Name: Rumassala Sanctuary
Address: Unawatuna, Sri Lanka, LK

Rumassala Sanctuary is a park, located at Unawatuna, Sri Lanka

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Unawatuna

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Anonymous

18 April 2018

there are many routes to the Roomassala Beach, the one we took was through the roomassala Wild Life Sanctuary which was a bit round about way. there is a shorter much easier route by way of stair way just before you come to the peach pagoda. the beach is a good place to rest and relax and take in the ocean scenery of Sri Lanka. There is also an well that sailors used in ancient times to supply the ships with water at the beach. this well looks like a pond now but there is a sign posted by Sri Lanka Navy to give information about the well.
Anonymous

17 April 2018

Nice place to visit. Expensive boat rides are available. But not worthy. Good place to have a sun bath & sea bath.
Anonymous

19 March 2018

A good place to see some dense trees. way to reach is bit difficult
Anonymous

04 March 2018

Awesome beach. There is a very narrow road to reach the beach. It’s very famous with local and foreign tourists. This place has been started getting polluted with left over material tourist brought.
Anonymous

01 March 2018

Beauty of Sri Lanka
Anonymous

21 February 2018

Must visit place

some facts

To return to Unawatuna – in quite a strange manner, there are several ‘falls’ associated with the area around Unawatuna.

The hillock of Rumassala figures prominently in a mythical ‘fall’. The core theme of the Indian epic Ramayana is a mythical encounter between Rama and Ravana. When Rama’s brother Lakshman was near-fatally wounded in battle, there was only scant hope about his life. The Prince’s life could be saved only if certain herbs could be fetched from the Himalayas. Speed was of high essence. Hanuman the Monkey God undertook the mission. At the site, he forgot the names of the herbs.

He broke of the chunk of one mountain, where the herbs occurred. When the chief physician extracted the essential herbs, Hanuman threw away the chunk of the mountain. It fell to the ground and came to be named Rumassala. Ru-mas-sala, could be translated as ‘Beautiful Rock’. Incidentally, its present name ‘Buona Vista’, seems an echo of the original meaning, since ‘Buona Vista’ implies, ‘Beautiful Sight’.

There is yet another ‘fall’ associated with this region. As Pradeepa indicated, in a far off age, a meteorite from outer space would have fallen in this area. Sir Arthur C. Clarke has stated that, spot in this region does not come within the magnetic field that envelops the whole earth.

Mystery
In consequence, Sir Arthur explains, that, Exhausted geo-stationary satellites end up high above this place around Unawatuna, and keep on milling round and round.

It is interesting to note in this context, that, when Arthur C. Clarke came to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), way back in 1956, he made Unawatuna his first home. The mystery associated with the Rumassala area, may, in all probability, have intrigued him. When we were children, the elderly folk told us stores about the mystery of Unawatuna and Rumassala.

There are fruit groves in Rumassala which, only those travellers who genuinely lose their way, would come upon. Among precious herbs, in the Rumassala region, recording to folk-lore, is ‘kalu-nika’, a medical plant with life-giving properties.

Ganga Pradeepa dwells extensively on the Peace Pagoda . This sacred edifice, gives a totally new significance to ancient Rumassala, converting the whole rock into a monument for harmony and peaceful co-existence.

There are other places of high significance, a visitor to Rumassala should not miss.
Anonymous

16 January 2018

Awesome beach.. clean water and no rough waves. Enjoyed alot
Anonymous

20 December 2017

Its a paradise.
Anonymous

13 December 2017

Best place to hiking
Anonymous

09 December 2017

Very nice place for visiting
Anonymous

05 December 2017

The place is beautiful
But its a narrow road. Not many places where u can park by the side of the road. Its a narrow footpath for the beach. Should watch your step. And it's a small hill down. The real challenge is When your climbing back up. You should carry all the necessary things because the walk back to your vehicle or a boutique is not close. 💯 nature
Anonymous

26 October 2017

Wonderful place.. but local people are destroying it ,putting garbage everywhere.. Gets Very hot at the noon..
Anonymous

06 September 2017

Really nice view by the ocean.
Anonymous

18 July 2017

Go for It Perfect beach in down South 💕💕
Anonymous

09 July 2017

Nice place to hangout/ good beach/ cocktails/ nice view up from the temple
Anonymous

06 July 2017

Beautiful gift from nature . Must visit place in sri lanka
Anonymous

26 April 2017

A valuable place for Sri Lanka. But some people are can't understand it.
Anonymous

08 April 2017

So natural Sea of unavatuna & jungle beach as well so much for fun
Anonymous

24 March 2017

A place with a historical value. Jungle has lots of herbal plants in it. It is said that these plants are similar to the herbal plants in Himalaya mountain, India. And you can see very beautiful sceneries of the Galle City and its beaches. A place you should visit.
Anonymous

20 February 2017

Excellent place to spent leisure time & take a sea bath. Very beautiful environment.
Anonymous

09 December 2016

Small stretch of beach hidden away in the sanctuary. Less crowded than Unawwatuna