Cave · Ella · Hill Country
The Cave in the Ravana Legend
Ravana Cave — 5 km from Ella
LOOKING OUT FROM INSIDEPhoto by Alexey Komarov on Wikimedia CommonsIn the Ramayana story told locally, this is where King Ravana hid the princess Sita.
A small cave in the hillside above the Ravana Ella temple, about two kilometres from Ella town, reached by a climb of roughly 650 stone steps. Excavations here found evidence of human habitation dating to about 25,000 years ago.
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6.8644° N, 81.0485° ECarto · OSM
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