor temple at a nearby site in 1632 CE – the Ati Konanayakar temple in nearby Tampalakamam – to house some of the destroyed temple’s idols, where they are now worshiped. In the 1950s, the ruins of the temple were discovered underwater beside Swami Rock by divers and rebuilt. Only a couple of stone pillars from the original temple have survived.

• Proceed to Dambulla overnight stay Dambulla.

Day 05

• After breakfast check out of your hotel and proceed to Kandy.
• En route visit the Sigiriya Rock Fortress.

Built by an obsessed monarch in the 5th century, Sigiriya or Lion Rock is an astonishing feat of engineering and construction. The most striking portion of Sigiriya, a terracotta and Grey core of rock set in the cultural heart of Sri Lanka, rises a sheer 200 meters above a forested plain, its flattened summit sloping gently. A series of moats, ramparts and water gardens — remnants of an ancient city — spread out on two sides of the rock, with the remains of a pair of giant stone lion’s paws still guarding the staircase that leads to the summit, once occupied by a royal palace.
Designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982, Sigiriya is Asia’s best preserved city of the first millennium, showing complex urban planning around the base of the rock, combined with sophisticated engineering and irrigation skills in the palace perched on the summit. It is considered it to be one of the oldest tourist attractions in the world with visitors recording their impressions in some of the earliest-known graffiti.

• Proceed to Kandy and stop at Mawanalla Spice Gardens
• En route visit Elephant orphanage Pinnawala

In the evening visit KANDY CITY – Today  is not only the second largest city in the island but is one of the most important cities owing to the presence of the Temple of the Sacred tooth of the Buddha. The ancient walk ways and alley are a great way to discover this hill country station and the breathtaking lake in the heart of Kandy city adds to its romantic reputation. The tour will take you to the Temple of the Tooth Relic, a magnificent golden roofed temple, Kandy Museum, Market Place and Gem & Jewelery Museum. Later, enjoy a Traditional Cultural Dance Show.

• Overnight stay at Kandy

Day 06

• After breakfast Drive to Nuwara Eliya
• En route Visit Ramboda waterfalls, which is 109m high and the 11th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka. Here we will also visit Hanuman’s Temple. According to the ancient stories, Ramboda is the area, where the forces of Rama’s gather to fight against King Ravana. This temple was built by the Chinmaya mission of Sri Lanka and dedicated to Hanuman. This temple today houses for 16 feel height statue of Hanuman.
• We will visit Sita Tear Pond and Chariot Route on the summit of Pussellawa Hills en route.

The top of the hill overlooks the place where Lord Hanuman first set his foot on Lanka. These hills stand tall in-between King Ravana’s capital city and Ashoka Vatika. The barren land here is believed to be the route in which King Ravana took Sitadevi from his capital city Lankapura to Ashoka Vatika, which was a paradise on earth. Till date no vegetation grows on this passage except grass. King Ravana is believed to have taken this passage on top of these hills to show Sitadevi the beauty of his kingdom.

• In Nuwara Eliya, we will visit Sita Eliya which is believed to be the place where Sita Devi was held captive by King Ravana.

This is known as the only Sita temple in the world. A new temple was recently built to honor Hanuman and is located opposite the Sita Kovil. There is a rock located nearby which is believed to be where Sita Devi sat and meditated. The Ashoka forest is a clear indication that she came here when she was bought to Lanka.

• Visit Ishtripura which in Sinhalese means city of women.

Sitadevi was said to have been moved from place to place as a precautionary measure. This was one of the places to which King Ravana had moved sitadevi to. There are lots of intruding tunnels and caves in this area. This seems to be a part of a great ingenious network of paths, which is interconnected to all the major areas of King Ravana’s city. Sitadevi had said to have bathed in this very stream and had dried her hair sitting on a rock and put clips to her hair, hence this rock is known as Konda Kattu Gala.

• Visit Divurumpola which means a ‘place of oath’ is the location that Sitadevi had said to have taken oaths.

She came unscathed and proved her innocence and purity. The message of Rama’s victory over Ravana was sent to Sita. After a bath and adorned with jewels she was taken on a palanquin before Rama. Meeting her husband after such a long time she was overcome with emotion, but Rama seemed lost in thought. At length he spoke, “I have killed my enemy. I have done my duty as a true king. But you have lived for a year in the enemy’s abode. It is not proper I take you back now.”Sita was shocked. “You have broken my heart” she said, “only the uncultured speak like this”. Have you forgotten the noble family I come from? Is it my fault Ravana carried me off by force? All the time, my mind, my heart, and soul were fixed on you alone, my lord!” is what she said. Ravana Cave & Tunnel Network are tunnels in this area that prove beyond doubt the architectural brilliance of King Ravana. Many an archaeologists have examined these caves and tunnels and are convinced that they are man-made and not natural formations. This Buddhist shrine at Kalutara was where once King Ravana’s palace and a tunnel existed. Existing tunnel mouths are situated – Isthripur at Welimada, Ravana cave at Bandarawela, Senapitiya at Halagala, Ramboda, Labookelle, Wariyapola/Matale, and Sitakotuwa/Hasalaka. In addition there are many more tunnels scattered throughout the island. Many still undiscovered and unexplored.

• Lastly drive to the Hakgala Gardens.

This is today the second largest botanical gardens of Sri Lanka and was recorded in the legend of Sri Lanka, Many thousands years ago, a famous king of Ceylon Ravana whose name is remembered in connection with the epic love story with Sita, a beautiful queen of India, made a pleasure gardens in the region where the Hakgala garden spreads today. The king Ravana brought queen Sita, a famous female character descried in eastern here and kept hidden in the area vicinity to the botanic. We will visit the site of the Ashok Vatika while there.If Time availabale  Nuwara Eliya sightseeing the city and Lake Area of this picturesque hill town

• Overnight stay at Nuwara Eliya

Day 07

• After the breakfast proceed to Horton Plains “World’s End”
• En route Visit Bakers falls
• Return Back to the Nuwara Eliya enjoy of this quaint old hill country
• Overnight stay at Nuwara Eliya

Day 08

• After the Breakfast  Prossed to Katharagama
• En route Visit Rawana Ella Water Fall and Nine Arches Bridge in Ella
• On arrival check in to your hotel in Thissamaharama
• In Evening attend the ‘Pooja ceremony at Sri Subramaniam Temple, (Kataragama or Murugan).
• Overnight stay at Thissamaharama

Day 09

• Early morning with packet breakfast to yala make a jeep safari at the Yala National Park to see the wild life.

Yala is the largest in Sri Lanka and is home to wild elephants, wild boars, wild buffaloes, leopards, bears, deer and crocodiles. Large flocks of migratory and indigenous birds are also found here. Return back to the hotel.

• Again enjoy an evening jeep safari at the Yala National Park With many water holes inside the park visitors can experience the wild unfolding before their very eyes as the animals and birds are drawn to them towards the evening or early mornings.
• Overnight stay at Thissamaharama

Day 10

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Morning at leisure at the hotel check out and leave to Airport for departure flight.

Your Tour of Sri Lanka ends here. Have a pleasant flight and we look forward to welcoming you in Sri Lanka again soon