Rattota
Rattota east of Matale is the gateway to the Riverston pass, sometimes called Sri Lanka’s second Horton Plains. The Riverston area is crowded with places which recently became linked to the Ramayana in promotion of the so-called Ramayana Trail. Rattota is home to one of the very few Hindu temples in Sri Lanka dedicated to Lord Rama, whereas most Tamil temples on the island first and foremost honour Shiva or one of his family members. To be more precise: There is another Rama temple in Colombo, built during recent years by the Mumbai based Chinmaya mission, and some small local shrines in the tea plantation areas are dedicated to Lord Rama, too. But the Kovil in Rattota is Sri Lanka’s only bigger Rama temple with a local tradition of Rama worship.