Unawatuna is a coastal town in the Galle district of Sri Lanka. Unawatuna is situated at an elevation of 5 meters above sea level. The average annual temperature in Unawatuna is 26.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1557 mm. Unawatuna is a major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka and known for its beach and corals. With palm-lined beaches, turquoise waters and a good selection of guesthouses and restaurants, Unawatuna is very popular with travellers. Unawatuna too is fringed by lush groves of coconut palm trees. Unawatuna traces its roots to the great epic Ramayana. In the epic, the monkey-warrior Hanuman was sent back to India to fetch the four medicinal herbs by Jambavan namely, mritasanjeevani, vishalyakarani, suvarnakarani, and sandhani from the Himalayas in order to heal Lakshman who was wounded trying to save the abducted Princess Sita from the demon king Ravana. Hanuman failed to identify these herbs, so he lifted the entire mountain and carried it to the battlefield to try to save Lakshman, but in the process, a chunk of it “fell-down” in the location of the present-day Unawatuna, the name of the village derives from “Una-watuna” meaning “fell down
