Sri Lanka Crisis: The memory of ‘Lord Shri Ram’ came to Sri Lanka in trouble, senior officials met the Indian High Commissioner, told what will they do with these 52 places?

Sri Lanka Crisis: Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed tourism envoy and cricket player Sanath Jayasuriya on Tuesday said his country will focus on promoting travel to Ramayana-related sites for Indian tourists. This island nation, going through a severe economic crisis, wants to focus on promoting tourism for economic recovery. Former Sri Lankan cricket captain Jayasuriya met India’s High Commissioner Gopal Baglay in Colombo on Monday. The Indian High Commission tweeted, ‘Newly appointed Tourism Brand Ambassador of Sri Lanka, Cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya called on the High Commissioner today. The meeting focused on strengthening ties between the people of India and Sri Lanka and promoting tourism as a vehicle for economic recovery.

Responding to the tweet, Jayasuriya on Tuesday said thanked Baglay for agreeing to the meeting. “We will focus on promoting travel to places related to Ramayana for Indian tourists,” he tweeted. There are 52 sites related to Ramayana in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is currently facing a severe economic crisis, due to which tourism has also come to a standstill. In the month of May this year, India has contributed the most to Sri Lanka’s tourism sector. 5562 tourists have arrived here. After this, Britain is in second place, where 3723 people went to visit Sri Lanka. An agreement was signed in the year 2008 for the exchange of heritage related to cultural and religious beliefs between India and Sri Lanka.

Ravana’s Cave in Sri Lanka

A research was done in the year 2017, in which 50 places were claimed to be related to Ramayana. In the same research it was also said that the dead body of Ravana is inside this cave built on the hill. It was said that there is a rock-like hill in the Ragala forests of Sri Lanka. The cave is inside this hill and the dead body of Ravana is kept safe here even today. This research was done jointly by Sri Lanka’s Ramayana Research Center and the Department of Tourism. Research claimed that Ravana used to go to this cave and do penance. It is said that this cave has been built in Ragla at an altitude of eight thousand feet, where the dead body of Ravana is.

Supported India in front of China

Sri Lanka was waiting for help from China at the time of economic crisis, the same China did not help it. At the same time, India extended the support of Sri Lanka. This is the reason why when China was sending its spy ship to Sri Lanka, after India objected to it, Sri Lanka asked China to postpone the voyage of this ship. Due to which China was furious. The Chinese embassy here has called for an immediate meeting with Sri Lankan officials after Sri Lanka asked to postpone the scheduled visit of a high-tech Chinese research ship to the strategic Hambantota port. The Chinese research ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ was to stop at Hambantota port from 11 to 17 August.

was approved last month

Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry told the Chinese embassy in Colombo on August 5, “The ministry would like to request that the arrival of the ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ at Hambantota port be postponed until further consultations on the matter.” Sources said here that the Chinese embassy in Colombo after receiving such a message from the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry demanded an immediate meeting with the higher officials of Sri Lanka to discuss the issue. But the President’s Office denied the media reports about the meeting. Amidst the political turmoil in Sri Lanka, on July 12, the then government had approved the halt of the Chinese ship at the Hambantota port. China is a major lender to Sri Lanka with investments in infrastructure. India, on the other hand, has been Sri Lanka’s lifeline in the current economic crisis.

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