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The start of the 'Golden Period' in the history of Nallur Temple is recorded as post-1890, soon after the taking over the temple administration by Arumuga Maapaana Mudaliyar, the 7th Custodian. The first Bell tower was erected by him in 1899 and he made many improvements to the temple including the main Sanctum, renovating it using granite to ...
Nallur (Tamil: நல்லூர்; Sinhala: නල්ලූර්) is an affluent suburb in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. [1] Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus.
In 1820 Knight bought a mission house in Nallur to conduct regular services. [2] An old, dilapidated Dutch church next to the mission house was handed over to the mission by the government in 1823. [2] This church was the site of the Nallur Kandaswamy Temple before it was destroyed by the Portuguese.
Varadharaja Perumal Temple is a 500 year old vaishnavite temple at Nallur neighbourhood in Tiruvannamalai of Tamil Nadu state in India. [1] The presiding deity in this temple is Sundara Varadharaja Perumal and goddess is Sundaravalli Thaayaar. [2] Garudaallhvar is at the feet of the main deity in worshipping posture. [3]
The temple's statue of Kankesan (Murugan) was brought via the port of Gayathurai which was later renamed Kankesanthurai. [6] [7] The name Maviddapuram is derived from ma (horse), vidda (removed) and puram (holy city). [3] The temple was destroyed and rebuilt several times. [1] The present day temple dates from the 17th century. [8]
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The lingam in the temple is believed to change colours five times during the day. It takes the colour of copper from 6:00–8:24, light red from 8:25–10:48, molten gold from 10:49–15:12, unknown colour from 13:13–15:36, and emerald green from 15:37–18:00.
Advancing forces faced another ferocious defensive attack between the Nallur Kandaswamy temple and the Nallur Weerakaliyamman temple. Prince Ethirimana Cinkam was wounded and was about to be executed by the invading forces, but was saved by a captain, Simão Pinhão. [3] The Portuguese army captured the king when he tried to escape into a temple.