I'm from Sri Lanka. And we didn't learnt Ramayanaya at School. We know the story only from a TV show. That was also a Sinhala dubbed Indian TV show. It's an epic story. Very interesting.
Im also srilankan sinhalese . My grand mother and grand father told me the story of ramayana, later i read it in my school library and tV shows as well. Im wonder , you might be a foreigner gained citizen ship of srilanka later 😂😂
@@PreethiColambage Sometimes we read Sherlock Holmes in the School Library. Does that mean School teaches us Sherlock Holmes? Could you read the comment? The Ramayanaya doesn't have it in the school syllabus. That's what I said. Ayyo Prithi, you better use "ප්රීතී", Don't reproduce. 🤭
It doesn't matter if Ravan is from Lanka, it doesn't make Sri Lankan people bad. Other Indian historical antagonists, like Kansa, Hiranyakashipu, Narakasur, etc are from present day Bharat and it doesn't make us bad people.
Er… I went to school in Sri Lanka and couldn’t remember studying Ramayana. I read a Sinhala translation of Ramayana by borrowing it from the Kandy Library as I was an avid reader then. :)
As a Sri Lankan, I am happy that a story of enmity between ancient two kings, "Rama and Ravana" led into the significance of the connection between Sri Lankan and Indian people and it enhanced the bond. As a Sinhalese Buddhist we also worship lord Vishnu, Sarasvati etc. So Jai Shri Ram! and Namo Buddhaya to all the Indian brothers!
Hindu's do pray to Buddha as a Dev. We call him Buddha Dev and we have his picture at home too. The context here is Ramayana. The Yuga of Buddha and Ramayana is different with one in Treta and Buddha is in Kali Yug. Is Ravana worshipped in Sri Lanka? Hindu's in India dont, same as his Guru Brahma barring just 1-2 temples of Brahma in multiple states. I have heard Brahma is prayed to a lot in Sri Lanka. Its fascinating how the history of both India and Sri Lanka is so different yet the same. India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal are the 4 counries which should start their own cultural ring.
@@SugarCoatedPills No we don't celebrate Ravana since it's too old. But some people use that name for things of national significance. For e.g Sri Lanka's first satellite was named after "Ravana'. In SL, mainly lord Shiva is prayed to, apart from lord Ganesh, lord Vishnu and Murugan etc. But there are people who worship Brahma also. Yes you are right, the 4 countries you said have a connected cultural, linguistic and religious history and they should form a cultural ring. And I guess, it has already happened somewhat. I mean Modi ji always comes to SL to celebrate Buddha Jayanthi and often visits Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree (the tree where Buddha sat under for enlightenment).. On the other hand, most Sri Lankans visit Tirupathi temple and Bodhgaya in India. Sri Lankan pilgrims to these 2 places are one of the largest in India.
Say this in Sri Lanka, monks will leave saffron and when they wear white even Vishnu won't survive. Stop mixing us. In Sri Lanka Vishnu is for Hindu worshipers not bhuddists. Don't get it twisted my friend we are Mahayana bhuddist not Vajriyana to worship Hindu dieties. We are different sect of bhuddism ultra Extreme one Maybe you should do study further before commenting on us
@@LushRosh lol.. Ask any local Buddhist, they would tell u the same. U can search this on Google or read in Wikipedia or read comments of Sri Lankan Buddhists in comments of any bhagwan Vishnu bhajan
@@Rohit-ij7mb the locals you talk about their monks comes from.centeal Sri Lanka Kandy and maha nuwara regions only. Vishnoi worshipers are in hambantota region down south who does vashikaran magic and tantra Vidya. In Sri Lanka Tantra, Mantra , Yantra done by vishnoi worshipers. Now how can bhuddists claim to be bhuddist with these demonic forces.?? We are bhuddist my friend not vajirayana bhuddists of madyam Pradesh of India.
@@Rohit-ij7mb you trying hard to convince a Sri Lankan highest caste person that carrying Astra , Sashtra Vidya in his bloodline. People with gotra system can't represent religious places. People with Kul and warna system they are eligible to run for President and Armed forces and temples. There is a social system in Sri Lanka as well. A lower caste southern Sri Lankan can't talk about bhuddism and monks and include demonic forces. That person will be linched in two minutes . Take this garbage to India, majority bhuddists here 98% other 2% are mixed and they not allowed.
@@Rohit-ij7mb in Sri Lanka southerners are vishnoi worshipers, they aren't singhalese they are Sri Lankan citizens. Difference being singhalese where Warna , kul based marriages takes place between us. You include these idol worshipers and Muslims and Christians they marry among them selves. They are not representing Sri Lanka they representing them selves. Sri Lanka is world's only bhuddist nation. We respect others beliefs but do not mix us with your Hinduism. Either I can be respectful and teach you, or simply go two steps down then give with details it will hurt your sentiments. You from India you got different belief. I'm from Sri Lanka we bhuddists. Hindus and Bhuddists don't get along. Don't make a enemy of Sri Lankans. Good for vishnoi people and these devi devta worshipers , but they wouldn't dare to say a Vishnu can protect our bhuddism 😂. Last time the Tamils said something like this in Jaffna 1983 and within 24 hours 3 lakh Hindus slayed. We might be chilled but when it comes to our dharma and our sanghis and our bhudda then we will eat you as well just as we consumed the dutch
Hahaa, he has more subjective knowledge and less prectical knowledge. In that I admire Ojha sir because atleast he is not knowledgeable than him but always respects Sanatan Dharma unlike Self Proclaimed Guru who is discipline of Param Guru- Chacha Nehru.
I don't know who this is but he's right---Milinda Moragoda (the diplomat here) may have some personal affinity to the Ramayanaya but we were never taught about Ramayanaya in school nor do hindus in Sri Lanka give it so much importance. We got to know about it from TV shows and all.
Most of the Sri Lankans do not hold any opinion about the Ramayana. Many are devotees of Vishnu, but can’t see that much of a devotion towards Rama. Apart from that Shaivanism is more popular than Vaishnavism here in LK. If we rank deities by mere popularity in LK, it’s something like Karthikeya, Ganesh, Shiva, Sarasvati, Vishnu and Laxmi. So avatars of Vishnu and Laxmi are not that popular.
Not only in Lanka, here in India as well majority are Vishnu devotees. That's obvious because he is the ultimate rupaa of all the incarnations but also lord Venkateswara/Balaji coz he is the kaliyuga avataara. Rama is uplifted around the world more as a role model than God.❤❤❤
@@skipper2594people who think Sri Rama as coward are fools. Rama is the most courageous and honest man in the world. He is the ultimate representation of truth 🙏🏻🚩
@@Rohit-ij7mb speak English . Son, my grandfather a tantric pujari, not your ram mandhir crap. A pujari who served lo d kuber and had wealth unlimited . But after his death as no one made this kul devta happy he stopped giving money. No conversion in bhuddism son. Tantra Vidya pujari is diferent where you worship a myth is different. My grandfather was a man who would get a dream and go dig earth and find gold. Just like that. It was against ethics of conducts of bhuddism, it's just he was untouchable in a era where monks were restricted by governments. Now a days blow a coconut and sit front of maha bodhi sanghis court and explain. Learn difference , maybe you should study Sanskrit to understand meaning of tantra Vidya , tantra mantra Yantra comes under shastra teachings, they cosmic and astrogeology joyishya plus vashikaran and sadhna involves. Not your hare Krishna and smoke ganja and have group orgies. My grandfather had lord kuber visiting him as a parrot. The day he left earth the same parrot flew off with his soul. These are out of your day to day Bollywood masala crap you watching. What do you Bollywood drama people know about sadhna and sastra and mantra stuff. Stick to IPl betrr
Rahul is son of Siddhartha not Gautham Buddha. In sri lanka we says sons and daughters of Buddha shasana is what you guys have miss understood. Praying to have a matured mind to see the transparent picture and believe y'all come out from 2D vision. Love you brothers and sisters. May attend to Niravana 🙏
As an active student in sri lanka, I can most defenitely say we do not learn about king ravana at all. We start our syllabi from prehistoric eras and then move on to the conquest of King Vijayaa. We move on to our kings and ancient societies and civilizations. I'm sorry to say we do not learn about the Ramayana at all in Sri Lanka in the most general education we recive.
According to Sri Lankan history, the story goes like this, During the reign of King Ravana of Sri Lanka, his wife became pregnant. According to Pulasti Srishivara, it was said that if a child is born before 12 midnight, that child will strengthen the kingdom of Ceylon, and if a child is born after 12 midnight, it will destroy the kingdom of Ceylon. On that day, the wife gave birth to twins. The male child born before 12 o'clock was named Meghnada. King Ravana and the wife secretly said that there would be danger from the people of kinndom of Cylone and for the good of the kingdom of Ceylon after 12 o'clock. The born princess was set adrift in the sea after strict protection. After that she grew up in India. Ravana goes to India because of the problem with Rama becouse Rama fight with King Rawana's sister to get control of that area. When he saw Princess Sita, Ravana recognized his daughter from her childhood physical features by looking only her face. After the understanding of her past. pricess Sitha wanted to see her mother. She came kingdom of cylone to see her mother with her father. Even though Rama came looking for him coldly and came to battle with Ravana, King Ravana was patient until his son-in-law's misunderstanding was removed. But Prince Meghanad fought with Rama. Even though Rama died in that battle, King Ravana restored him with the power of medicine in kingdom of Cylone. King Ravana warned his son to prevent another fight with the Prince Rama. Prince Meghanada who was performing a pooja without weapons is killed. Even when King Ravana arrives there, King Ravana is unable to revive Prince Meghanada because it has been a long time since he died. After this incident, King Ravana becomes very weak mentally. The king became more and more depressed because of the story told by Pulasti Srishivara about the birth of the child. It was only after that that he realized the seriousness of bringing Princess Sita to Sri Lanka to visit her mother. Because Prince Meghanada is a much more powerful person than King Ravana. In the end, the kingdom of Sri Lanka lost a strong defender. After seeing the destruction that Prince Rama was doing to Sri Lanka like a frenzy, the kings of Ravana finally fought with Prince Rama. In that battle, King Ravana fell into a deep sleep due to a poisoned arrow sent by Prince Rama. But Prince Rama could not kill King Ravana. The demons in Cylone drove Rama and the group to India
@@traderbotwinno, indrajit (later) born before 12, Sita after 12 (say 11:59 and 12:01). But this rendition comes from a story said in “Sri Ravanna puvatha” also a book
India is our big brother. Always respect and keep Buddhism and Hinduism safe and strong cause we all having tough times. Namo Buddhaya and Jaya Sri Ram !!!! Mean it 🇱🇰🇮🇳☸️🕉️❤
@Rayas_killer Mainly Lord VIshnu , you will RARELY or NEVER see Lord Shiva in Sinhala Buddhist temple. But you will see Lord Vishnu in ALMOST EVERY SINHALA BUDDHIST TEMPLE. This is because Lord Vishnu is considered a PROTECTOR of Sinhalese Buddhists, while Lord Shiva is not. Ganesha is also present in some Sinhala Buddhist temples. But it is Vishnu who is in every Lankan Buddhist temple.
As a Srilankan, most people in Srilanka today do not know much about Ramayana and do not have any special attachment to it like Indians do, because Srilanka is a Buddhist majority country, most Srilankan people are Buddhists, they're more interested in Buddhist philosophy, traditions and history, most people don't even believe in Ravana, they may respect Ravana as an influential and symbolic figure, but do not have any significant attachment to him.
I am a Sinhalese Buddhist, and UTHPAL-VARNA DEVA (Vishnu) is a protector deity of Buddhism and widely recognized as protector of Sinhalese. According to the story of Ramayana Rama may have defeated Raavan, but we Sinhalese are the ones that COMPLETELY DESTROYED and ENDED the Raakshasa/Yaksha rule and power base of the sons of Raavan and created the present day civilization of Sinhalei (now known as Sri-Lanka). Unlike Ramayana this is HISTORICALLY CONFIRMED FACT. (I am not saying that Ramayana is false, but it is historically unverified to this day and it most likely an Epic). All the Buddhist mega structures and giant stupas across the Island were built by us after we defeated the Rakshas and took control. We also have a strong genetic blood connection with the Vangan and Shaakyan (Gauthama Buddha's tribe) Kshathriya tribes. Also when the Maurya dynasty empire in mainland India was lost later the remaining Maurya elite became Sinhalese and created the 'Moriya' Sinhalese dynasty. The last ruling Mauryas were not in mainland India after the fall of the Maurya empire. They became part of the Sinhalese. Also much later many Bengali and Oriya Kshathriyas migrated to the Island and also became normal Sinhalese after they fled continous Muslim invasions which mass murdered Buddhists and destroyed Buddhism in the North-East of India. Sinhala language is also an Indo-Aryan language and closer to North-East Indian languages as evident by the Mahavansha (Sinhalese history record) too. Some of us came back to India to the Kerala/Karnataka region and even had a dynasty called Mannanar dynasty kingdom in Kerala. The Sinhalese that came to Kerala became known as Thiyyars (coming from the DEVA tribe of Sinhalese) and Ezhavas (coming from the name Hela which is another name for Singh-Hala). Thiyyars and Ezhavas exist in Kerala to this day. Thiyyars and Ezhavas were known to be Buddhist and still hold a couple of Buddhist traditions among them even after they became Hindu due to Shankaracharyas efforts.
Sri Vijaya migrated to Sri Lanka from India with his followers and started Sinhalese history…. So Ramayana is much older than this…. I don’t think the original inhabitants of Sri Lanka are the same who live there now…. No matter of Sri Lanka is the real Lanka or not
There can be more stories written by various authors. However, as a Lankan, I deeply value knowing the truth, even if it may be painful for us to hear. Regardless of what happened in the past, Ravana is still considered a great king, an exceptional leader, and an outstanding individual for us.
Not many know this but Sinhalese fought for kauravas in Mahabharatha. I only find out recently accidentally when searching something. Very old people..
@@skipper2594 Kaurava is a Sanskrit term which refers to descendants of Kuru, a legendary king of India who is the ancestor of many of the characters of the epic Mahabharata.
Not all Sinhalese fought for kauravas. There is people in Sri Lanka the second largest Sinhalese caste called the karave, they trace their ancestry to the kauravas of India belonging to the kuru kingdom, its the Mahabharata story. Google karave people of Sri Lanka
Yeah guess you r right.. There has been many cases of Sinhalese involvement in the kingdoms of India.. During the Pandyan civil war, King Parakrama of Pandya kindgom requested the assistance of King Parakrama of Lanka against the invasion by Cholas into the Pandya kingdom. As a result Sinhalese navy made an amphibious assault into Rameswaram and came all the way to Pandya kingdom to rescue their king. After killing the Chola invader the story says that Lanka Putra, the general of the Lankan batallion ruled that part for many years before handing it over to the heir of the Pandyan king. Such is the connection.
Sri Lankans consider ramayana as a fictional story, nothing more. In Sri Lanka of course there are different versions of this fictional story. In one version, Sita is a princess from Sri Lanka and a long-lost sister of Ravana. In that version, Lakshmana was portrayed as a pervert who tried to molest Surpanaka.
As a commoner in Sri Lanka, I feel we have a few explanations for Ramayana. I will tell in the most simple way possible. 1. Normally we take Ravana as a great king & an inventor of various warships and other transport methods. 2. When it comes to local martial arts perspective they follow a lot of Shiva & Ravana. Also talks about 33,000 years back Sri Lankan kings who were the original rulers. (Not to confuse with Sinhala kings) Also about Yakkha & Naga tribes mainly. (Deva & Rakshasa is also there. Sri Lankans count Ravana & others as Rakshasa & Kuvera as Deva). Since Prince Vijaya from India married Kuveni who is a princess from the Yakkha tribe Sri Lankans often think Sinhala people have roots with natives. 3. There is a cult of people I have seen that give another side to Ravana by saying that, Like Krishnas Dwarka, Ravana had a lot of castles in many places in the world & outer. They also think he ruled 10 worlds as well. He could travel space & underwater with his ships. Some speculate in Kaludiya Pokuna, he held captive his so-called alien prisoners underwater. Says he made standardized martial arts such as Angam, Ilangam & Maya Angam. and then it went to India as Kalarippayattu & other forms after the Ravana kingdom fell. The fascinating story is, that they believe that Sita is born as the daughter of Ravana. Ravana's wife bears 2 children & one is a boy born before midnight, another is a girl born after midnight, astrologers predict that the child born after midnight will destroy his lineage. Thus, as most Sinhala stories say they have to offer her to sea to get rid of this misfortune. So they put her in a basket labeled with the royal sign & send her to sea where she is later discovered by a farmer who sees the royal sign and takes her to King Janaka & where she gets adopted. They also believe that when Ravana came to check on Suparnakha. He sees Sita & immediately guesses that she should be a woman from Lanka with his knowledge of Kaya Lakshana. Whom he takes & she came with her own will to see her relatives. And the destruction of Ravana starts. So that's it. I still believe Sri Lankan people the majority take him as just a story of Valmiki or a great king, That's all
As Sri Lankans we don't actually have any bias about the story. We just don't want Ravana being look at like a villain. He was a just and incredible ruler. One wrong decision made it towards this whole story but he was never a bad person. If he was bad like what some people say he could've done anything to sita. But he did not, not even touched. So I'll leave it there to you intellects to sink it in.
@@vishnusharma-o8z yes vey much so. But all I'm saying is we shouldn't only view from one side. He wanted revenge (which is bad) and faced the consequence. Apart from that even indians would've liked and wanted such a great ruler.
His story is mainly used to teach a lesson on ego, anger, etc and how it can turn a great man evil and lead to his doom. But, obv, everyone acknowledges that he also had many positive, incredible qualities as well.
To be honest , We being Sri lankans , we don't care about Rawana. We know that Ramayana is a very exaggerated book. We know that Indians still burn idols of Ravana and SL to pay their disrespect. But we don't care. The majority of Sri Lankans just don't believe in rawana , as we don't have any archeological evidence to prove his existence in SL. There are only a few who love and believe Rawana. But the majority doesn't'.Generally we believe that Ravana is a great king with extra ordinary power , in Kashyapa Buddha's time , the buddha before Gautham Buddha.
What about Ram Setu? Christians took it and call it Adams bridge 😂😂😂 Rawana btw is a symbol of non-virtuous such as ego, aggression etc. As far as archaeological evidences go, I don’t think you have done enough research. Because, Ram nagri aka Ayodhya along with 100s of other archaeological proves exist.
Quite true , their no any archeological evidence about ravana or the ramayan , its just a fairy tale story written by walmuki , may be he is from india , i confirm he is not from sri lanak
It's not considered as us being dissrespectful, lol. At least in out thinking. It's just seen as a triumph of good over evil. We also acknowledge all the good & great qualities he had, and all his other accomplishments. But, on Dussehra, it's about vanquishing evil and he is used as a personificatio of it cuz he had become that in his later years. Do not take it as dissrespect towards Sri Lanka or Sri Lankan culture. EDIT: Also, just so u know.....he was not a native Sri Lankan king: He was born in Noida, UP. He later went there and conquered SL from King Kuber, so u shouldn't feel personally dissrespected by Ravana effigy-burning. He's literally our own guy, lol.
You can never get a cleaner version from a diplomat 😂 We Sri Lankans don’t learn about Ramayana in our schools. It’s more of a story that’s been told by our parents, grandparents and now on TV. For us Lankans, Ravana is a one true king. A little dark skinned, strong masculine person. He’s someone who was very skillful and also a tactician. We’ve been told that he had his own flights and has visited many countries in the world. He’s a strong warrior and had a fleet of elephants and giants in his army and was unbeatable. However, his brother Vibheeshana has given out his plans and that lead to his defeat. Also he’s never harmed Seetha while she was in captive.
There are many places in Sri Lanka associated with Ravana, such as the Ella Caves, Ravana Falls, Sigiriya (Ravana's palace), Kelaniya Temple (dedicated to Lord Vibhishana), Thotupola Mountain (believed to be a landing site for Ravana's flying machine), Ritigala mountain, Roomassala mountain, and the Seetha Amman Temple in Nuwara Eliya, etc... However, Sri Lankans do not worship Ravana. Instead, they primarily follow Buddhism and venerate the Buddha, along with some Hindu/Buddhist deities. The Sinhalese people, who make up 75% of Sri Lanka's population, are believed to have ancestral connections with the people of Odisha and West Bengal in India. Thousands of royal families migrated to Sri Lanka around 2,500 years ago and integrated with the local communities, including those associated with Ravana's legacy. The Sinhalese language, which is derived from Sanskrit, shares similarities with the language spoken in Odisha. The Sinhalese adopted Buddhism and various cultural elements from India during the rule of Emperor Ashoka.
Divurum pola temple , kandy central srilanka is the place sitha devi took her agni pariksha challange. There is sitha matha shrine and little stupa where sita devi's fire mount builded.
I just saw this clip, and since this guy who is a typical politician either won’t address or may not know the general Sri Lankan populace's perspective on Valmiki's Ramayana, I’ll try to provide a concise answer to the best of my ability. According to our legend, "Ravana" was not a single individual but a royal title or designation for rulers of a powerful dynasty in Lanka. This dynasty spanned generations, with ten significant rulers collectively known as the "Dasa Ravana." The Ravana we know from the Ramayana is said to be the last and most renowned of this dynasty. He is often described as the greatest among them, excelling in knowledge, warfare, morality, righteousness, courage, and devotion. Ravana is also regarded as the greatest devotee of Lord Shiva. His morality and righteousness are evident in his treatment of Sita. Despite holding her in captivity for 12 years, he ensured she remained unharmed in any way, reflecting his adherence to a personal code of honor. This perspective underscores a more nuanced and culturally specific view of Ravana, distinct from his portrayal in Valmiki’s Ramayana.
We do not know much about Ramayana. The first king of our country was Vijaya and not Ravana. He cannot be accepted as a king of our country without any evidence. One can tell stories to people. They are stories and not the reality of this earth. In school, we study from King Vijaya of Sri Lanka to the present and Ashoka's period in India (important parts for Buddhists). Sangamitta was the daughter of King Ashoka.
In many ways, myths like the one surrounding Ravana are reflections of the values, fears, and ideals of the societies that tell them. These stories have an almost timeless quality because they resonate with universal human experiences-whether it’s the quest for power, the pursuit of knowledge, or the consequences of moral failings. Whether Ravana was an actual historical king or a purely mythical figure may be less important than the symbolic roles he plays in these stories. He acts as a mirror for the values and concerns of different cultures and times, and in that sense, his significance lies in how people interpret and use the story, rather than in whether he existed in the past as a real individual.
We are not taught about Ramayanaya... I don't remember ever studying about Ramayanaya in school. Saw it on TV in shows and stuff. Never studied it. What is he talking about???
6:29 Isn't Sanghamitra the daughter of Ashoka who along with Mahindra (Also son of king Ashoka) brought Buddhism to Sri lanka?! Did he say she is the daughter of Buddha?!
No one really cares much about Ravana in Sri Lanka and it became popular in recent times. He's just saying all these to make you not feel bad. For Sri Lankans it's just a story written by someone. It's not thought in Schools at all. What we learn in Schools are the Jathaka Tales. For Sri Lankans the India we know or learn is no longer exist. It's the ancient India, not the present revisionist version most of the Indians familiar with. You guys let your ancient greatness to some stories. Bit sad about that.
According to the legends in Sri Lanka, Sita Devi happened to be the daughter of King Raavana who has been sent to be brought up in India the day she was born, it had to be done due to a prophecy told by King Raavana's grand father Pulasthi Rishi. Meanwhile on his way to resolve the dispute happened between Ram Brothers and Suparnakha, King Raavana saw Sita Devi while Ram Brothers were gone for hunting. He was able to Identify that it was his daughter "Soheli" (The real sinhala name of sita devi which was given to her on the day she was born) who has become a grown up young lady and the fact that she has been named as Sita when she was brought up in India. Out of the happiness he got after seeing sita devi, he immediately took a detour and took her to Lanka to show her his kingdom, her mother and other relatives. This scene was seen by the locals and mistook it as kidnapping seeta. King Raavana was a great devotee of Shiva, a yogi and also a vegetarian who believed in non-violence. He never went to war with Ram Brothers (Why would he fight with his son in law Ram, he knew that ram was mislead by a lie). Actually his son (Sita devi's brother) prince Meghanada was the one who went to war with Ram brothers when they came to Sri Lanka. It's a very long story... If anyone is interested in this story let me know.. I'm willing to share more information about this legend.
Sir , you should feel proud about Vibhishana not Ravana. Even the purpose of Ravana avatar to show the peaks of evil .You should not forgot the roots . otherwise even Ravana will hate you all. He completed his three avatars Hiranyaksha, Ravana and Shishupala and went back to Vishnu loka as Vijaya Vishnu's Dvarapala. this is where many are ignorant .
We not proud of no body. All are Indians lankesh vibhishn megnath or mandodri they all came from India. We are proud of king Parakram Bahu , King Vijay Singha , Illara and many more . We proud of 10 maha yodhyas the 10 great warriors . You can be proud of your people. For us ravana and Prabhakaran all same
We Sri Lankans , we consider woman to be goddesses and we don't harm kidnap them. From ancient era's such as Puranic, itihasik,vedic , paramparik , sanskrutik which ever era we were we allways been spiritual and atheists or Adharmi or simply in Lippi basha NASTHIK. Don't tell us , we existed when you existed. Parallel, don't suggest to us. We never been enslaved . No one tell us . We are Sri Lankans, be a happy go lucky guy enjoy with us. The moment u cross to our faith our belief we will pick swords guns bombs and then you know what we do. Be Indian to your people. When dealing with us , be Indian who's talking to a Sri Lankan. Don't be a relative we aren't. Genetically historically morally ethically we are way opposite.
@@LushRosh please read my comment properly. I echoed the same you are saying. There are Evil and hero's every region and all those regions will only celebrate Hero's always. because that what the kind of people of that region are generally. Lastly Ravana is not a Human being he is Asura. After Ravana's Death it is Vibhishana king of Lanka and he is immortal and stood for righteousness always.
Always two sides to history. Indians cannot say our version is the true one and Sri Lanka a cannot say their version is true. Let all versions exist and let people take what wisdom they can from they version they connect with simple.
@@pritish3484 my Tamil friends disagree. They view Sita Ma as a crafty and conniving women who lured Ravan , thats not a minor difference. I don’t believe that to be true and respect Sita Ma, but also respect the right of my Tamil friends to view Sita Ma as a villain.
I would disagree. There are no two sides to rape, terrorism, etc. One may manufacture a complete lie out of thin air and then say there are two sides. The point is what is written in the original text. In TN, many people believe in such non-sense due to lies peddled by separatist Dravidian ideology. Before this non-sense, people of TN were worshippers of Rama. Even today, many are. You will find many old Tamil movies talking of Sita and Rama in reverence. Many Tamil till today have names with Ram in them.
@@abhayagarwal2589 of course that’s the whole point. Each side feels their side is true and that they have enough evidence to support their side. Each side believes they are right, and each side believes as you said there no other side and what they say is true. That is the source of most conflicts in the world. Instead if we were mature enough than we would agree to disagree, end of story. I can believe my version, someone else can believe their version, end of story.
@@surnam6188 If someone says sun rises from the west and sets in the east, would you even consider that view. Many people will concoct things out of thin air which cannot be legitimised. There are some things which can be subjective but some things are plain objective facts as well.
Lord Ravana was the ultimate true Brahmin, to whom Lord Siva had granted every boon ever given to man. Finally when he was vanquished by a non-Brahmin like Ram, Ram did prayashchit/ penance for having killed a Brahmin King. These temples still have worship daily in Sri Lanka
As a Sri Lankan, what we know of Ravana is that he was an ingenious and inventive King who had a lot of talents. He was misled by his sister, and so he went ahead and kidnapped Sita to teach Rama a lesson. But Ravana was honorable enough not to hurt or mistreat Sita. After a lot of drama, Hanuman came over and burnt down Sri Lanka, and Rama was able to rescue Sita. In the end (after all of that drama), sadly Sita was expelled by Rama. Then she died from an earthquake. Honestly, I don't like this story because of the way it ends for Sita. I would have actually cheered for Rama if that didnt happen. Now all I see are 2 men who used a perfectly good lady to satisfy their egoes!
When Vibhishan was made King...He would have taught ppl good things about Ram and Hanuman. But this is kalyug..so obviously many things would have been lost. Also, when this Sri Lankan Diplomat talk abt Sita Mata..obviously Sita Mata was kidnapped and brought to lanka forcefully..so Sita Mata perspective of Lanka wud b interesting. So how will that help Lankans?
We believe king Ravana is most powerful in the world ..his palace was sigiri rock... He was contact with ijipt piramid .. There are especial places in sri lanka on his name..... Indian think rama is the beat as a person .. srilanken believe ravana is the best person ..
I can understand where the honourable diplomat is coming from but in my view if there are disputes regarding certain characters of Ramayana, then the original interpretation i.e., the Vamiki Version, should prevail. Off course, people are entitled to believe in their versions but the Vamiki version remains the most authentic.
As a Sri Lankan my honest opinion is most o the Sri Lankas lets say 90% Sri Lankans doesnt know about ramayana and Ravanas history because Sri Lankans doesnt xare about these stories to be honest.
I don't know why some people won't accept that Ravana was a lusty and cruel demon and supports him even sri lanka wasn't Ramayan's Lanka sri lanka was simhala dweep Ravana's lanka was different somewhere around maldives
lanka is the name of the island which was written in anciant sri lankan books and shila lekana s arabs, greeks , persions called it various names like, thaprobane serendib ceylon 1972 lanka just add the SRI part to its ancient name , thats all@@bobchill5402
Ceylon isn't a coloniser name wtf Ceylon comes from Simhala>Sihela>Zeylan (Portuguese)>Ceylon(British). Its an Anglicisation of Sinhala. Literally. @@bobchill5402
One thing brother. I believe that you guys didn't took what minister didn't said as we respect india and your culture so that he cannot offence people. Let me clearly explain what sri lankans knows and they believe. In the day of meganath born pulasthi rishi is pretending that there identical twins are going to born when mandodarie is getting pregnant. And the day meganath borns there is another birth and pulasthi rishi is naming her as soheli and ravan has to exiled her with sadness in a golden boat to beach area near mithila kingdom with the letter to the king Janak. And that day there is celebration and being unable to announce as ravan's request. Then king Janak is saying that the princess who born for him from the pruthuwi (that means earth) and without proposing his daughter to prince Ram as the promise of his protection he is looking for a first prince to his first daughter who born from earth and her name is sita. This is what written in the inscription of paramuka ravana in namal pokuna temple. So always remember that there is two sides and when ravana see sita and brings back he had to hide and he hide in one of his most comfortable cave palace in ella area and we call it ravana guhawa and it still has beautiful garden and cave pool. Why he is hiding her and giving all the comfort as his daughter due to the rule of srilanka is that anyone can damage someone who had exiled from sri lanka due to issues of horoscope. This is father and daughters love and due to that when ravana is burning sita is running to her farther and trying to get close to him. But lord Ram is misunderstanding this hidden truth and he is telling to walk on fire to show sita's pathipooja. With these anxiety oneday sita(soheli) is going to the jungle with her kids. Remember that no need to offensive. There is always two sides of story which is you cannot judge. And as Sri Lankans we believe Lord Ravan left his crown and went to yoga meditation with kundalini. Don't worry I know you guys believe he can be awake again. But from sri lankans perspective it is not happening as he already have leave everything that day for nirvana. What sri lankans believe and they strong as thinking of that 'Nothing is permanent' (sayalu dhe anithyaya) and 'we should leave oneday with leaving everything here' (siyalla heradha ya yuthuya). So 'Dushera' will happen many times and years in future india with hate and revenge. But sri lankans are expecting the 'Nirvana' without hating or expecting anyones revenge. We will look for Nirvana but the question is are you guys still want to live with a hate and negativity till you die? You guys can ask from your heart. We love all you guys and respect. Believe that you guys will see the truth and finds nirvana to leave this all stubborn without being framed and crushed in to man made story. Blessings of Lord Shiva 🙏
Yes i heard this. But he didn't take sita as his daughter. Before reading all the stufs. You should know that Ravan was a parashad or sevak of Lord Hari and landed to Earth to perform leela with Hari (Ram). Whole ramayan is well planned.
@@shivamgoswami3628 Thats what i said there are many versions in the story most of us srilankans know abt sita being ravans daughter according to the legends thats why he never hurt sita, Sita was found in a paddy field and king janak adopted her no one knows who the real father is the legend goes that ravana got cursed and had to abandond his daughter ik that ravana was the guard or someone in lord vishnus loka and got cursed to be killed by lord vishnu
I can confirm that we actually don't learn Ramayan. We learn a bit about Vishnu coz it says that a proclamation was made to say Buddhism would be preserved here so lord Vishnu was requested to protect it. Either way not many would think of it, but then again there are things and places linked to the Ramayan which is commonly known amongst the locals. That's all. Maybe hindus may learn it. Would like to hear from a Sri Lankan Tamil colleague. And this guys was talking about a daughter of lord Buddha who was actually the daughter of Ashokaa 🤦. Maybe it's a small mistake he made
yes i think we didn't learn about ramayanaya in our school or clz or any organization. We have respect on Rama and seetha , actually Lots of people here love more and respect more for king RAVANA bez he is sri lankan KIng and Local hero, people here don't think much of what he did with rama and seetha is it wrong or Right, they only consider he was once our great king .
King Ravana kidnapped Sita for what was done to her sister by Prince Lakshman. Afterwards he started liking Sita but did not cause any harm to her. So he is not considered a villain in our side of the story. He is seen as a powerful and well advanced king in the history of Sri Lanka.
If you believe in an ancient epic, do so. Why do you need others to be on the same page as you? In Sri Lanka, the ramayana is viewed as mythology and has no impact on our history or mention in our history books.
This giant city is really big. Whatever the Purana legends are, they're all in that area. Isn't that funny? Let's say that when it was still a colony of Europe. But what is the name of each state?
Unfortunately Malinda Moragoda says that we learn Ramayana in our local schools. Which is not right. Do not understand why a responsible person like this kept this kind of a statement. By the way Buddhism and Hinduism is somewhat unrepeatable. We worship Buddha as well as Gods. THESE concepts are more deeper than we looking in surface ❤ And about Rawana for Sri Lankan ppl he's a remarkable king of Sri Lanka. And it doesn't say that God ram and all the other diaries are below to him. Rawana himself is a Shiv bakthi ❤ Shiv thandawa is one of his creations that we all worship load Shiv 🙏 At the end of the day what ever the geometrical boundaries are there or the political differences are there we are related to each other ❤ Traditionally and religiously. Which is more beautiful here ❤ Jai Shree Ram 🙏 Namo Bhudaya 🙏🪔
ravna is just a being in shrilanka, but it does not say anything about people of shrilanka , in india also there were many demens like mahishasura , kansa etc , idea is to take the góod of the ramas character
Sanghmitra was not daughter of Buddha but of King Ashoka, maybe he wants to call Sanghamitra Buddha's daughter in sense how she brought n spread Buddhism in Lanka
Oh gosh this is so limited.. there's a lot more that we believe about Ravana. And no we did NOT learn the ramayan in school. Only the Hindu religion syllabi taught that. Pls absorb more intellectuals from Sri Lanka rather than politicians. Thanks.
There are two poems and a thousand Rama kathas. The Lanka of the Ramayana was never Sri Lanka. According to Valmiki the Lanka was 1000 yogana away. The story came to Sri Lanka with the people brought by the British to work in the plantations. To them Hanuman was their saviour from their tribulations. Ramayana is not taught in schools. Sangamitta was not the daughter of the Buddha??????
1000 yojanas means 1300+ km or something Ram setu was build in rameshwaram,rameshwaram to anuradhapura (In srilanka)is 1300km many people say the battle was In anuradhapura SL holds many proof for Ramayan and they are Ravana ella,Sita ella,Hanuman footprint in Nuwara eliya,sita cave,Daanigala which people say used to be a Aircraft park in the earlier era some say its the vimana of ravana,Medicinal mountain hanuman brought from india which i cannot remember the name of ravana cave etc....
This politician has no clue !! He thinks lord Buddha had a daughter 😮 It was king Asoka's daughter and son that came to lanka. Am a sri lankan and till i came to do my uni in Bangalore i had not heard of the Ramayana in any serious text or study
The present day Sri Lanka might be the Adi Lanka since we have Adi Ranganathaswamy (Rama's vamsha/ikshvaku deity) temple in Karnataka. Present Srirangam in Tamil Nadu is down South compared to Adi Srirangam in Karnataka.Only Vedanta can solve this... Research should be done on Kumari Kandam (Tamil Continent if Himalayas like mountains present or Tamil Country if it doesn't ) in connection with Adi Srirangam in Karnataka with Indian Sub-Continent.Since most Alwars are Tamil..✨Do Kumari Kandam exists on the Earth..?
ravana allways respected females specially his mother etc. When luxmanan cuts ravanas sisters nose (supernika) can anyone imagine Man cuts or hurt your sister will you be quiet or dome so what ravana gave a lesson to rama to respect females. By kidnapping he showed his power and a teaching to repect all
No one learns Ramayana in schools in Sri Lanka . Only from tv shows we get to see ravana story. It's not part of our culture. This minister is on something. 😂
Ram & Krishna Temples must be built in Sri Lanka & Bangladesh. Hinduissm must florish in Sri Lanka & Bangladesh, so Culture & Trade between India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh will be same & unique.
Unfortunately Rama & Krishna are not popular figures in Sri Lanka as Lankans take them only as mythical Indian stories taught by recent Hindu scholars.But Buddhism was flourished here with the rise of Sinhalese civilization in the island.
He has no idea of what Maha Ravana is in Sri Lanka. The incidents in Ramayana has a seperate perspective from the Lankan end that is completely different from what Valmiki portrayed. Sita is considered the long lost daughter of Maha Ravana named ‘Soheli’ . She was the twin sister to Meghanatha. Lord Ravana is not dark as portrayed in Ramayana and similarly Rama is not as good as portrayed in Ramayana.
Why you dont ask about, king Ashok.... every time you want to know about ramayanaya, As sri lankan it a story... But King Ashok , great king for us.. there is respect to him.
Spoken like a true politician. Doesnt answer the question, beats about the bush.
He don't know anything just buffing😂
As if you guys know 😂
I'm from Sri Lanka. And we didn't learnt Ramayanaya at School. We know the story only from a TV show. That was also a Sinhala dubbed Indian TV show. It's an epic story. Very interesting.
At the school, (then) , we read / studied walmikiy’s Ramayana at the Library. ? You may have not?
@@tissamaralande8931 Good for you 😉
Im also srilankan sinhalese . My grand mother and grand father told me the story of ramayana, later i read it in my school library and tV shows as well. Im wonder , you might be a foreigner gained citizen ship of srilanka later 😂😂
@@PreethiColambage Sometimes we read Sherlock Holmes in the School Library. Does that mean School teaches us Sherlock Holmes? Could you read the comment? The Ramayanaya doesn't have it in the school syllabus.
That's what I said. Ayyo Prithi, you better use "ප්රීතී", Don't reproduce. 🤭
Indonesia muslim believe that story
It doesn't matter if Ravan is from Lanka, it doesn't make Sri Lankan people bad. Other Indian historical antagonists, like Kansa, Hiranyakashipu, Narakasur, etc are from present day Bharat and it doesn't make us bad people.
Ravana is actually from India
Brother we never think that Ravan was both God for family but done bad to other. So we don't see srilanka people
Er… I went to school in Sri Lanka and couldn’t remember studying Ramayana. I read a Sinhala translation of Ramayana by borrowing it from the Kandy Library as I was an avid reader then. :)
As a Sri Lankan, I am happy that a story of enmity between ancient two kings, "Rama and Ravana" led into the significance of the connection between Sri Lankan and Indian people and it enhanced the bond. As a Sinhalese Buddhist we also worship lord Vishnu, Sarasvati etc. So Jai Shri Ram! and Namo Buddhaya to all the Indian brothers!
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Hindu's do pray to Buddha as a Dev. We call him Buddha Dev and we have his picture at home too. The context here is Ramayana. The Yuga of Buddha and Ramayana is different with one in Treta and Buddha is in Kali Yug. Is Ravana worshipped in Sri Lanka? Hindu's in India dont, same as his Guru Brahma barring just 1-2 temples of Brahma in multiple states. I have heard Brahma is prayed to a lot in Sri Lanka. Its fascinating how the history of both India and Sri Lanka is so different yet the same. India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal are the 4 counries which should start their own cultural ring.
@@SugarCoatedPills No we don't celebrate Ravana since it's too old. But some people use that name for things of national significance. For e.g Sri Lanka's first satellite was named after "Ravana'. In SL, mainly lord Shiva is prayed to, apart from lord Ganesh, lord Vishnu and Murugan etc. But there are people who worship Brahma also. Yes you are right, the 4 countries you said have a connected cultural, linguistic and religious history and they should form a cultural ring. And I guess, it has already happened somewhat. I mean Modi ji always comes to SL to celebrate Buddha Jayanthi and often visits Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree (the tree where Buddha sat under for enlightenment).. On the other hand, most Sri Lankans visit Tirupathi temple and Bodhgaya in India. Sri Lankan pilgrims to these 2 places are one of the largest in India.
@@SugarCoatedPills We do, but very small percentage. Like in our martial arts for example. But not exclusively.
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In Shri Lanka, Lord Vishnu is considered the protector of Buddhism by local Buddhists. That's why they worship Lord Vishnu. ❤
Say this in Sri Lanka, monks will leave saffron and when they wear white even Vishnu won't survive.
Stop mixing us.
In Sri Lanka Vishnu is for Hindu worshipers not bhuddists.
Don't get it twisted my friend we are Mahayana bhuddist not Vajriyana to worship Hindu dieties.
We are different sect of bhuddism ultra Extreme one
Maybe you should do study further before commenting on us
@@LushRosh lol.. Ask any local Buddhist, they would tell u the same. U can search this on Google or read in Wikipedia or read comments of Sri Lankan Buddhists in comments of any bhagwan Vishnu bhajan
@@Rohit-ij7mb the locals you talk about their monks comes from.centeal Sri Lanka Kandy and maha nuwara regions only.
Vishnoi worshipers are in hambantota region down south who does vashikaran magic and tantra Vidya.
In Sri Lanka Tantra, Mantra , Yantra done by vishnoi worshipers.
Now how can bhuddists claim to be bhuddist with these demonic forces.??
We are bhuddist my friend not vajirayana bhuddists of madyam Pradesh of India.
@@Rohit-ij7mb you trying hard to convince a Sri Lankan highest caste person that carrying Astra , Sashtra Vidya in his bloodline.
People with gotra system can't represent religious places.
People with Kul and warna system they are eligible to run for President and Armed forces and temples.
There is a social system in Sri Lanka as well.
A lower caste southern Sri Lankan can't talk about bhuddism and monks and include demonic forces.
That person will be linched in two minutes .
Take this garbage to India, majority bhuddists here 98% other 2% are mixed and they not allowed.
@@Rohit-ij7mb in Sri Lanka southerners are vishnoi worshipers, they aren't singhalese they are Sri Lankan citizens.
Difference being singhalese where Warna , kul based marriages takes place between us.
You include these idol worshipers and Muslims and Christians they marry among them selves.
They are not representing Sri Lanka they representing them selves.
Sri Lanka is world's only bhuddist nation.
We respect others beliefs but do not mix us with your Hinduism.
Either I can be respectful and teach you, or simply go two steps down then give with details it will hurt your sentiments.
You from India you got different belief.
I'm from Sri Lanka we bhuddists.
Hindus and Bhuddists don't get along.
Don't make a enemy of Sri Lankans.
Good for vishnoi people and these devi devta worshipers , but they wouldn't dare to say a Vishnu can protect our bhuddism 😂.
Last time the Tamils said something like this in Jaffna 1983 and within 24 hours 3 lakh Hindus slayed.
We might be chilled but when it comes to our dharma and our sanghis and our bhudda then we will eat you as well just as we consumed the dutch
No one learn Ramayana in SL schools it's just a story to us Srilankans. Here Ravana is more popular because various TV shows and Music videos.
Same in india buddy. Home study and depends on family we belong. I read it when i was 25.
@@akp3097ramayana is learnt in home not in schools lol
Exactly I don’t remember learning about it in school.
This guy is talking bullshit....we in Sri Lanka dont learn ramayan in school or believe in it ..its all fiction characters!! Else prove!!
And that self claimed Mahaguru from Drishti IAS tells that, nobody knows Ramayana in Sri Lanka.. 😂😂
Hahaa, he has more subjective knowledge and less prectical knowledge.
In that I admire Ojha sir because atleast he is not knowledgeable than him but always respects Sanatan Dharma unlike Self Proclaimed Guru who is discipline of Param Guru- Chacha Nehru.
@@JohnPaul-yu9dy who are you all talking about?
@@kushaltiwari3668 what Brother?
😂😂 why should one comment on a thing which he / she doesnt have knowledge about it?
I don't know who this is but he's right---Milinda Moragoda (the diplomat here) may have some personal affinity to the Ramayanaya but we were never taught about Ramayanaya in school nor do hindus in Sri Lanka give it so much importance. We got to know about it from TV shows and all.
Most of the Sri Lankans do not hold any opinion about the Ramayana. Many are devotees of Vishnu, but can’t see that much of a devotion towards Rama. Apart from that Shaivanism is more popular than Vaishnavism here in LK. If we rank deities by mere popularity in LK, it’s something like Karthikeya, Ganesh, Shiva, Sarasvati, Vishnu and Laxmi. So avatars of Vishnu and Laxmi are not that popular.
Not only in Lanka, here in India as well majority are Vishnu devotees. That's obvious because he is the ultimate rupaa of all the incarnations but also lord Venkateswara/Balaji coz he is the kaliyuga avataara.
Rama is uplifted around the world more as a role model than God.❤❤❤
lankans see rama as a c0ward who got help from thousands to defeat one king ,lol ,all other hindu gods are gooooood to them haha
@@skipper2594people who think Sri Rama as coward are fools. Rama is the most courageous and honest man in the world. He is the ultimate representation of truth 🙏🏻🚩
@@kriishnakanthwrong. The ultimate form is Sadashiv. He created everything.
@@Watashiwastar_9999parambrama sada shiva is basically tjhe same thing
Ravana was not from Lanka. He snatched Lanka from Kubera. Ravana was born in a village - "Bisarakh" near Noida UP.
Yup actually it's in Greater Noida. I'm from Greater noida as well. In fact even dussehra is not celebrated in this village.
@@gaganvarshney3287 yes. I know.
My fathers father was a pujari but my father was a bhuddist.
Our kul devta is Lord kuber. Lord of wealth.😂
@@LushRosh isme hasne ki kya baat hai.. tumhare pita ji ne budhhist mein covert ho gye
@@Rohit-ij7mb speak English .
Son, my grandfather a tantric pujari, not your ram mandhir crap.
A pujari who served lo d kuber and had wealth unlimited .
But after his death as no one made this kul devta happy he stopped giving money.
No conversion in bhuddism son.
Tantra Vidya pujari is diferent where you worship a myth is different.
My grandfather was a man who would get a dream and go dig earth and find gold.
Just like that.
It was against ethics of conducts of bhuddism, it's just he was untouchable in a era where monks were restricted by governments.
Now a days blow a coconut and sit front of maha bodhi sanghis court and explain.
Learn difference , maybe you should study Sanskrit to understand meaning of tantra Vidya , tantra mantra Yantra comes under shastra teachings, they cosmic and astrogeology joyishya plus vashikaran and sadhna involves.
Not your hare Krishna and smoke ganja and have group orgies.
My grandfather had lord kuber visiting him as a parrot.
The day he left earth the same parrot flew off with his soul.
These are out of your day to day Bollywood masala crap you watching.
What do you Bollywood drama people know about sadhna and sastra and mantra stuff.
Stick to IPl betrr
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a little correction, sanghamitra was the daughter of KING ASHOKA not BUDHA
Exactly what I wanted to comment but checked if anyone has already made the comment.
Gautam Buddha just had one son, Rahul.
Yes
Emperor* Ashoka but yes you are correct.
@@uthsara ashok .
Rahul is son of Siddhartha not Gautham Buddha. In sri lanka we says sons and daughters of Buddha shasana is what you guys have miss understood. Praying to have a matured mind to see the transparent picture and believe y'all come out from 2D vision. Love you brothers and sisters. May attend to Niravana 🙏
Sanghamitra and Mahindra were daughter and son respectively of Emperor Ashok.
I don't think this person has a good knowledge on this particular subject.
As an active student in sri lanka, I can most defenitely say we do not learn about king ravana at all. We start our syllabi from prehistoric eras and then move on to the conquest of King Vijayaa. We move on to our kings and ancient societies and civilizations. I'm sorry to say we do not learn about the Ramayana at all in Sri Lanka in the most general education we recive.
According to Sri Lankan history, the story goes like this,
During the reign of King Ravana of Sri Lanka, his wife became pregnant. According to Pulasti Srishivara, it was said that if a child is born before 12 midnight, that child will strengthen the kingdom of Ceylon, and if a child is born after 12 midnight, it will destroy the kingdom of Ceylon. On that day, the wife gave birth to twins. The male child born before 12 o'clock was named Meghnada. King Ravana and the wife secretly said that there would be danger from the people of kinndom of Cylone and for the good of the kingdom of Ceylon after 12 o'clock. The born princess was set adrift in the sea after strict protection. After that she grew up in India. Ravana goes to India because of the problem with Rama becouse Rama fight with King Rawana's sister to get control of that area. When he saw Princess Sita, Ravana recognized his daughter from her childhood physical features by looking only her face. After the understanding of her past. pricess Sitha wanted to see her mother. She came kingdom of cylone to see her mother with her father. Even though Rama came looking for him coldly and came to battle with Ravana, King Ravana was patient until his son-in-law's misunderstanding was removed. But Prince Meghanad fought with Rama. Even though Rama died in that battle, King Ravana restored him with the power of medicine in kingdom of Cylone. King Ravana warned his son to prevent another fight with the Prince Rama. Prince Meghanada who was performing a pooja without weapons is killed. Even when King Ravana arrives there, King Ravana is unable to revive Prince Meghanada because it has been a long time since he died. After this incident, King Ravana becomes very weak mentally. The king became more and more depressed because of the story told by Pulasti Srishivara about the birth of the child. It was only after that that he realized the seriousness of bringing Princess Sita to Sri Lanka to visit her mother. Because Prince Meghanada is a much more powerful person than King Ravana. In the end, the kingdom of Sri Lanka lost a strong defender. After seeing the destruction that Prince Rama was doing to Sri Lanka like a frenzy, the kings of Ravana finally fought with Prince Rama. In that battle, King Ravana fell into a deep sleep due to a poisoned arrow sent by Prince Rama. But Prince Rama could not kill King Ravana. The demons in Cylone drove Rama and the group to India
so if its born @02:00, is it before or after 12o' clock, of which day 😂... so silly
@@traderbotwinno, indrajit (later) born before 12, Sita after 12 (say 11:59 and 12:01). But this rendition comes from a story said in “Sri Ravanna puvatha” also a book
India is our big brother. Always respect and keep Buddhism and Hinduism safe and strong cause we all having tough times. Namo Buddhaya and Jaya Sri Ram !!!! Mean it 🇱🇰🇮🇳☸️🕉️❤
@Rayas_killer Mainly Lord VIshnu , you will RARELY or NEVER see Lord Shiva in Sinhala Buddhist temple. But you will see Lord Vishnu in ALMOST EVERY SINHALA BUDDHIST TEMPLE. This is because Lord Vishnu is considered a PROTECTOR of Sinhalese Buddhists, while Lord Shiva is not. Ganesha is also present in some Sinhala Buddhist temples. But it is Vishnu who is in every Lankan Buddhist temple.
When will you guys give up alcohol and adultery? Dharma in the book only.
As a Srilankan, most people in Srilanka today do not know much about Ramayana and do not have any special attachment to it like Indians do, because Srilanka is a Buddhist majority country, most Srilankan people are Buddhists, they're more interested in Buddhist philosophy, traditions and history, most people don't even believe in Ravana, they may respect Ravana as an influential and symbolic figure, but do not have any significant attachment to him.
I am a Sinhalese Buddhist, and UTHPAL-VARNA DEVA (Vishnu) is a protector deity of Buddhism and widely recognized as protector of Sinhalese. According to the story of Ramayana Rama may have defeated Raavan, but we Sinhalese are the ones that COMPLETELY DESTROYED and ENDED the Raakshasa/Yaksha rule and power base of the sons of Raavan and created the present day civilization of Sinhalei (now known as Sri-Lanka). Unlike Ramayana this is HISTORICALLY CONFIRMED FACT. (I am not saying that Ramayana is false, but it is historically unverified to this day and it most likely an Epic). All the Buddhist mega structures and giant stupas across the Island were built by us after we defeated the Rakshas and took control. We also have a strong genetic blood connection with the Vangan and Shaakyan (Gauthama Buddha's tribe) Kshathriya tribes. Also when the Maurya dynasty empire in mainland India was lost later the remaining Maurya elite became Sinhalese and created the 'Moriya' Sinhalese dynasty. The last ruling Mauryas were not in mainland India after the fall of the Maurya empire. They became part of the Sinhalese. Also much later many Bengali and Oriya Kshathriyas migrated to the Island and also became normal Sinhalese after they fled continous Muslim invasions which mass murdered Buddhists and destroyed Buddhism in the North-East of India. Sinhala language is also an Indo-Aryan language and closer to North-East Indian languages as evident by the Mahavansha (Sinhalese history record) too. Some of us came back to India to the Kerala/Karnataka region and even had a dynasty called Mannanar dynasty kingdom in Kerala. The Sinhalese that came to Kerala became known as Thiyyars (coming from the DEVA tribe of Sinhalese) and Ezhavas (coming from the name Hela which is another name for Singh-Hala). Thiyyars and Ezhavas exist in Kerala to this day. Thiyyars and Ezhavas were known to be Buddhist and still hold a couple of Buddhist traditions among them even after they became Hindu due to Shankaracharyas efforts.
Being an Odia I never heard of it . Thanks
It's really interesting to know this ,could you please share me the source where this information is mentioned.
Mauryans are still present. Though they went through bad days during British rule
Sri Vijaya migrated to Sri Lanka from India with his followers and started Sinhalese history…. So Ramayana is much older than this…. I don’t think the original inhabitants of Sri Lanka are the same who live there now…. No matter of Sri Lanka is the real Lanka or not
Have to agree in a lot of what you stated
There can be more stories written by various authors. However, as a Lankan, I deeply value knowing the truth, even if it may be painful for us to hear. Regardless of what happened in the past, Ravana is still considered a great king, an exceptional leader, and an outstanding individual for us.
He was a great king no dought but the power corrupted him..
@@sohanjadhav007the fundamental teaching of Buddha is impermanence. Even a good man can eventually be corrupted..
Sinhalese are from Eastern India
@@Heretic-007 Yeah coastal Northern Odisha/western bengal region. This region used to be a major naval power once upon ago.
@@supremegodemperordonaldtru3563I don't get what you mean?
Not many know this but Sinhalese fought for kauravas in Mahabharatha. I only find out recently accidentally when searching something. Very old people..
who are kauravas ?
@@skipper2594 Kaurava is a Sanskrit term which refers to descendants of Kuru, a legendary king of India who is the ancestor of many of the characters of the epic Mahabharata.
Not all Sinhalese fought for kauravas. There is people in Sri Lanka the second largest Sinhalese caste called the karave, they trace their ancestry to the kauravas of India belonging to the kuru kingdom, its the Mahabharata story.
Google karave people of Sri Lanka
Yeah guess you r right.. There has been many cases of Sinhalese involvement in the kingdoms of India.. During the Pandyan civil war, King Parakrama of Pandya kindgom requested the assistance of King Parakrama of Lanka against the invasion by Cholas into the Pandya kingdom. As a result Sinhalese navy made an amphibious assault into Rameswaram and came all the way to Pandya kingdom to rescue their king. After killing the Chola invader the story says that Lanka Putra, the general of the Lankan batallion ruled that part for many years before handing it over to the heir of the Pandyan king. Such is the connection.
@@skipper2594 The antagonists of the story of Mahabharata.
Ravana is a very learned person it is mentioned so in all our Puranas in Bharat He is also know as one of the greatest devotees of Lord Shiva.
Sri Lankans consider ramayana as a fictional story, nothing more. In Sri Lanka of course there are different versions of this fictional story. In one version, Sita is a princess from Sri Lanka and a long-lost sister of Ravana. In that version, Lakshmana was portrayed as a pervert who tried to molest Surpanaka.
* long lost daughter not sister
As a commoner in Sri Lanka, I feel we have a few explanations for Ramayana. I will tell in the most simple way possible.
1. Normally we take Ravana as a great king & an inventor of various warships and other transport methods.
2. When it comes to local martial arts perspective they follow a lot of Shiva & Ravana.
Also talks about 33,000 years back Sri Lankan kings who were the original rulers. (Not to confuse with Sinhala kings) Also about Yakkha & Naga tribes mainly. (Deva & Rakshasa is also there. Sri Lankans count Ravana & others as Rakshasa & Kuvera as Deva). Since Prince Vijaya from India married Kuveni who is a princess from the Yakkha tribe Sri Lankans often think Sinhala people have roots with natives.
3. There is a cult of people I have seen that give another side to Ravana by saying that, Like Krishnas Dwarka, Ravana had a lot of castles in many places in the world & outer. They also think he ruled 10 worlds as well. He could travel space & underwater with his ships. Some speculate in Kaludiya Pokuna, he held captive his so-called alien prisoners underwater. Says he made standardized martial arts such as Angam, Ilangam & Maya Angam. and then it went to India as Kalarippayattu & other forms after the Ravana kingdom fell.
The fascinating story is, that they believe that Sita is born as the daughter of Ravana. Ravana's wife bears 2 children & one is a boy born before midnight, another is a girl born after midnight, astrologers predict that the child born after midnight will destroy his lineage. Thus, as most Sinhala stories say they have to offer her to sea to get rid of this misfortune. So they put her in a basket labeled with the royal sign & send her to sea where she is later discovered by a farmer who sees the royal sign and takes her to King Janaka & where she gets adopted.
They also believe that when Ravana came to check on Suparnakha. He sees Sita & immediately guesses that she should be a woman from Lanka with his knowledge of Kaya Lakshana. Whom he takes & she came with her own will to see her relatives. And the destruction of Ravana starts.
So that's it. I still believe Sri Lankan people the majority take him as just a story of Valmiki or a great king, That's all
Thank you so much for this info.
Bro ok ravan is both good intelligent and teacher good for family but ego make him bad
As Sri Lankans we don't actually have any bias about the story. We just don't want Ravana being look at like a villain. He was a just and incredible ruler. One wrong decision made it towards this whole story but he was never a bad person. If he was bad like what some people say he could've done anything to sita. But he did not, not even touched. So I'll leave it there to you intellects to sink it in.
Indeed he build golden city for his people yes he was great ruler but in indian point of view is his arrogance and anger leads to death
@@vishnusharma-o8z yes vey much so. But all I'm saying is we shouldn't only view from one side. He wanted revenge (which is bad) and faced the consequence. Apart from that even indians would've liked and wanted such a great ruler.
His story is mainly used to teach a lesson on ego, anger, etc and how it can turn a great man evil and lead to his doom. But, obv, everyone acknowledges that he also had many positive, incredible qualities as well.
To be honest , We being Sri lankans , we don't care about Rawana. We know that Ramayana is a very exaggerated book. We know that Indians still burn idols of Ravana and SL to pay their disrespect. But we don't care. The majority of Sri Lankans just don't believe in rawana , as we don't have any archeological evidence to prove his existence in SL. There are only a few who love and believe Rawana. But the majority doesn't'.Generally we believe that Ravana is a great king with extra ordinary power , in Kashyapa Buddha's time , the buddha before Gautham Buddha.
What about Ram Setu? Christians took it and call it Adams bridge 😂😂😂
Rawana btw is a symbol of non-virtuous such as ego, aggression etc. As far as archaeological evidences go, I don’t think you have done enough research. Because, Ram nagri aka Ayodhya along with 100s of other archaeological proves exist.
Quite true , their no any archeological evidence about ravana or the ramayan , its just a fairy tale story written by walmuki , may be he is from india , i confirm he is not from sri lanak
It's not considered as us being dissrespectful, lol. At least in out thinking. It's just seen as a triumph of good over evil. We also acknowledge all the good & great qualities he had, and all his other accomplishments. But, on Dussehra, it's about vanquishing evil and he is used as a personificatio of it cuz he had become that in his later years.
Do not take it as dissrespect towards Sri Lanka or Sri Lankan culture.
EDIT: Also, just so u know.....he was not a native Sri Lankan king: He was born in Noida, UP. He later went there and conquered SL from King Kuber, so u shouldn't feel personally dissrespected by Ravana effigy-burning. He's literally our own guy, lol.
Sorry brother we know Ravan is good but he done bad by her ego we burn to represent ego is dangerous not because of ravan what your people think
Ram Ram Sita Ram ❤Jai Jai Hanuman
May be you should ask someone who has researched well about srilanka version of ramayana and indian ramayana
Lanka got librated after Ramayana. Ravan was not their king, he ruled Lanka. He was their ruler like the Britishers or Mughals.
Half of the video you get to hear "bbbaaaaa... dddeeeeeebee.." 😂
Ravan is from India only...he is not srilankan....he will conquer srilanka which was ruled by his brother kubera
Exactly. Ravana was from a village called Bisarakh near Noida. He was son of Rishi Vishrava and demon queen Kaikasi.
Kuber bhai not kubera
@@pakchikpakrajababu3206 Hindi is 'Kuber' samskrutam is Kubera
You can never get a cleaner version from a diplomat 😂
We Sri Lankans don’t learn about Ramayana in our schools. It’s more of a story that’s been told by our parents, grandparents and now on TV. For us Lankans, Ravana is a one true king. A little dark skinned, strong masculine person. He’s someone who was very skillful and also a tactician. We’ve been told that he had his own flights and has visited many countries in the world. He’s a strong warrior and had a fleet of elephants and giants in his army and was unbeatable. However, his brother Vibheeshana has given out his plans and that lead to his defeat. Also he’s never harmed Seetha while she was in captive.
He shouldn't have taken her captive in the first place, lol.
The host thought of getting some blunt answers and the video would be viral but the guest did lot of homework on what not to say😂
There are many places in Sri Lanka associated with Ravana, such as the Ella Caves, Ravana Falls, Sigiriya (Ravana's palace), Kelaniya Temple (dedicated to Lord Vibhishana), Thotupola Mountain (believed to be a landing site for Ravana's flying machine), Ritigala mountain, Roomassala mountain, and the Seetha Amman Temple in Nuwara Eliya, etc... However, Sri Lankans do not worship Ravana. Instead, they primarily follow Buddhism and venerate the Buddha, along with some Hindu/Buddhist deities.
The Sinhalese people, who make up 75% of Sri Lanka's population, are believed to have ancestral connections with the people of Odisha and West Bengal in India. Thousands of royal families migrated to Sri Lanka around 2,500 years ago and integrated with the local communities, including those associated with Ravana's legacy. The Sinhalese language, which is derived from Sanskrit, shares similarities with the language spoken in Odisha. The Sinhalese adopted Buddhism and various cultural elements from India during the rule of Emperor Ashoka.
06:30 Sanghmitra was daughter of Ashoka who sent her to spread buddhism not the daughter of Buddha.. He only had a son named Rahul...
Divurum pola temple , kandy central srilanka is the place sitha devi took her agni pariksha challange. There is sitha matha shrine and little stupa where sita devi's fire mount builded.
I just saw this clip, and since this guy who is a typical politician either won’t address or may not know the general Sri Lankan populace's perspective on Valmiki's Ramayana, I’ll try to provide a concise answer to the best of my ability.
According to our legend, "Ravana" was not a single individual but a royal title or designation for rulers of a powerful dynasty in Lanka. This dynasty spanned generations, with ten significant rulers collectively known as the "Dasa Ravana."
The Ravana we know from the Ramayana is said to be the last and most renowned of this dynasty. He is often described as the greatest among them, excelling in knowledge, warfare, morality, righteousness, courage, and devotion. Ravana is also regarded as the greatest devotee of Lord Shiva.
His morality and righteousness are evident in his treatment of Sita. Despite holding her in captivity for 12 years, he ensured she remained unharmed in any way, reflecting his adherence to a personal code of honor.
This perspective underscores a more nuanced and culturally specific view of Ravana, distinct from his portrayal in Valmiki’s Ramayana.
Raavana is north indian.. hope tamil ppl who blindly believe dravida theory should question dmk, aiadmk leaders😂
Mr.aryan we don't believe blindly about ravana. Do you have any proofs. Only believing in myth. Go and drink cow urine. It will help you !!!
We do not know much about Ramayana. The first king of our country was Vijaya and not Ravana. He cannot be accepted as a king of our country without any evidence. One can tell stories to people. They are stories and not the reality of this earth. In school, we study from King Vijaya of Sri Lanka to the present and Ashoka's period in India (important parts for Buddhists). Sangamitta was the daughter of King Ashoka.
එතකොට විජය එද්දි කුවේණි තනියෙන්ද ලංකාවේ හිටියේ 😌😊
King vijaya was an intruder before him Sri Lankan history goes at least 10,000 years upto King Tharaka grandfather of Ravana
In many ways, myths like the one surrounding Ravana are reflections of the values, fears, and ideals of the societies that tell them. These stories have an almost timeless quality because they resonate with universal human experiences-whether it’s the quest for power, the pursuit of knowledge, or the consequences of moral failings.
Whether Ravana was an actual historical king or a purely mythical figure may be less important than the symbolic roles he plays in these stories. He acts as a mirror for the values and concerns of different cultures and times, and in that sense, his significance lies in how people interpret and use the story, rather than in whether he existed in the past as a real individual.
We are not taught about Ramayanaya... I don't remember ever studying about Ramayanaya in school. Saw it on TV in shows and stuff. Never studied it. What is he talking about???
6:29 Isn't Sanghamitra the daughter of Ashoka who along with Mahindra (Also son of king Ashoka) brought Buddhism to Sri lanka?! Did he say she is the daughter of Buddha?!
No one really cares much about Ravana in Sri Lanka and it became popular in recent times. He's just saying all these to make you not feel bad. For Sri Lankans it's just a story written by someone. It's not thought in Schools at all. What we learn in Schools are the Jathaka Tales. For Sri Lankans the India we know or learn is no longer exist. It's the ancient India, not the present revisionist version most of the Indians familiar with. You guys let your ancient greatness to some stories. Bit sad about that.
One mistake Sanghamitra is daughter of Emperor Ashoka and not Buddha
According to the legends in Sri Lanka, Sita Devi happened to be the daughter of King Raavana who has been sent to be brought up in India the day she was born, it had to be done due to a prophecy told by King Raavana's grand father Pulasthi Rishi. Meanwhile on his way to resolve the dispute happened between Ram Brothers and Suparnakha, King Raavana saw Sita Devi while Ram Brothers were gone for hunting. He was able to Identify that it was his daughter "Soheli" (The real sinhala name of sita devi which was given to her on the day she was born) who has become a grown up young lady and the fact that she has been named as Sita when she was brought up in India. Out of the happiness he got after seeing sita devi, he immediately took a detour and took her to Lanka to show her his kingdom, her mother and other relatives. This scene was seen by the locals and mistook it as kidnapping seeta. King Raavana was a great devotee of Shiva, a yogi and also a vegetarian who believed in non-violence. He never went to war with Ram Brothers (Why would he fight with his son in law Ram, he knew that ram was mislead by a lie). Actually his son (Sita devi's brother) prince Meghanada was the one who went to war with Ram brothers when they came to Sri Lanka. It's a very long story... If anyone is interested in this story let me know.. I'm willing to share more information about this legend.
I got know about Ramayanaya from Indian friends.
Sir , you should feel proud about Vibhishana not Ravana. Even the purpose of Ravana avatar to show the peaks of evil .You should not forgot the roots . otherwise even Ravana will hate you all. He completed his three avatars Hiranyaksha, Ravana and Shishupala and went back to Vishnu loka as Vijaya Vishnu's Dvarapala. this is where many are ignorant .
We not proud of no body.
All are Indians lankesh vibhishn megnath or mandodri they all came from India.
We are proud of king Parakram Bahu , King Vijay Singha , Illara and many more .
We proud of 10 maha yodhyas the 10 great warriors .
You can be proud of your people.
For us ravana and Prabhakaran all same
We Sri Lankans , we consider woman to be goddesses and we don't harm kidnap them. From ancient era's such as Puranic, itihasik,vedic , paramparik , sanskrutik which ever era we were we allways been spiritual and atheists or Adharmi or simply in Lippi basha NASTHIK.
Don't tell us , we existed when you existed. Parallel, don't suggest to us. We never been enslaved . No one tell us .
We are Sri Lankans, be a happy go lucky guy enjoy with us. The moment u cross to our faith our belief we will pick swords guns bombs and then you know what we do.
Be Indian to your people. When dealing with us , be Indian who's talking to a Sri Lankan. Don't be a relative we aren't.
Genetically historically morally ethically we are way opposite.
@@LushRosh please read my comment properly. I echoed the same you are saying. There are Evil and hero's every region and all those regions will only celebrate Hero's always. because that what the kind of people of that region are generally. Lastly Ravana is not a Human being he is Asura. After Ravana's Death it is Vibhishana king of Lanka and he is immortal and stood for righteousness always.
Hi it should be Jaya , Vijaya is Kumbhakarn
@@TheYasasful that's correct. Vijaya is Kumbhakarn and Jaya is Ravana. thanks for correcting.
Always two sides to history. Indians cannot say our version is the true one and Sri Lanka a cannot say their version is true. Let all versions exist and let people take what wisdom they can from they version they connect with simple.
There are no two different narratives. Same story with many minor variations.
@@pritish3484 my Tamil friends disagree. They view Sita Ma as a crafty and conniving women who lured Ravan , thats not a minor difference. I don’t believe that to be true and respect Sita Ma, but also respect the right of my Tamil friends to view Sita Ma as a villain.
I would disagree. There are no two sides to rape, terrorism, etc. One may manufacture a complete lie out of thin air and then say there are two sides. The point is what is written in the original text.
In TN, many people believe in such non-sense due to lies peddled by separatist Dravidian ideology. Before this non-sense, people of TN were worshippers of Rama. Even today, many are. You will find many old Tamil movies talking of Sita and Rama in reverence. Many Tamil till today have names with Ram in them.
@@abhayagarwal2589 of course that’s the whole point. Each side feels their side is true and that they have enough evidence to support their side. Each side believes they are right, and each side believes as you said there no other side and what they say is true. That is the source of most conflicts in the world. Instead if we were mature enough than we would agree to disagree, end of story. I can believe my version, someone else can believe their version, end of story.
@@surnam6188 If someone says sun rises from the west and sets in the east, would you even consider that view. Many people will concoct things out of thin air which cannot be legitimised. There are some things which can be subjective but some things are plain objective facts as well.
Lord Ravana was the ultimate true Brahmin, to whom Lord Siva had granted every boon ever given to man. Finally when he was vanquished by a non-Brahmin like Ram, Ram did prayashchit/ penance for having killed a Brahmin King. These temples still have worship daily in Sri Lanka
how much noble ravana may be, but kidnapping a other person wife does not make him a good person
@@PavanKumarA7080 Ever heard Janeki could be ravanas daughter too
Sri lanka is a Buddhist country forverer
Well well well then every rakshas are bramhin.
Hirananya kasapu
His brother and sister holika are sons of bramharishi kashyap😂
@@shubhamchaudhary6315almost all Devas are sons of kashyap.
As a Sri Lankan, what we know of Ravana is that he was an ingenious and inventive King who had a lot of talents. He was misled by his sister, and so he went ahead and kidnapped Sita to teach Rama a lesson. But Ravana was honorable enough not to hurt or mistreat Sita. After a lot of drama, Hanuman came over and burnt down Sri Lanka, and Rama was able to rescue Sita. In the end (after all of that drama), sadly Sita was expelled by Rama. Then she died from an earthquake. Honestly, I don't like this story because of the way it ends for Sita. I would have actually cheered for Rama if that didnt happen. Now all I see are 2 men who used a perfectly good lady to satisfy their egoes!
When Vibhishan was made King...He would have taught ppl good things about Ram and Hanuman. But this is kalyug..so obviously many things would have been lost. Also, when this Sri Lankan Diplomat talk abt Sita Mata..obviously Sita Mata was kidnapped and brought to lanka forcefully..so Sita Mata perspective of Lanka wud b interesting. So how will that help Lankans?
i have never heard that Lord Buddha had a daughter i am a Buddhist btw
Thank you for sharing this wonderful knowledge with us. 🙏
I am stunned that people argue about mythology😂 how are you going to prove a thing that happened minimum 8.6 lac years ago😂.
bro look this epics present an great impact on society and moral evaluation of modern society . so i doesn't matter on his existence or not
I'm stunned, that Homo sapiens evolved 3 lakh years ago. Looks like Rama was also a monkey like Hanuman.
We believe king Ravana is most powerful in the world ..his palace was sigiri rock...
He was contact with ijipt piramid ..
There are especial places in sri lanka on his name.....
Indian think rama is the beat as a person .. srilanken believe ravana is the best person ..
I can understand where the honourable diplomat is coming from but in my view if there are disputes regarding certain characters of Ramayana, then the original interpretation i.e., the Vamiki Version, should prevail.
Off course, people are entitled to believe in their versions but the Vamiki version remains the most authentic.
Sangamitta was emperor Ashoka’s daughter, not Buddha’s daughter. They don’t teach Ramayana in Sri Lanka.
yeah but sangamiththa becomes monk, and follower of LORD BUDHDHAH
3rd to comment nice diverse topic content creator ranveer kudos
He never answered...........
Because we don't believe in it
As simple as that
As a Sri Lankan my honest opinion is most o the Sri Lankas lets say 90% Sri Lankans doesnt know about ramayana and Ravanas history because Sri Lankans doesnt xare about these stories to be honest.
I don't know why some people won't accept that Ravana was a lusty and cruel demon and supports him even sri lanka wasn't Ramayan's Lanka sri lanka was simhala dweep Ravana's lanka was different somewhere around maldives
then why is it called Sri Lanka, why did they themselves rename from Ceylon (Colonizer name) to Sri Lanka...?
lanka is the name of the island which was written in anciant sri lankan books and shila lekana s
arabs, greeks , persions called it various names like,
thaprobane
serendib
ceylon
1972 lanka just add the SRI part to its ancient name , thats all@@bobchill5402
Ceylon isn't a coloniser name wtf Ceylon comes from Simhala>Sihela>Zeylan (Portuguese)>Ceylon(British). Its an Anglicisation of Sinhala. Literally. @@bobchill5402
Mahabharata literally refers to Sri Lanka as "Simhala"@@bobchill5402
Sanghamiththa is not the daughter of Lord Buddha. She is the daughter of King Ashoka
One thing brother. I believe that you guys didn't took what minister didn't said as we respect india and your culture so that he cannot offence people. Let me clearly explain what sri lankans knows and they believe.
In the day of meganath born pulasthi rishi is pretending that there identical twins are going to born when mandodarie is getting pregnant. And the day meganath borns there is another birth and pulasthi rishi is naming her as soheli and ravan has to exiled her with sadness in a golden boat to beach area near mithila kingdom with the letter to the king Janak. And that day there is celebration and being unable to announce as ravan's request. Then king Janak is saying that the princess who born for him from the pruthuwi (that means earth) and without proposing his daughter to prince Ram as the promise of his protection he is looking for a first prince to his first daughter who born from earth and her name is sita. This is what written in the inscription of paramuka ravana in namal pokuna temple. So always remember that there is two sides and when ravana see sita and brings back he had to hide and he hide in one of his most comfortable cave palace in ella area and we call it ravana guhawa and it still has beautiful garden and cave pool. Why he is hiding her and giving all the comfort as his daughter due to the rule of srilanka is that anyone can damage someone who had exiled from sri lanka due to issues of horoscope. This is father and daughters love and due to that when ravana is burning sita is running to her farther and trying to get close to him. But lord Ram is misunderstanding this hidden truth and he is telling to walk on fire to show sita's pathipooja. With these anxiety oneday sita(soheli) is going to the jungle with her kids.
Remember that no need to offensive. There is always two sides of story which is you cannot judge. And as Sri Lankans we believe Lord Ravan left his crown and went to yoga meditation with kundalini. Don't worry I know you guys believe he can be awake again. But from sri lankans perspective it is not happening as he already have leave everything that day for nirvana. What sri lankans believe and they strong as thinking of that 'Nothing is permanent' (sayalu dhe anithyaya) and 'we should leave oneday with leaving everything here' (siyalla heradha ya yuthuya). So 'Dushera' will happen many times and years in future india with hate and revenge. But sri lankans are expecting the 'Nirvana' without hating or expecting anyones revenge. We will look for Nirvana but the question is are you guys still want to live with a hate and negativity till you die? You guys can ask from your heart. We love all you guys and respect. Believe that you guys will see the truth and finds nirvana to leave this all stubborn without being framed and crushed in to man made story. Blessings of Lord Shiva 🙏
Bhai, Ravana was born in Bisrakh Jalalpur, Northern part of India, pls keep that in mind aswell while talking abt him.
Excellent discussion
Cannot really get a diplomat say controversial things
Many Srilankans say ravana kidnapped sita because she was his daughter It is even mentioned in adhbuta ramayan by Valmiki
Yes i heard this. But he didn't take sita as his daughter. Before reading all the stufs.
You should know that Ravan was a parashad or sevak of Lord Hari and landed to Earth to perform leela with Hari (Ram). Whole ramayan is well planned.
@@shivamgoswami3628 Thats what i said there are many versions in the story most of us srilankans know abt sita being ravans daughter according to the legends thats why he never hurt sita, Sita was found in a paddy field and king janak adopted her no one knows who the real father is the legend goes that ravana got cursed and had to abandond his daughter ik that ravana was the guard or someone in lord vishnus loka and got cursed to be killed by lord vishnu
5:52 hold
I can confirm that we actually don't learn Ramayan. We learn a bit about Vishnu coz it says that a proclamation was made to say Buddhism would be preserved here so lord Vishnu was requested to protect it. Either way not many would think of it, but then again there are things and places linked to the Ramayan which is commonly known amongst the locals. That's all. Maybe hindus may learn it. Would like to hear from a Sri Lankan Tamil colleague. And this guys was talking about a daughter of lord Buddha who was actually the daughter of Ashokaa 🤦. Maybe it's a small mistake he made
yes i think we didn't learn about ramayanaya in our school or clz or any organization. We have respect on Rama and seetha , actually Lots of people here love more and respect more for king RAVANA bez he is sri lankan KIng and Local hero, people here don't think much of what he did with rama and seetha is it wrong or Right, they only consider he was once our great king .
King Ravana kidnapped Sita for what was done to her sister by Prince Lakshman. Afterwards he started liking Sita but did not cause any harm to her. So he is not considered a villain in our side of the story. He is seen as a powerful and well advanced king in the history of Sri Lanka.
Jai Siya Ram 🙏🏽
If you believe in an ancient epic, do so. Why do you need others to be on the same page as you? In Sri Lanka, the ramayana is viewed as mythology and has no impact on our history or mention in our history books.
Arahath Sangamiththa thero in Buddhist culture came from India and the daughter of Empire Asoka. This has to be corrected.
most of us don't really care about Ravana or Ramayana. it's just some old mythical story.
This giant city is really big.
Whatever the Purana legends are,
they're all in that area.
Isn't that funny?
Let's say that when it was
still a colony of Europe.
But what is the name of each state?
Ravan was biggest devoted to shiv… he sacrificed himself
Unfortunately Malinda Moragoda says that we learn Ramayana in our local schools. Which is not right. Do not understand why a responsible person like this kept this kind of a statement.
By the way Buddhism and Hinduism is somewhat unrepeatable. We worship Buddha as well as Gods.
THESE concepts are more deeper than we looking in surface ❤
And about Rawana for Sri Lankan ppl he's a remarkable king of Sri Lanka.
And it doesn't say that God ram and all the other diaries are below to him.
Rawana himself is a Shiv bakthi ❤ Shiv thandawa is one of his creations that we all worship load Shiv 🙏
At the end of the day what ever the geometrical boundaries are there or the political differences are there we are related to each other ❤
Traditionally and religiously.
Which is more beautiful here ❤
Jai Shree Ram 🙏
Namo Bhudaya 🙏🪔
ravna is just a being in shrilanka, but it does not say anything about people of shrilanka , in india also there were many demens like mahishasura , kansa etc , idea is to take the góod of the ramas character
He’s not answering the question. Podcast isn’t asking his opinion. Truth is Sri Lankans consider Rawana as a powerful King with modern technology
I learnt about it from a film..lol😂
Sanghmitra was not daughter of Buddha but of King Ashoka, maybe he wants to call Sanghamitra Buddha's daughter in sense how she brought n spread Buddhism in Lanka
Personally I feel like Ramayana is a hate spreading story over 2 countries.
Oh gosh this is so limited.. there's a lot more that we believe about Ravana.
And no we did NOT learn the ramayan in school. Only the Hindu religion syllabi taught that.
Pls absorb more intellectuals from Sri Lanka rather than politicians. Thanks.
You get a diplomat and expect straight answers? Hahahah
There are two poems and a thousand Rama kathas. The Lanka of the Ramayana was never Sri Lanka. According to Valmiki the Lanka was 1000 yogana away.
The story came to Sri Lanka with the people brought by the British to work in the plantations. To them Hanuman was their saviour from their tribulations.
Ramayana is not taught in schools. Sangamitta was not the daughter of the Buddha??????
1000 yojanas means 1300+ km or something Ram setu was build in rameshwaram,rameshwaram to anuradhapura (In srilanka)is 1300km many people say the battle was In anuradhapura SL holds many proof for Ramayan and they are Ravana ella,Sita ella,Hanuman footprint in Nuwara eliya,sita cave,Daanigala which people say used to be a Aircraft park in the earlier era some say its the vimana of ravana,Medicinal mountain hanuman brought from india which i cannot remember the name of ravana cave etc....
This politician has no clue !! He thinks lord Buddha had a daughter 😮
It was king Asoka's daughter and son that came to lanka.
Am a sri lankan and till i came to do my uni in Bangalore i had not heard of the Ramayana in any serious text or study
The present day Sri Lanka might be the Adi Lanka since we have Adi Ranganathaswamy (Rama's vamsha/ikshvaku deity) temple in Karnataka.
Present Srirangam in Tamil Nadu is down South compared to Adi Srirangam in Karnataka.Only Vedanta can solve this...
Research should be done on Kumari Kandam (Tamil Continent if Himalayas like mountains present or Tamil Country if it doesn't ) in connection with Adi Srirangam in Karnataka with Indian Sub-Continent.Since most Alwars are Tamil..✨Do Kumari Kandam exists on the Earth..?
ravana allways respected females specially his mother etc. When luxmanan cuts ravanas sisters nose (supernika) can anyone imagine Man cuts or hurt your sister will you be quiet or dome so what ravana gave a lesson to rama to respect females. By kidnapping he showed his power and a teaching to repect all
Ravana in south India is not bad as in north.
sanghamitta is not daughter of buddha.she is the daughter of great emperor ashoka
Ravana and Asuras are from modern day SYRIA. Ravan took Lanka as his kingdom
No one learns Ramayana in schools in Sri Lanka . Only from tv shows we get to see ravana story. It's not part of our culture. This minister is on something. 😂
Bolo Siya var Shri Ram Chandra ki jai 🙏🌸🏹
Geez, when are people going to realize Ramayanaya is a myth, not a real incident?
Did he answer question? 😅
I'm from SL. Asking a basic Qs from Milinda is a joke. He doesn't want to give a proper answer on Indian soil.
Note : We don't study ramayana in school.😅
Ram & Krishna Temples must be built in Sri Lanka & Bangladesh. Hinduissm must florish in Sri Lanka & Bangladesh, so Culture & Trade between India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh will be same & unique.
Sri Lanka🇱🇰 already has Shiva temples & murugan temples.
Sri Lanka🇱🇰 already has Shiva temples & murugan temples.
Unfortunately Rama & Krishna are not popular figures in Sri Lanka as Lankans take them only as mythical Indian stories taught by recent Hindu scholars.But Buddhism was flourished here with the rise of Sinhalese civilization in the island.
no need of rama temples in lanka at all
Finally i understood indian people living in the so much past
He has no idea of what Maha Ravana is in Sri Lanka. The incidents in Ramayana has a seperate perspective from the Lankan end that is completely different from what Valmiki portrayed. Sita is considered the long lost daughter of Maha Ravana named ‘Soheli’ . She was the twin sister to Meghanatha. Lord Ravana is not dark as portrayed in Ramayana and similarly Rama is not as good as portrayed in Ramayana.
Why you dont ask about, king Ashok.... every time you want to know about ramayanaya, As sri lankan it a story... But King Ashok , great king for us.. there is respect to him.