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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 ...
The third temple was destroyed in 1624 AD by the Portuguese, who built several churches over its ruins. The site of the original temple is now occupied by St. James Church, Nallur. Although part of the original temple's Sivalingam survived, it was destroyed during the Sri Lankan civil war and only the platform on which it was mounted remains.
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.
Sri Gnanavairavar Perumal Temple, Thirunelveli North, Nallur; Sri Gnaneswarar Temple, Kondavil East, Nallur; Sri Gana Vyravar Temple, Nainativu; Sri Kailasanathar Temple, Nallur; Sri Kamalambikaisametha Kailasasamy Temple, Nallur; Sri Kathiramalai Sivan Temple, Chunnakam; Sri Mahaa Ganapathi Pillaiyaar Temple, Sithankerney, Valikamam West
There has been an age long demand from various organizations as well as from civil society for change of the Name from Orissa to Odisha and Oriya to Odia; Odisha Cabinet for the 1st time resolved a proposal in this regard in June 2008. The move was passed in the Odisha Assembly on 28 August 2008.
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.
An urban centre with more than 12,000 and less than 40,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat. Odisha has 113 NACs. In runup to 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Odisha govt announced creation of 56 new NACs and 6 NACs were upgraded to Municipalities. The new NACs have been created taking into account the public demand ...
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.