The Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Tamil: நல்லூர் கந்தசுவாமி கோவில், romanized: Nallūr kantacuvāmi kōvil Sinhala: නල්ලුරුව ස්කන්ධ කුමාර කෝවිල, romanized: nalluruva...
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The temple architecture is inspired by the Nallur Kandaswamy temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is reputed to be one of the most orthodox temples in Malaysia...
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Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus. Nallur is also famous for being...
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Thiruporur Kandaswamy temple (or Thiruporur Murugan temple or Kanthaswamy temple) in Thiruporur, a panchayat town in Chengalpattu district in the South...
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to the demolition, looting and repurposing of many Hindu temples. The Nallur Kandaswamy temple, located in Jaffna, was originally founded in 948 AD. It...
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Jaffna (category Nallur DS Division)
library that are notable. Almost all Hindu temples in Jaffna including the socially important Nallur Kandaswamy temple were reconstructed during the Dutch and...
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renovating the Nallur Kandaswamy temple. Singai Pararasasegaram is credited with building the Sattanathar temple, the Vaikuntha Pillaiyar temple and the Veerakaliamman...
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popular Murugan temples like the Nallur Kandaswamy temple, the Thirukkovil Temple, the Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple, the Kataragama temple, and the Kilinochchi...
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Hinduism in Sri Lanka (section Temples)
Koneswaram Temple Front entrance of Nallur Kandaswamy temple Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple Thirukkovil Sithira Velayutha Swami Temple, in Ampara...
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Sivan Temple, Arali North Naguleswaram Temple, Keerimalai Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple, Nainativu Nallur Kandaswamy temple, Nallur Nallur Sivan...
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Thileepan began a hunger strike on 15 September 1987 in front of Nallur Kandaswamy Temple. Thileepan gave speeches which were broadcast on Nidharshanam,...
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described as a temple servant and leather worker, who supplied straps for drums and gut-string for stringed instruments used in the Chidambaram temple, but he...
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with numerous temples existing throughout the island including Kataragama temple, Nallur Kandaswamy temple and Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple. Amongst the...
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Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. He lived in the Jaffna peninsula near Nallur Kandaswamy temple. His guru was Kadaitswami. He followed the Shaivism sect (Shaiva...
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several temples with historic importance such as those at Ketheeswaram, Koneswaram, Naguleswaram, Munneswaram, Tondeswaram, and Nallur Kandaswamy. Kataragama...
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paid homage at Koneswaram during his pilgrimage from Jaffna's Nallur Kandaswamy temple to Kadirkamam. At Koneswaram, he offered a garland of Thiruppugazh...
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Dravidian architecture (redirect from South Indian Temple Architecture)
Naguleswaram Temple Nallur Kandaswamy temple front entrance Raja Gopuram of Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple. Architecture portal Hindu temples – South...
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Ruins of the Jaffna kingdom (category Nallur DS Division)
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...
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Centre and, in January 1998, detonated a truck bomb in Kandy, damaging the Temple of the Tooth, one of the holiest Buddhist shrines in the world. In response...
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road by the cookoo bird from Devi Nuwara ("City of Gods") in the south to Nallur ("Beautiful City") in the North of Sri Lanka. Beloved Kokila, wing the way...
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Prabhakaran shot and killed the Mayor when he was visiting the Krishnan temple at Ponnalai. The LTTE was founded on 5 May 1976 as the successor to the...
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of 7, he gave his first public concert during a festival at the Nallur Kandaswamy temple in Jaffna. Apart from singing and playing the violin, he pursued...
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Nayak. The first revolt led by a Karaiyar chieftain who was defeated near Nallur by Phillippe de Oliveira and his army. The second revolt against them was...
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Prabhakaran as he and his wife Mathivathani were praying at the Nallur Kandaswamy temple in Jaffna. Charles was sent back to Colombo in January 1991 to...
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temples includes the Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple in Kankesanturai, the Nallur Kandaswamy temple in Jaffna, the Pancha Ishwaram Koneswaram temple in...
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are found in temple walls, the most notable examples are the murals on the Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam and the Brihadeeswarar temple at Thanjavur...
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site of the Nallur Kandaswamy Temple before it was destroyed by the Portuguese. Part of the original Shivalingam of the Nallur Kandaswamy Temple was located...
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Marca Geronis (Saxon Eastern March). The Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of the most significant Hindu temples in the Jaffna District (modern Sri Lanka)...
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December 2011 at Krishna Gana Sabha) 2011 "Amuthagaanavani" title Nallur Kandaswamy Temple Maha Sannidhanam, Sri Lanka (presented during Diamond Jubilee Celebrations...
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