Friday, January 25, 2013

Rathnapura, The city of Gems


Rateunapura 101km Southeast of Colombo is located in the beautiful path will pass through paddy fields, rubber plantations, tea estates.
Throughout history, Sri Lanka is known as the land of jewels. King Solomon to the Queen of Sheba from Ceylon (Sri Lanka's former name) has acquired a large ruby. Marco Polo (1293 AD) once graced Ruby wrote about Ruwanweliseya Dagoba in Anuradhapura ... "Period perfect ruby long a person's fist," as quickly as the thickness.

Sri Lanka, the British crown and the New York Museum of Natural History Exhibition 'Stars of India' adorns 'Blue Bell', the world's largest blue sapphires, are producing.

You also visit the museum or jewelry workshop, one of amethyst ruby, sapphire, cat's eye, alexandrites, aquamarine, tourmaline, spinels, topaz, garnet, zircons of jewelry, including a wide variety of reports will provide you the opportunity to one of the gemstone mines can visit.
In the heavenly Temple

The rateunapura is located at the foot of Adam's Peak, 2,243 meters high. All four major religions claim Adam's Peak as a holy mountain. His holy footprints and think you can set the Buddhists call the mountain Sri Pada (divinity area) or Samanalakande (Butterfly Mountain) and the Lord Buddha had visited the mountain. Of Hinduism is where you set foot in the land of Lord Shiva and Islam, Adam is the first heaven, that he was kicked out, and then I'd assume. Catholic St. Thomas' propagate Christianity in India, Korea, the apostle says is

The Gilimale and Carney Realty rateunapura to Adam's Peak 'basic' hard path is the point of reporting the pilgrimage season in December Poya (full moon), and April runs until the start of the southwest monsoon. It has been a pilgrimage center in 1000. King Nissanka Malla king Parakramabahu in Polonnaruwa 'resting places' for weary pilgrims along the path ambalamas or mountain. Other popular Dickoya close to Dalhousie (pronounced 'Del House') is to use the path. Different routes to Adam's Peak.

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