Symposium on: the Tourist Authorities’ “Ramayana Trail”

The Symposium on: the Tourist Authorities’ “Ramayana Trail” was successfully completed on July 17, 2010 at the Mahaweli Centre with over 150 participants.

The presentations and abstracts are available for download.

Presenter Abstract Presentation
English Sinhala
Introduction – Dr. Susantha Gunathilake Dowanload Download Download
Mr. Gaston Perera: Tourist Authorities’ “Ramayana trail” described Download Download Download
Ven Hegoda Vipassi: My travails in refuting the Ramayana Trail Download Download Download
Prof. Tissa Kariyawasam: Ramayana in Sinhalese literature Download
Dr. Nimal Perera: The factual pre-history of Sri Lanka Download Download
Dr. Malini Dias: Distortions of archaeological evidence Download Download Download
Mr. Dhanesh Wisumperuma: Misinterpretation of natural sciences Download Download Download
Dr. Hema Goonatilake: Marketing Thailand and South East Asia for
a mythical Ramayana instead of historical Buddhist sites
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Prof. Oliver Abeynaike: Indian Tourist Authorities’ “Buddhist
Circuit” but no Indian “Ramayana Circuit”
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Ambassador Bandu de Silva: Foreign policy implications of the
“Ramayana Trail”
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