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CITY OF GEMS - RATNAPURA..............
From Colombo you drive 101 Kilo meters through every shade and tone of rich green and yellow green of rubber plantations, paddy fields and tea estates to reach Ratnapura - the city of Gems.
Ratnapura is the most famous gem -mining locality in Srilanka.At the National Museum, Gemmological Museum, the Ratnapura Gem Bureau and Museum or in many other Gem work shops in Ratnapura, one can get the rate opportunity to see a variety of precious stones such as rubies,sapphires,cat's eyes,alexandrites,aquamarines, tourmalines, spinels,topaz,garnets,amethyst,zircons etc.and also the traditional ways of cutting and poslishing gem stones.
Throughout history, Sri lanka has been known as a land of gems.King soloman was said to have procured a great ruby for the Queen of sheba from Ceylon (Sri Lanka former name). Marco polo (1293 AD) wrote about the ruby that once graced the Ruwanweliseya Dagoba at Anuradhapura.....''a flawless ruby a span long and quite as thick as a man's arm.
The 400 carat blue sapphire called ''Blue Belle" which adorns the British Crown is From Sri Lanka. The Beautiful star sapphire misnamed the "Star of India" (on permanent display in the Museum of Natural History in New York) is another Sri Lankan treasure. Ratnapura is situated at the foot of the 2243 meter high Adam's Peak. All four major religions claim Adam's Peak as a holy mountain. Buddhist call the mountain Siri Pada (the scared footprint) and believe the Lord Buddha has visited this mountain and set his sacred footprint. Hindus say it is lord Shiva's and Muslim's belive that is the palace where Adam first set foot on earth. Catholics say it is of St. Thoma's the Christian apostle who preached in South India The pilgrimage season is from December to April.
see more:- http://directlink.lk/ratnapura.html
From Colombo you drive 101 Kilo meters through every shade and tone of rich green and yellow green of rubber plantations, paddy fields and tea estates to reach Ratnapura - the city of Gems.
Ratnapura is the most famous gem -mining locality in Srilanka.At the National Museum, Gemmological Museum, the Ratnapura Gem Bureau and Museum or in many other Gem work shops in Ratnapura, one can get the rate opportunity to see a variety of precious stones such as rubies,sapphires,cat's eyes,alexandrites,aquamarines, tourmalines, spinels,topaz,garnets,amethyst,zircons etc.and also the traditional ways of cutting and poslishing gem stones.
Throughout history, Sri lanka has been known as a land of gems.King soloman was said to have procured a great ruby for the Queen of sheba from Ceylon (Sri Lanka former name). Marco polo (1293 AD) wrote about the ruby that once graced the Ruwanweliseya Dagoba at Anuradhapura.....''a flawless ruby a span long and quite as thick as a man's arm.
The 400 carat blue sapphire called ''Blue Belle" which adorns the British Crown is From Sri Lanka. The Beautiful star sapphire misnamed the "Star of India" (on permanent display in the Museum of Natural History in New York) is another Sri Lankan treasure. Ratnapura is situated at the foot of the 2243 meter high Adam's Peak. All four major religions claim Adam's Peak as a holy mountain. Buddhist call the mountain Siri Pada (the scared footprint) and believe the Lord Buddha has visited this mountain and set his sacred footprint. Hindus say it is lord Shiva's and Muslim's belive that is the palace where Adam first set foot on earth. Catholics say it is of St. Thoma's the Christian apostle who preached in South India The pilgrimage season is from December to April.
see more:- http://directlink.lk/ratnapura.html
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