Sri Bhakta Hanuman Hindu Temple
16 October 2013
The five school-going girls of our Sunset Villa home had a school holiday, and begged for us to take them on a "trip". So, we made a two-hour journey by bus to Sri Bhakta Hanuman Temple near Ramboda. It's one of their favourite places, and they enjoyed a wonderful and inspiring day.
Our Day
We departed our Sunset Villa home at 7:30 in the morning for the bus-ride into Kandy town. From there, we boarded a bus to Ramboda, arriving at the foot of the temple mountain two hours later. A short walk up the mountainside lane and we were at the beautiful temple grounds. We made a brief visit to the temple during last year's Nuwara Eliya trip and have since been anxious to return and spend more time. The temple is situated in a mystic and remarkably scenic, inspiring location. It has been a temple site from ancient times, and legend is that the Hindu god Hanuman chose this place to meditate during his legendary sojourns in Sri Lanka, -an important part of Sri Lankan historical lore. We were accompanied by our dear Matron, as well as Matron's visiting father, our "grandfather", -a lovely man whose presence made our day that much more memorable.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Tony and Pam Barella from the UK for providing a memorable day for our Sunset Villa children, and to Priyalini's sponsors
Tony and Susannah Sherwin (UK) as well. And thanks to Grandfather for accompanying us and providing such a lovely element to our
day! :-)