Is Ceylon the Lanka mentioned in Ramayana?

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> > It would not be the first time that what was supposed to be a holy spot

> > turned out not to be the actual place.

> >

> > For how many centuries did people consider Navadvip to be the actual

> > appearance place of Lord Caitanya until Bhaktivinode Thakura found the

> > real place? That really upset a lot of people didn't it? How many

> > pastimes had to now be shifted from Navadvip to the Yogapitha? Isn't it

> > true that there are still some in Navadvip who insist that Lord Caitanya

> > appeared there and not the Yogapitha.

>

> I think this is a very valid point. I remember when Yasodanandan

> Swami came back to see Srila Prabhupada in Vrindavana in 1976. He brought

> photos of Ahovalam and many other Nrisimhadeva temples, including the

> place celebrated as the actual spot where the Lord killed Hiranyakasipu.

> Yasodanandan suggested that BTG base an article on his photos. However, a

> doubt was raised that since Hiranyakasipu was occupying the throne of

> Indra in the heavenly planets when he was liberated, how could that spot

> be present on this planet? On this basis Srila Prabhupada said not to do

> the article.

 

I have also have heard this exchange as recorded in the tape archives.

 

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> I have heard since then that those tirthas are commemorative but not

> the actual pastime sites. So a similar thing might be the case with the

> places in Sri Lanka.

>

> Of course, Lord Rama's pastimes are said to have taken place on this

> planet and current Sri Lanka and old Lanka do lie off the coast of S.

> India, so there is a good likelihood that the sites on Sri Lanka have an

> actual connection.

 

There is also that the statement that tirthas like Sri Vrndavana Dhama and

Sri Mayapura Dham are identical though over 1000 (material) miles apart.

That all the places of pastime of Lord Krsna, indeed of almost, if not every

Avatara, can also be found in Mayapura Dhama. For example Nrsimhapalli in

Mayapura is supposed to be identical to the actual pastime place of Lord

Nrsmhadeva.

 

So we have to remember that we are not dealing with material but rather

spiritual transcendental pastimes. So if all the tirthas can be mapped to

Sri Mayapura Dham, then it is also possible that all the tirthas of the

original Lanka (if we postulate that the present Ceylon is not the original

place because it is much too near India 20 miles versus 800 miles) could

have been mapped into Ceylon and have exactly the same potency since they

are considered identical.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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> Your humble servant,

> Hari-sauri dasa