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நல்லூர் கந்தசுவாமி கோவில் 2010 வருடாந்த மகோற்சவத் திருவிழாவின் நல்லூரானின் சிறப்பு பார்வை (Articles)
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Nallur Kandaswamy Temple: a realm of spiritual splendour (Articles)
Nallur Kandaswamy Temple: a realm of spiritual splendour
It is closing in on three pm in Nallur in the outskirts of Jaffna. The afternoon glare falters through the scattered clouds and devotees begin to trickle in, in quick succession through all too simple gates. The sparse surroundings within seemed to...
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19ம் திருவிழா 02.09.2010 செய்தி
வரலாற்றுச் சிறப்புமிக்க நல்லைக் கந்தன் பெருந்திருவிழாவின் பத்தொன்பதாம் நாள் இன்றாகும்.(02.09.2010).
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18ம் திருவிழா 01.09.2010 செய்தி
வரலாற்றுச் சிறப்புமிக்க நல்லைக் கந்தன் பெருந்திருவிழாவின் பதினெட்டாம் நாள் இன்றாகும்.(01.09.2010).
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Murugan on Aug 18, 2010 in
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Nallur Kandaswamy Temple SPECIAL CEELBRATIONS
Tirukarthikai is very special. Millet flour, kneaded, with honey, ghee, jaggery is shaped into small Lamps. Ghee is poured into them and wicks are lighted. Worshiping God in the form of light is an age old custom of the Hindus.
The Hindu New Year, the Full Moon day in April the Visakam in may (Lord Muruga’s birthday), the...
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Murugan on Aug 18, 2010 in
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Nallur Kandaswamy Temple FESTIVAL
The annual Festival stars with Kodietram on the sixth day following the New Moon in the month of Adi and continues for twenty five day. The deity goes round the inner precincts at noon and the outer precincts in the evening daily. Lord Skanda or his vel, as the case may be, does the rounds accompanied by the consors Valli and Theivayanai. The...
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Jaffna, like the other maritime districts, fell to the Dutch in 1658. The Dutch were more tolerant than the Portuguese. Don Juan Ragunatha Mappana Mudaliyar was were shroff in the Kachcheri (and hence an influential person) obtained permission from Government to rebuild the temple. The temple was built in stone and brick in 1734. His decendants have, to date been, trustees of...
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The historic Kandaswamy Temple stans at Nallur 1 1/2km from Jaffna on the Point Pedro Road. The temple was built in the 15th century, by Sanpaha Perumal the adopted son of Bhuvanekababhu, the king of Kotte, who led an expedition to the North and brought Jaffna under the suzerainty of Kotte.
Having established himself as the ruler of the Jaffna Kingdom, Sanpaha Perumal set...
