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Keerimalai [1] (Tamil: கீரிமலை kīrimalai) is a town in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. Naguleswaram temple is located in this suburb. The mineral water spring called Keerimalai Springs here is reputed for its curative properties. In Tamil, Keerimalai means "mongoose-hill"; see Naguleswaram temple. Keerimalai is situated 25 km north ...
Kirti Sri Rajasinha (Sinhala: කීර්ති ශ්රී රාජසිංහ, Tamil: கீர்த்தி ஸ்ரீ ராஜசிங்கம்; 1734 – 2 January 1782) was the second Nayaka king of Kandy.
The position of Jaffna kingdom with respect to other regional powers circa 1520s. The Kotte conquest of the Jaffna kingdom was led by king Parakramabahu VI's adopted son, Prince Sapumal. This battle took place in many stages. Firstly, the tributaries to the Jaffna kingdom in the Vanni area, namely the Vanniar chieftains of the Vannimai were ...
Naguleswaram temple of Kankesanthurai was restored during the reign of Prince Vijaya of Vanga (543-505 BCE). One of the oldest shrines of the region, it is the northernmost shrine on the island of the Pancha Ishwarams of Lord Siva, venerated by Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus around the world from classical antiquity. [3]
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. [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]
Pandyan tribute paying territories circa 1250, includes what ultimately became the Jaffna kingdom in Sri Lanka. After the conquest of Rajarata, he moved the capital to the Jaffna peninsula which was more secured by heavy Vanni forest and ruled as a tribute-paying subordinate of the Chola empire of Tanjavur, in modern Tamil Nadu, India. [2]
Jaffna International Airport (IATA: JAF, ICAO: VCCJ) is an air force base and international airport in Palaly in northern Sri Lanka near Kankesanthurai. [27] [28] Located approximately 16 km (9.9 miles) north of the city of Jaffna, the airport is also known as Palaly Airport and SLAF Palaly.
Yamuna lake) is an ancient pond situated in Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. In 1948, it was listed as one of the protected archaeological monuments in the Jaffna District by the Sri Lankan government. [1] One of the ruins of the Jaffna kingdom, Yamuna Eri is located near the Mantri Manai palace and the Cankilian Thoppu arch.