Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple

Coordinates: 09°48′04.00″N 80°02′06.20″E / 9.8011111°N 80.0350556°E / 9.8011111; 80.0350556
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Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple
மாவிட்டபுரம் கந்தசாமி கோவில்
Murugan
Location
LocationMaviddapuram
StateNorthern Province
CountrySri Lanka
Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple is located in Northern Province
Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple
Location within Northern Province
Geographic coordinates09°48′04.00″N 80°02′06.20″E / 9.8011111°N 80.0350556°E / 9.8011111; 80.0350556

Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple (Tamil: மாவிட்டபுரம் கந்தசாமி கோவில்) is a Hindu temple in Maviddapuram in northern Sri Lanka.

History

According to legend Maviddapuram has had a Hindu shrine for 5,000 years.

Murugan (Skanda).[3][4][5] The King of Madurai sent sculptors, artists, building material, granite, statues, gold, silver etc. to assist with the renovation.[3] 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]

Only "high" caste Hindus had been allowed to worship in the temple.

Supreme Court.[13] This act, which had been brought in as a private member's bill by ITAK in 1957, made the denial of entry into a place of worship on grounds of caste an offence.[12][13]

During the early 1990s the northern part of the Valikamam region were declared a High Security Zone (HSZ) and all the residents expelled.[14][15] The temple was inside the HSZ and as a result its priests were evicted by the military.[8][16] The temple's structure was bombed and its contents looted.[8] Following the end of the civil war the military relaxed some restrictions on entering the HSZ, allowing priests and worshipers to return to the temple.[8] The temple's 108 foot gopuram has been re-built but much of the 17th century temple was destroyed during the civil war.[8]

The temple was declared an

archaeological protected monument in December 2011.[17]

Notes

  1. Pandyan.[2]
  2. ^ Also Maruthapuraveegavalli, Marutappiravikavalli.

References

  1. ^ a b Dissanayake, Daya (30 November 2011). "Temple carvings in Jaffna". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  2. ^ The Rough Guide to Sri Lanka. Rough Guides.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Yatawara, Dhaneshi Yatawara (17 August 2008). "Festival of devotional splendour". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka).
  4. ^ a b c d Wijesinghe, W. A. M. (28 November 2010). "The rich colours of Hinduism". The Nation (Sri Lanka).
  5. ^
    ISBN 90-279-7959-6
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  6. ^ Yatawara, Dhaneshi (1 September 2013). "Surge of devotion reverberates the North". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Kovil". Time Out.
  8. ^ a b c d e Karafin, Amy (15 March 2013). "Sri Lanka, as It Heals From War". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Welhengama, Gnanapala; Pillay, Nirmala (2014). The Rise of Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka: From Communalism to Secession. Routledge. p. 211.
  10. ISBN 978-0-415-85486-3
    .
  11. ^ Jayaweera, Neville (23 January 2011). "Without 1956 and 1983 as triggers – would the Tamil uprising have occurred anyway?". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  12. ^ a b Hoole, Ratnajeevan (14 July 2013). "Jaffna's Upcoming Elections: Caste Ramifications". The Sunday Leader.
  13. ^ a b Jayaweera, Neville (16 November 2008). "The wretched of the earth". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  14. ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (18 January 2003). "High-stakes zones". Frontline. 20 (2).
  15. ^ "Asia Report No. 220 - Sri Lanka's North II: Rebuilding under the Military" (PDF). International Crisis Group. 16 March 2012. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2013.
  16. ^ Jansz, Frederica (5 January 2003). "HSZs rock peace process". The Sunday Leader.
  17. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1739: 1093. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

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