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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 ...
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
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The Kaikalas form a very important part of the Thathayagunta Gangamma Jatara, the annual folk festival held at Tirupati. The presiding deity of the Srikalahasteeswara temple at Srikalahasti Gnana Prasunambika Devi was born in Vellathurar Gotra of Senguntha Kaikola Mudaliar caste. It is customary for the bride to bring home the dowry and submit ...
The old Nallur Kandaswamy temple functioned as a defensive fort with high walls. In general, the palace and the city was laid out like the traditional temple towns in ...
Jaffna is known in Tamil as Yalpanam and earlier known as Yalpanapattinam.A 15th-century inscription of the Vijayanagara Empire mentions the place as Yalpaanayanpaddinam. [citation needed] The name also occurs on copper plates issued by Sethupathi kings of the same era. [4]