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The temple tank is located outside the temple. The sanctum is built with granite, which houses the image of Murugan in the form of Kandaswamy in standing posture. The sanctum faces East and the image of the presiding deity is 7 ft (2.1 m) tall.
The area covered by the temple is about eight acres. [5] The temple tank is 'Saravana Poigai' and the Sthala Viruksham (tree) is Magizham tree. According to the stone inscriptions [5] in the temple, the moolavar vigraham (main idol) of Murugan in this temple was discovered [7] and brought from a tank bund near Thiru porur Shri Kandha Swāmi ...
House of temple car, where temple car preserves or rests during non-function. The Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Tamil: நல்லூர் கந்தசுவாமி கோவில், romanized: Nallūr kantacuvāmi kōvil Sinhala: නල්ලුරුව ස්කන්ධ කුමාර කෝවිල, romanized: nalluruva skandha kumāra kōvila) is a Hindu temple, located in Nallur ...
Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus. [1] [2] Nallur is also famous for being the historical capital of the old Jaffna Kingdom and birthplace of renowned philosopher and theologian, Arumuka Navalar. [3] [4]
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]
The Nallur Kandaswamy temple, located in Jaffna, was originally founded in 948 AD. It gained fame in the 13th century when it was rebuilt by Puvaneka Vaahu, a minister of the Jaffna King Kalinga Maha. The temple underwent a third reconstruction by Senpaha Perumal (also known as Sapumal Kumaraya), the adopted son of
The Sri Kandaswamy Kovil (Malay: Kuil Sri Kandaswamy) is a Hindu temple located along Jalan Scott, Brickfields in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The temple is over a century old. It is one of the most prominent Sri Lankan Tamil or Ceylonese Tamil temples in Malaysia.
Kanthaswamy Temple in Cheyyur, in Chengalpattu district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Murugan. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture , the temple was constructed during the Cholas during the 10th century.