Travelling from Ella on the Wellawaya road, a small sign board marks the turn off to the Sita Cave, considered to be the abode of the princess in the Ramayana. The legend of the epic battle between Rama & Ravana goes that the Lankan King took his royal captive & fled to the Uva region from his capital of Ravana Kotte believed to be somewhere near modern day Nuwara Eliya, when Rama invaded island along with his army. Here, it is said that princess Sita was kept captive in a cave. Today that cave could be visited after a short hike of around 500 meters. The cave itself have very little evidence of the royal captive it is said to have imprisoned. However there has been a little archaeological work carried out at this place. Just have other caves with similar colorful legends have revealed far more scientifically important information regarding early human habitation of the country, the Sita Cave might be such a treasure trove given that it is geologically a medium sized structure which would have been easily capable of sheltering several dozen primitive humans, long before the arrival of Sita. There might be little sign of Sita inside its dark hollows, but the cave named for the Indian princess offers a wonderful high through shrub forests with some great views of the Ella Gorge along one of its precipices.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
The Cave
Travelling from Ella on the Wellawaya road, a small sign board marks the turn off to the Sita Cave, considered to be the abode of the princess in the Ramayana. The legend of the epic battle between Rama & Ravana goes that the Lankan King took his royal captive & fled to the Uva region from his capital of Ravana Kotte believed to be somewhere near modern day Nuwara Eliya, when Rama invaded island along with his army. Here, it is said that princess Sita was kept captive in a cave. Today that cave could be visited after a short hike of around 500 meters. The cave itself have very little evidence of the royal captive it is said to have imprisoned. However there has been a little archaeological work carried out at this place. Just have other caves with similar colorful legends have revealed far more scientifically important information regarding early human habitation of the country, the Sita Cave might be such a treasure trove given that it is geologically a medium sized structure which would have been easily capable of sheltering several dozen primitive humans, long before the arrival of Sita. There might be little sign of Sita inside its dark hollows, but the cave named for the Indian princess offers a wonderful high through shrub forests with some great views of the Ella Gorge along one of its precipices.
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