Rumassala Temple
Featured in the Ramayana as home to the beautiful Queen Sita, and known to most colonialists as Buona Vista, this beautiful rock is the subject of a number of legends. The Sama Ceitya is the stupa built by the Japanese, referred to as the Peace Pagoda, and is one of the four such stupas in Sri Lanka.
Rumassala Temple, Peace Pagoda, Unawatuna, Sri Lanka
The Rumassala Hillock, which is said to be the chunk of Himalaya that fell off when Monkey-warrior Hanuman was carrying it to the battlefield | © Avindi Perera
Beautiful sunsets from the Peace Pagoda | © Avindi Perera
Statue of the Lord Buddha inside the Peace Pagoda | © Avindi Perera
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