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Koneswaram Temple

Koneswaram Temple of Trincomalee (Tamil: திருக்கோணேச்சரம் கோயில்) or Thirukonamalai Konesar Temple – The Temple of the Thousand Pillars and Dakshina-Then Kailasam (Southern / Ancient Kailash) is a classical-medieval Hindu temple complex in Trincomalee, a Hindu religious pilgrimage centre in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The most sacred of the Pancha…

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Location
Swami Rock (Kōṇāmalai), Trincomalee
Affiliation
Hinduism
Completed
Earliest records from the 6th century BCE, restored 1952
Country
Sri Lanka
Deity
Konanātha Swami, Māthumai
District
Trincomalee District

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related to Jaffna kingdom (1215–1620 CE) · 94
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related to Restoration in Anuradhapura kingdom, 377 BCE–600 CE · 85
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related to Tenth-twelfth century Chola empire · 55
Koneswaram Temple → An, Ayyavolu, CE, CE Tamil, Chola, Chola King Ilankeshvarar Devar, Chola Vatteluttu, Chola's, Choleeswaram, Construction, Eastern Ganga, Far East, Five Hundred Lords, Grantha, Hindu, Kailash, Kalinga, Kantalai, King Chodaganga Deva, King Gajabahu II
related to Festivals · 48
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related to Origins and date of establishment · 45
Koneswaram Temple → Archaeologists, BCE, Chilaw, Construction, Contemporary, Couto, Diogo, Encyclopedia Americana, Gokarnasvamin, Hindu, India, Indian, Ishvara, Iswarams, Kalinga, Kaviraja Varothiyan's Tamil, Keerimalai, Konesar Kalvettu, Koneswaram, Kuveni
related to Sixth-seventh century CE hymn, Pallava kingdom · 44
Koneswaram Temple → Along, Batticaloa, CE, Chidambaram, Dravidian, During, Eela Nādu, Grantha, In, Jaffna, Kachiyappa Sivachariar, Kanchipuram, Kanda Puranam, Ketheeswaram, King Simhavishnu, Koddiyapuram, Kona-ma-malai, Koneswaram, Mannar, Mount Kailash
related to Hindu and Buddhist conflicts over the temple · 29
Koneswaram Temple → Anuradhapura, Buddhist, Buddhist Viharas, Buddhists, Codaganga, Codaganga Deva, Gokanna Vihara, Gokarna, Grantha Tamil, Great Britain, Hindu, Hindu Tamils, It, King Mahasena, Koneswaram, Mahasena, Mahavamsa, Mahayanist, Pagodas, Sanskrit
related to External links · 5
Koneswaram Temple → HistoryDiscovery, Koneswaram, Legend, Ravana's, Rock
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Koneswaram Temple → Hinduism
Completed · 1
Koneswaram Temple → Earliest records from the 6th century BCE, restored 1952

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temple koneswaram tamil shiva trincomalee shrine konesar king hindu rock island one chola sea century swami three ce temples complex

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Koneswaram TempleAffiliationHinduism1.00infobox
Koneswaram TempleCompletedEarliest records from the 6th century BCE, restored 19521.00infobox
Koneswaram TempleCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Koneswaram TempleCountrySri Lanka1.00infobox
Koneswaram TempleDeityKonanātha Swami, Māthumai1.00infobox
Koneswaram TempleDistrictTrincomalee District1.00infobox
Koneswaram TempleLocationSwami Rock (Kōṇāmalai), Trincomalee1.00infobox
Koneswaram TempleProvinceEastern1.00infobox
Koneswaram TempleTypeTamil architecture1.00infobox
the Nilaveli inscription of the 10th centuryinstance ofThe Vishnu-Thirumal shrine of the Koneswaram complex repaired by Kullakottan Chola was referred to as the Thirukonamalai Macchakeswaram/Macceswaram Kovil in some Middle Tamil in…0.80text
a Tamil rendering of the Sanskrit Matsyakesvarainstance ofThe Vishnu-Thirumal shrine of the Koneswaram complex repaired by Kullakottan Chola was referred to as the Thirukonamalai Macchakeswaram/Macceswaram Kovil in some Middle Tamil in…0.80text
Gajabahu IIinstance ofSome consider the story of Kullakotan to be mythical based on the travails of historical figures0.80text

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