State Sponsored Destruction and Desecration of Hindu Temples

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State Sponsored Destruction and Desecration of Hindu Temples

Extracts from ‘Destruction of Hindu Temples in Eelam and Sri Lanka’ Published by Federation of Saiva (Hindu) Temples UK

Ceylon, now Srilanka has been an ancient seat of Hinduism and Saivaism. Buddhism was subsequently introduced into the Island in the third century B.C. during the rule of Emperor Asoka in India. It found ready acceptance among Sinhalese who were struggling to find their own identity in the face of a resurgence of Tamil culture and the growing might of the Hindu Pallawa and the Pandyan empires in south India. In time this gave to a historical myth, make-believe that identified the Sinhalese as a chosen custodian of Buddhism and the Island a place of special sanctity blessed by the Buddha. This interlocking of land, religion and race, was to become an intoxicating mix in the minds of the Sinhala-Buddhists through the centuries; their unwillingness to let go this cushioning fantasy (for fear of losing their identity) is the root cause of this prevailing strife in the Island to this day. That also explains their ingrained hostility against Tamils, Tamil culture, Hinduism, India and whatever they feel could be a potential threat to their existence within that special cocoon they had created for themselves. This jingoistic believe is nourished and nurtured by few writings like the Mahavamsa and other inventive interpretations with strong religious bias.

Thus the state sponsored terrorism leading to the destruction and desecration of the Hindu Temples could be explained as a violent expression of the extreme hostility the Sinhalese have against the Tamils and not as anti-religious. Hindus constitute only about 15.5 % of the Islands population as against 70 % Buddhists. Yet the sway of Hinduism is Islandwide-from the deep south of the Island which houses the prehistoric shrine of Kathirgamam (Katragama) dedicated to Lord Skanda or Lord Muruga(Kaarthikeya) and the entire width of the North-eastern Tamil homeland. Hinduism as an electric religion comprising many metaphysical systems and all embracing in outlook has an appeal to the Sinhala Buddhists themselves. In fact, Buddhism in Srilanka at the popular level embraces the worship of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. Thus it is the illusory fear of losing their identity and even their existence that has created this institutionalised hatred against whatever is Tamil.

In Tamil Eelam the culture and civilization of the Tamils, which has a long, rich and valuable history is undergoing destruction on an unprecedented scale.

Tamil Eelam was once strewn with thousands of temples, churches, mosques, libraries, schools and statues of great symbolic importance. To the Hindus religion forms part and parcel of their daily life. Temples stand not only as places of worship but are also embodiment of cultural life. music, dance, drama, education medicine and many other essential aspects of life evolve around the temples. Today many of them have been razed to the ground and others in a dilapidated condition and many important temples are rendered inaccessible as a result of army occupation in and around the temples.

All five renowned Hindu shrines that existed long before the advent of Buddhism in Ceylon – Thiruketheswaram (Ketheeswaram), Muneeswaram, Naguleswaram, Thirukoneswaram (koneswaram) and Thondeeswaram (famous Pancha linga temples made by our ancestors in five corners of the island) are all now under the control of the Sinhala Buddhist oppressors. The first three are under the direct control of the occupying armed forces of the Srilankan state that are made up entirely of Sinhala Buddhists except for a handful of Christians and Muslims.

Thiruketheswaram in Mannar and Thirukoneswaram in Trincomalee, both have always attracted devotees from India. Saints Thirugnasampanther (7th century A.D) and Saint Suntharar (9th century A.D.) have sung hymns in praise of these temples. Today Thiruketheswaram is in ruins. This historic Temple was desecrated and all valuables in the Temple have been plundered by the state armed forces. The Srilankan army forced out residents living in the neighborhood. Priests and devotees were not allowed into the temple vicinity and from August 1990 soldiers in there thousands have occupied the temple and its surroundings. According to a letter from the secretary of the Thiruketheswaram Temple Restoration Trust the most heinous and unforgivable part of the vandalism is the disfigurement and the gouging of the Third Eye of the icon Somaskanda (Lord Siva).A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Society, read that “not a single civilian is found within a radius of about three miles from the temple.” “It is crystal clear that it was the army which caused all the destruction and wanton damage to the buildings around the temple.”

Thirukoneswaram known as the Southern Kailasam (Kailash) is another ancient Hindu Temple that the Portuguese has blasted it into the sea. Ruins of the temple are still lying on the seabed. During the British rule, devotees were permitted to worship at the Swamy Malai(Fort) In 1953 the structure for a new temple was laid and it was completed in 1963.But the Hindu devotees were in constant fear that the state army occupying the fort where the temple is situated , will either destroy it or harass the people on their way to the temple. In 1969 a Tamil minister requested the Government in which he served to declare the temple premises a sacred zone. This was at a time the Government was declaring the temple precincts to be sacred zones. But the Government refused to accede to his request and the minister had no option but to resign from his ministerial post. There after this temple too was vandalised several times.

In the early part of 1993 the temple was partly destroyed by Sinhala Buddhists. The front door of the temple was burnt and statues and utensils were damaged. The premises of the high priest too were damaged. Many army camps were put up around the temple area and devotees were not allowed to enter the Fort. Later after great persuasion by the northeast provincial council officers, the former President of Srilanka, Mr. Premadasa, allowed access to the temple for the priest, the holder of the temple keys, a cleaner and three or four devotees only. This access was allowed once a day and the army at the temple premises had to agree to it. No praying rituals were performed, only lambs lit by the priest. The other devotees had to stand miles away from the temple and they would pray facing the Swamy Malai(Fort).

In May 1996 the state army restricted the number of devotees entering the temple during the festival period to between thirty-five and fifty people only. When the chairman of the Town Council protested, he was badly beaten up.

The intensity of the Buddhist fundamentalism was visible in another incident that needs mentioning. The statue of the God Pillaiyar (Ganesh), worshiped not only by Hindus but also sometimes by Sinhala Buddhists was removed from the temple by a Sinhala Buddhist and thrown into the sea. The vicious person later scribbled on the wall of the temple:” God Ganesh has gone for a bath”.

It is this type of barbarism and intolerance that exists in a country claming to have been visited by Buddha, the symbol of compassion, tolerance and love.

Unlike the above two temples, Nagulaswaram temple at Keerimalai in Jaffna was subjected to a different kind of treatment. The state army dropped deadly bombs on this temple. On the 16th of October 1990 at about 4 p.m. three bombs were dropped. The first one fell on the front of the temple destroying two chariots of the temple and other buildings, the second fell on the southern courtyard of the temple destroying the premises of the priest, and third one fell on the northern courtyard destroying the Thurka Thevy temple and other buildings.

The Air Force came again after two days, on 18 October 1990,about 2.30 pm, and dropped two more bombs on the very same temple. It was a special day and almost a thousand devotees were in the temple area at that time. They all fled in different directions trying to save their lives. Many got injured in the stampede. The temple and its magnificent Kopuram/tower of the temple, the halls, the library with its valuable palm leaf manuscripts, books and many statues were damaged by the bombings. All this happened in spite of the unmistakable temple identification flags which were flying on all four corners of the temple, as instructed by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Naguleswaram is not the only temple destroyed by the bombing carried out by the state forces. The Thurga Devi temple at Tellippalai, Jaffna, a center of great veneration, was also bombed in May 1992 resulting in deaths and destruction.

The destruction of temples is one aspect of the Srilankan’s Government’s grand plan to destroy the Tamil/Hindu peoples’ culture. There are many other methods, such as arrest of Hindu priests, removing their sacred thread, beating them up, or keeping them incarcerated as Tiger suspects; firing shells on the devotees gathering at the temple on festival days so that no festival can be conducted; arresting and detaining devotees on their way to temple on festival days so that no festival can be conducted; desecrating the temples and prayer halls of Ramakrishna Mission by the police entering with their boots on etc, etc.

At this juncture the inevitable questions arise: why does a large number of people following a religion which preaches love, compassion and tolerance act in complete contrast to these Buddhist principles.? How do they become so imbued with such deep-seated racism? Why do the members of the Sanga including the prelates of Asgiriya and Malwata actively involve themselves in fostering and promoting Buddhist fundamentalism? Why does the Maha Sanga donate money to the Government’s war fund?

It is quite clear that the Sinhala Buddhists are making every attempt through out the world fellowship of Buddhists to portray the national liberation struggle of the Tamils as a religious conflict to make it appear as the actions of a bunch of religious fanatics. Their aim is to sap the strength and power of the liberation struggle and thus destroy it. Their other aim is to use this false portrayal to seek the help of Buddhists all over the world pretending that Buddhists and Buddhism are being persecuted by some Hindu fanatics.

We can go on giving a long list of crimes committed against our houses of religious worship. The annexure gives some particulars of some of the important Hindu shrines destroyed by the Sinhala Buddhist military.

Oppression and religious persecution of the Hindus takes place not only in violent forms but in other subtle and sophisticated ways as well. Below are some of those methods adopted:

1) Buddhists Sinhala symbols, the stupa and bo-tree (Lord Budha claimed to have achieved self-realisation/nirvaana under this tree), are made use of to give legitimacy to Sinhala settlements in Tamil areas. The method normally adopted is to find a bo-tree in a Tamil area, erect a Buddhist idol underneath it overnight, stealthily build a vihara/Budhist temple around it or near it with an incumbent Buddhist monk, and then the process of Sinhalisation of the area begins culminating in the claim that the region was an ancient Buddhist area.

2) Sudden discoveries are made of such symbols in archeological excavations in sights historically known to have been that of Hindu shrines, and thereafter the process of converting the areas into Sinhala Buddhist areas begins as aforesaid. Cyril Mathew, a former minister and a henchman of President Jeyawardena, and rabid chauvinist was the chief architect of this scheme. He and his gang “discovered” over “100 ancient Buddhist shrines” in the Eastern Province. The gang then decided that there should be only Sinhala Buddhists living within the limits of the area in which the peeling of the bells of the newly erected Buddhist viharas could be heard; and by means of mob violence and stare terrorism they sought to implement this rule.

3) The declaration of sites of Hindu shrines as archeological reserves to undertake excavation operations, posing a danger to the temple, apart from bringing out false claims based on misinterpretation of findings to “prove”ancient Sinhala Buddhist settlements. The Muthumariamman/Paarvathi temple in Kilivetty, in the Trincomalee District, is a case in point. A gazetted order for the excavation in the lands belonging to the Temple still hangs like the sword of Damocles over it, although the excavation process was suspended because of vehement protests by the former member of parliament. The inhabitants of this area have now been forcibly evicted by the armed forces.

4) Government notifications being issued that certain ruins are Buddhists ruins, as in the case of the historic Samanalankulam Pillaiyar/Ganeshji temple in the Vavuniya District that has now been converted into Buddhist ruin.

5) Erecting imposing Buddhist statues in close proximity to ancient Hindu temples as in the case of Thirukoneswaram of Trincomalee, is yet another method adopted to ultimately wipe out Hinduism from Ceylon.

6) Forcible take over by Buddhist monks of Hindu shrines hitherto venerated and maintained by Hindus are not unheard of. Such take overs have taken place at Sellakthirgamam, near the main Murugan/Kaarthikeya temple in Kathirgamam, and at the temple in the holy peak of the seven hills of Kathirgamam.

7) The pilgrim’s rest at Kathirgamam managed by the Ramakrishna Mission of Colombo with its headquarters in Calcutta and which gave free board and lodging, to all pilgrims irrespective of religion , was taken over by the state and handed over to the Buddhist monks. Earlier the Hindu Mutts were razed to the ground in the move to declare a sacred area.

The Cultural Triangle Project funded by the UNESCO and presently undertaken in the Anuradhapurqa and Polonnanaruwa Districts, is madeuse of for the restoration of Buddhist shrines only, to the complete exclusion of the ancient Hindu temples in those areas. Under this project, in Anuradhapura, the Kathiresan/Lord Shivji Temple, once venerated by Swamy Vivekananda himself, is to be dismantled and re-erected elsewhere.

ANNEXTURE

Jaffna District	Island Area.
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Nainathivu	Nagapoosani Amman Temple damaged 2 “Chithira cars”, 1 “Chapparam” Manjam (worth several lakhs of rupees) Chief priest was also attacked by the army.
2.	Kayts	Sivan Temple.
3.	Karainagar	Buvaneswari Amman Temple.
4.	Karainagar	Elaththu Sithamparam Temple.
5.	Mandaitivu	Thiruvankaaddu Sithy Vinayagar Temple
6.	Pungudutivu	Maariamman Temple
7.	Naranthanai	Thanthontrieaswarar Temple.

Jaffna District	Vadamaradchy
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Valvattituri	a) Muthumari Amman Temple b) Sivan Temple
2.	Puloy	Pasupathy Sivan Temple
3.	Nagarkovil	Kottuvasal Amman Temple
4.	Vallipuram	Vallipuram Aalvar Temple
5.	Selva Sannathy	Murugan Temple
6.	Atchuvely	Pillaiyar Temple

And in all about 140 temples were damaged.

Further in 1994 the car of the temple known as “Chithrath Ther” was set fire to. In 1995, when the Maviddapuram Kandasamy Temple was subject to bombardment, the temple priest lost one of his legs in that attack.

Jaffna District	Thenmaradchchi
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Puloppalai	Murugan Temple
2.	Vettilaikerni	Vinayagar Temple
3.	Iyakachchi	Murugan Temple

And sixty other temples were damaged.

Mannar District
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Thiruketheeswaram	Sivan Temple
2.	Manner	Murugan Temple
3.	Thalaimannar	Vinayagar Temple

About 20 temples in all were damaged in the district.

Vanvuniya District
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Omanthai	Vinayagar Temple
2.	Omanthai	Kannaki Amman Temple
3.	Nedunkerni	Murugan Temple

Twenty temples in all in this district were affected.

The particulars of the destructions and damages caused to temples and temple properties in the North-East Province by aerial bombardments as well as, mortar shelling are appended below.

Jaffna District	Valigamam
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Keerimalai	Nakuleswaram Temple
2.	Theillippalai	Durga Amman Temple
3.	Maviddapuram	Kandaswany Temple
4.	Mathakal	Murugamoorthy Temple
5.	Ponnalai	Varadharajah Temple
6.	Alaveddy	Kumpilavalai Vinayagar Temple
7.	Sandilippai Irraddayarpuran Vairavar Temple
8.	Avarangal Sivan Temple
9.	Punnalaikadduvan Ayakkadaval Vinayagar Temple
10.	Nallur	Kandaswany Temple
11.	Chunnakam	Kathiramalai Sivan Temple
12	. Manippay	Maruthady Vinayagar Temple
13.	Navally	Murugan Temple
14.	Jaffna Fort	Muniappar Temple
15.	Columbuthurai	Murugan Temple
16.	Villundy	Kandasawany Temple

And more than 800 temples in all damaged in the Valikamam area. In addition in 1989, during the “Mahotshava” ceremony of the Suthumalai Amman temple, the assistant priest of the temple was killed on the spot by aerial bombardment.In 1992, a priest of the Maviddapuram Kandasamy temple lost his limbs due to bombing.

Mullaitivu District
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Vattappalai	Vattappalai Amman Temple Car (Ther) burnt (1990)
2.	Ottaysuttan	Ottysuttan Thanthontreaswaran Temple bombarded (1991)
3.	Thanneeroottu	Thanneeroottu Pillaiyar Temple Car (Ther) destroyed by bombardment of the temple.
4.	Karaichchikudiyiruppu	Karaichchikudiyiruppu Pillaiyar Temple

In all eighty temples were damaged.

Kilinochchi District
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Kilinochchi	Kilinochchi Kandasamy Temple
2.	Iranamadu	Iranamadu Kanagambikai Amman Temple
3.	Paranthan	Kumarapuram Murugan Temple
4.	Pallangkany	Pallangkany Pillaiyar Temple
5.	Vattakachchi	VattakachchiPillaiyar Temple
6.	Uruthirapuram	Uruthirapuram Sivan Temple
7.	Pulliampokkanai	Pulliampokkanai Nagathambiran Temple
8.	Ponnakari	Ponnakari Kottai Muniappar Temple
9.	Poorikadawai	Poorikadawai Amman Temple

Trincomalee District
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Koneswaram	Thirukoneswaram Temple
2.	Thambalakamman	Thambalakamman Sivan Temple
3.	Villuntri	Villuntri Kanadaswamy Temple

In all one hundred and twenty temples were damaged.

Batticaloa District
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Kokkatticholai	Kokkatticholai Sivan Temple
2.	Anaipanthy	Anaipanthy Vinayagar Temple
3.	Arayampathy	Arayampathy Murugan Temple
4.	Kallady	Kallady Uppoddai Vinayagar Temple
5.	Porativu	Porativu Pathirakali Amman Temple
6.	Mamangam	Mamangam Pillaiyar Temple
7.	Akkaraipattu	Akkaraipattu Nageswara Temple

In all two hundred and forty temples were destroyed.

Amparai District
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Kerativu	Kerativu Kannaki Amman Temple
2.	Mandoor	Mandoor Kandaswamy Temple

In all forty temples were damaged in this area.

Kandy District
No.	Place	Temple
1.	Kandy	a) Pillaiyar Temple, 24 figures of the deities desecrated. b) Hindu Wedding Hall burnt down together with the Pillaiyar Temple building on 25.01.1998.

PARTICULARS OF DAMAGES CAUSED TO HINDU TEMPLES IN THE NORTH- EAST PROVINCE (Up To December 1990) SUMMARY
District	No. of temples Registered with the Department	No. of temples damaged	Total estimated Cost for repairs/ renovations (Rs)
AMPARAI	118	147	30,648,100
BATTICALOA	463	283	26,660,739
TRINCOMALEE	101	199	33,470,500
VAVUNIYA	155	136	15,706,000
MANNAR	61	37	6,969,000
MULLAITHIVU	57	131	39,744,000
KILINOCHCHI	25	33	2,100,000
JAFFNA	627	513	127,792,953
Total	1607	1479	283,091,292

Courtesy: Report issued by the office of the Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs 4.10.1993

FURTHER ANNEXTURE

Taliban and the Sinhala Buddhists

(Click on photos to see larger image)

At an NGO sponsored meeting in New York last year, a Sri Lankan woman got up to interrupt. She was angry at the LTTE, and by extension at all Tamils in general. She spoke fervently about the attack on the most-sacred Buddhist temple of the tooth (Dalada Maligawa), and then added something intriguing – “We (Sinhalese) have never attacked even ‘one-single’ Hindu temple!”

With this there was a hushed silence in the room, and then someone muttered – “it is really not true.”

A Monument
Statute of Fr. Long
Founder
Jaffna Public Library

The climate of denial under which Sri Lankans are living is truly remarkable. As far as most Sri Lankans are concerned, the horror of the war in the northeast of that island simply doesn’t exist. The effects of wars in other far-away places, which they see on their televisions, are far more real and hideous than what goes on in their own backyard. All they see and hear about their own country are evils of the LTTE and the heroism of the Sinhala soldiers!

A Church
Built in 1813

Now, with the Taliban actions against the Buddhist relics in Afghanistan, this ‘life-in-denial’ has been taken to another level.

The Taliban destruction of the Buddhist statutes in Afghanistan is wicked. There can be no question on this. What the Taliban destroyed are secular symbols of human heritage. These are irreplaceable legacies of the collective history of all mankind. It is a tragedy, one that the whole world needs to face up to and deal with. It is not a matter for only the Buddhists to protest.

Concerned as we are about this problem, this article is not about the Taliban. It is about Sri Lanka.

Let he who has not sinned…
Sri Lanka reacted to the Taliban crisis with predictable concern. Foreign Minister Kadirgama flew to Delhi to enlist India’s support to stop the Taliban. There were mass protests in Sri Lanka. The Lankan media was unanimous and unequivocal in its condemnation. Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, cash-strapped as his country is for what he wants to do the most (i.e. buy more arms and destroy the LTTE), offered to buy the artifacts from the Taliban!

Leave that young lady in New York alone. She, in a sense, is also a victim of the Sri Lankan government policies on its war with the Tamils. Her problem is one of ignorance – spawned and promoted by a purposeful NEWS BLOCKADE.

In Sri Lanka today (and, for several years now), there is a strict ‘prohibition’ on media persons visiting the ‘war zones’ in the northeast (one never sees a CNN or a BBC news footage from there). Additionally, there is a government-imposed ‘censorship’ on publication of all ‘war related stories’, backed-up with intimidation and murder of journalists. On top of this, the media being either government-controlled or Sinhala-owned practice ‘self-censorship’, for obvious reasons. This three-tiered NEWS BLOCKADE on the war is total.

The lady in New York really doesn’t know, and (with this media blackout) has no way of knowing, what her government is actually doing to the Tamils in the northeast Sri Lanka. Neither do most Sri Lankans.

What about the two cabinet ministers? It is hard to believe that cabinet ministers in Sri Lanka do not know what goes on in the country they govern. They get information from briefings, internal memos and all sorts of other inside sources. In addition they also have access to the numerous, public and private, reports by outsiders. For example, at the March 1998 UNCHR hearing in Geneva, Joaquin Mbomio of North-South XXI, while condemning the attack on the Dalada Maligawa, stated, “some 1,800 Hindu temples have been destroyed by Sri Lanka’s military.”

The ministers might not know the exact number of temples destroyed by their army, but surely must be aware that the number runs in the hundreds.

Benefit of the doubt.
It is possible (though unlikely) that some in the government leadership in Sri Lanka are indeed ignorant. They could have been kept uninformed by their Generals about the systematic destruction of not only the Hindu temples, but also the places of worship of other religious groups. Remember, President Jayewardene who was kept in the dark in 1983 about the army atrocities in Jaffna. He confessed to The Guardian about this, and they reported:

“President Jayawardene of Sri Lanka claimed yesterday that his army withheld information from him on massacres that had been committed in the northern region of Jaffna… Leading members of the Tamil community in Jaffna have told the Guardian that in one incident, troops killed a number of students waiting at a bus stop… Lawyers in Jaffna claimed that the town’s magistrate was ordered by the Ministry of Defence in Colombo not to hold a planned inquest… Asked yesterday, why no inquests had been held, President Jayawardene said: ‘I didn’t know until a couple of days ago. It is too late now[!]’

[The Guardian, 8th August 1983]

So, there is a small likelihood that these cabinet ministers just didn’t know about the systematic destruction of the non-Buddhist places of worship in their backyard. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be going around complaining about the Taliban with a straight face. Would they?

Sangam Research, as a group of civic-minded ex-Sri Lankans, feel that it is incumbent upon us to alert these two cabinet ministers, so that they don’t make a fool of themselves, appearing hypocritical to the international community. Some of these folks in the ‘international community’, after all, are aware of what the Sri Lankan armed forces are doing in the northeast Sri Lanka.

We could have written to these two ministers privately, but then there is the lady in New York, and the millions of Sinhalese like her, who are also in the dark about this. Hence this publication.

Reports.
It is not our objective to publish here a detailed report on this religious and cultural pogrom that has been going on for several decades in Sri Lanka. Just a few photographs (worth a thousand words, as they say) and a few quotes, we think, would suffice to make the point.

It must be mentioned that it was not easy getting these photographs – Photographic Film, believe it or not, is a war-related banned item in the Sri Lankan embargo on Tamil homelands.

Joaquin Mbomio said in Geneva, the number of Hindu temples destroyed thus far stood at around 1,800 in 1998. Fifteen years earlier, in one (1983) pogrom alone forty-six temples were either damaged or destroyed by the Sinhalese [see list below].

In 1982, the Jaffna based weekly Saturday Review, whose editor (Mr. S. Sivanayagam) was run out of the country by President Jayewardene, reported:

“Kuranthan Malai, a quiet peaceful spot in Tamil-populated Mullaitivu with ruins of both Hindu and Buddhist places of worship, will soon house an exclusive Buddhist vihare and temple and a Sinhala settlement, according to plans drawn up by officials working under the Ministry of Industries and Scientific Affairs. Army personnel, an ex-Director of a Public Corporation under the Ministry who was also a leading member of the UNP Trade Union – the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya – several Ceramics Corporation vehicles, and employees of the government Tile Factory of Oddichuddan 20 miles away – have all been enlisted in the implementation of this project.

Hindu statues found in the site have been taken away in Army vehicles, according to the local villagers, as far back as November last year [1981]. Kurunthan Malai situated in the Nagancholai Forest Reserve has long been held in veneration by the Vanni Tamils as the dwelling place of the guardian deity, Kurandoor Aiyanar. The building of a Buddhist vihare at the site began several months ago, and some employees of the Tile Factory have been engaged in this, with orders apparently to do it unobtrusively without attracting public attention to the building activity.

Following this, some local inhabitants had put up a hut and installed a “Choolam” (Hindu trident) on the spot, but Army personnel from the Mullaitivu camp had demolished the hut, thrown away the “Choolam”, chased away some of the Tamil families in the area and had taken away some of the youths in the area for questioning.

Since then, a new road has been built through the Nagancholai Forest Reserve, to facilitate accessibility to this site from Oddichuddan.

Three major consequences flow from this move, quite apparently initiated by the Ministry of Industries: (1) Archaeological sites are being damaged irrevocably, preventing any genuine archaeological research on them in the future; (2) Tamils who have lived in the area for generations are being displaced by new Sinhala colonists; (3) Hindu religious sites are being furtively desecrated thus preventing identification of such sites in the future…”

Saturday Review [20 March 1982]

This report is typical of hundreds of others on what has been going on in the entire northeast for the last several decades. The Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister may not have read this particular report or the others, and may even dismiss them as whimpers of a provincial newspaper.

A School in Thamileelam

But, what would they say to the joint statement of 21 international NGOs in 1995, at the UNCHR hearings in Geneva? These twenty-one NGOs said:

“Under the pretence of a military operation against the LTTE, the Sri Lanka government launched an intensive bombing and shell attack directed at Tamil civilian population centres in the Jaffna peninsula…

Highflying supersonic jets indiscriminately bombed villages and also targeted temples, places of worship and schools where villagers had sought refuge from the incessant shelling. A large number of houses and hard earned belongings have been destroyed. These aerial bombardments follow a pattern set by the Sri Lanka armed forces over the past several years.

St. Peters Church and St. Peters School in Navaly, at a great distance away from the line of battle and where hundreds had sought shelter, were deliberately bombed. More than 120 died including 13 babies in their mother’s arms…

It appears that President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s government has intensified its attacks on the Tamil people with impunity, seemingly confident that there will be no international protest or outcry.”

United Nations Commission for Human Rights Hearing
[Geneva 1995]

The Jaffna Public Library

May be, these two ministers haven’t heard about this report either.

What about the Gazette notification by which all temple lands belonging to the historic Keerimalai Naguleswarar temple and the Maviddapuram Kandaswamy temple were acquired for the expansion of the Palaly army base? [Sri Lanka Government Gazette Extraordinary; No.1083/9 of June 8, 1999]

Shouldn’t these two gentlemen be aware of an official government edict under the seal of their own President?

Representations to the government.
It is not as if the Tamils themselves have been keeping quiet either.

The Jaffna Train Station

Year after year they made representations to the President(s) about this reckless destruction of their places of worship, schools, hospitals, other public buildings and their homes. In 1993, three religious dignitaries, Bishop D.J.Ambalavanar, Bishop Thomas Saundranayagam and Nallai Thiru Sampandar Atheenam, in a joint statement (17 November 1993), said:

‘‘We religious leaders from the North, belonging to the Hindu, Christian and Catholic religions… strongly protest against the actions of the Sri Lankan Air Force which seems guided by the sole motive of revenge and striking terror among the Tamil people.’’

Jaffna Sports Stadium

‘‘Following on the recent Pooneryn operations, the Air Force has used its supersonic bombers to bomb the Jaffna Secretariat killing and injuring several… It has bombed a place of worship, the St. James Catholic Church in Main Street, Jaffna destroying that large and venerated house of God and killing and injuring several innocent citizens. It has dropped its bombs within the protected zone around the Jaffna General Hospital damaging the hospital and striking panic among the patients and the public. We have reports that the hospitals in Killinochchi and Mulaitivu have also been bombed. The market block in Chavakachcheri has also been bombed and destroyed.

District Court – Jaffna

All these buildings used exclusively for sacred worship and public services are such large and prominent structures that no Air Force can pretend innocence about the targets being struck…

These events are not just sporadic occurrences but have been repeated so often in the past that we cannot but conclude it is part of state policy against the Tamils…”

From time immemorial, even before the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, there have been five temples of Lord Siva, referred to as the Five-Iswarams, on the island. Three are in the northeast, and the Sri Lankan army is camped on the inside premises of all three of these temples, desecrating them on a daily basis.

The Jaffna Post Office

The Sinhalese are angry with the LTTE and the Tamils for the hits against two Buddhist sites.

Two as opposed to eighteen hundred non-Buddhist ones!

As they say in America, ‘For God’s Sake, Get Real!’

Enough said. If the ministers really didn’t know, and want more information on the places of worship destroyed by their armed forces, they can find it.

Before they go complaining about the Taliban, however, they must first get their own house in order.

The 1983 Pogrom – List of Temples damaged/destroyed

1. Viswanatha Sivan Temple in Trincomalee

2. Krishnan Temple in Trincomalee

3. Saneeswaran Temple in Trincomalee

4. Natesar Temple in Sivayogapuram, Trincomalee

5. Sri Tillaiambala Pillaiyar Temple in Anbuvalipuram, Trincomalee

6. Chithivinayakar Temple in Sinnatoduvai, Trincomalee

7. Vilankulam Pillaiyar Temple on Kandy Road, Trincomalee

8. Vyrutru Pillaiyar Temple on Kandy Road, Trincomalee

9. Pillaiyar Temple in China Bay, Trincomalee

10. Upparu Pillaiyar Temple in Trincomalee

11. Kitulootra Pallaiyar Temple in Kanniyai, Trincomalee

12. Kitulootra Murugan Temple in Trincomalee

13. Barathipuram Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee

14. Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee

15. Mudalikulam Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee

16. Ellai Kali Kovil in Pankulam, Trincomalee

17. Pillaiyar Temple in Panmadawachchi, Trincomalee

18. Papanasa Teertapillaiyar Temple in Trincomalee

19. Sri Pathini Amman Temple in Neelapalai, Kilivetti

20. Sri Kamakshi Ambal Temple in Jaffna

21. Saiva Maha Sabha in Kurunegala

22. Udupi Sri Muthuvinayakar Temple in Matale

23. Sri Muthumari Amman Temple in Matale

24. Muthuvinayakar Temple in Matale

25. Sri Chithivinayakar Temple in Matale

26. Sri Kadiresan Temple in Matale

27. Sri Poobalakrishnar Ashram in Matale

28. Sri Ganga Vinayakar Temple in Madulkelle

29. Kurinji Kumaran Temple, Peradeniya

30. Sri Muthumariamman Temple in Nawalapitya

31. Atmajothy Nilayam in Nawalapitiya

32. Athivinayakar Temple in Haldumulla, Haputale

33. Sri Sivasubramanya Temple in Bandarawela

34. Sri Kadiresan Temple in Badulla

35. Hindu Temple in Malangama, Badulla

36. Hindu Temple in Narangala, Badulla

37. Kali Temple in Rockhill, Badulla

38. Sri Poobalavinayakar Temple in Peliyagoda

39. Sri Balaselvavinayakar Temple in Maradana, Colombo

40. Sri Devi Karumari Amman Temple in Maligawatte, Colombo

41. Venkateswara Mahavishnu Moorthy Temple in Dehiwala, Colombo

42. Srimath Arunachaleswara Devasthanam in Colombo

43. Ramakrishna Mission, Colombo

44. Kandasamy Temple in Panadura

45. Sri Subramanya Temple in Matara

46. Hindu Pilgrims’ Rest in Matara

Damage caused to Hindu Kovils (Temples) in the North-East of the Island of Sri Lanka
(http://www.tchr.net/religion_temples.htm)
(Not all the Kovils damaged/destroyed are included in this list. The real figure is higher)

Temples Destroyed / damaged in Amparai
Name of Kovil	Place	District
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Thiriyaykerny, Palamuani	Amparai – Addalaichenai
Vairavar Kovil	Thiriyaykerny, Palamuani	Amparai – Addalaichenai
Sri Manikkappillayar Kovil	Manikkamadu Irrakkamam 7	Amparai – Irrakkamam
Ampalathady Pillayar Kovil	AmmanKovil Veethy, Kalmunai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Ampalathady Pillayar Kovil	Natpiddimunai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Iyanar Kovil	Kalmunai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Kali Kovil	Kiddanky Rd, Chenaikudiyiruppu	Amparai – Kalmunai
Kannakaiamman Kovil	Kovil Veethy, Kalmunai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Kurunthadipillayar Kovil	Kalmunai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Mariamman Kovil	Pandiruppu	Amparai – Kalmunai
Murugan Kovil	Kovil veethy, Natpiddimuani	Amparai – Kalmunai
Pechchiayamman Kovil	Main street, Periyaneelavanai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Periyathampiran Kovil	Central road,Periyaneelavanai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Periyathampiran Kovil	Kovil veethy,Pandiruppu	Amparai – Kalmunai
Sivan Kovil	Kovil veethy, Natpiddimuani	Amparai – Kalmunai
Sri Ampalathady Kovil	Kiddanky Veethy, Natpiddimunai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Sri Mamangapillayar Kovil	Kadatkarai Veethy,Kalmunai 1	Amparai – Kalmunai
Sri Manikkappillayar Kovil	Pandiruppu	Amparai – Kalmunai
Sri Pulavipillayar Kovil	Main Street, Manalchenai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Sri Sarvartha Sithivinayagar Kovil	Kovil Veethy, Kalmunai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Vickneswarar,Chenaikudiyiruppu	Amparai – Kalmunai
Sri Tharavai Sithivinayagar Kovil	Main Street, Kalmunai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Vishnu Kovil	Vishnu Kovil Veethy,Natpiddimunai	Amparai – Kalmunai
Kannakaiamman Kovil	Kerativu	Amparai – Kerativu
Kandaswamy Kovil	Mandoor	Amparai – Mandoor
Kannakaiamman Kovil	4th Village, Central Camp	Amparai – Navithanveli
Kudiyiruppu Munai Pillayar Kovil	Kudiyiruppumunai	Amparai – Navithanveli
Pamady Sri Siththi Vinayagar Kovil	4th Village, 2nd Ward	Amparai – Navithanveli
Pathirakali Kovil	Annamalai 1, Navithanvely	Amparai – Navithanveli
Pillayar Kovil	Annamalai 1, Navithanvely	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sithivinayagr Kovil	4th Village, Central Camp	Amparai – Navithanveli
Siththi Vinayagar Kovil	7th Village,	Amparai – Navithanveli
Siththi Vinayagar Kovil	Navithanveli	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri Kannakai Amman Kovil	15th village, Vilavady,Navithanveli	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri Lingeswarar Kovil	15th village ,Annamalai 2	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri Manikkappillayar Kovil	11th village, Central Camp	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri Murugan Kovil	15th village, Vilavady,Navithanveli	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri Murugan Kovil	1st Ward, Central Camp 02	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri Murugan Kovil	7th Village, Veesikkiramam.	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri Murugan Kovil	Central camp 3	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri Muthumariyamman Kovil	Navithanveli	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri Navalady Pillayar Kovil	Central camp 4	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Savalakadai	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Veerachcholai	Amparai – Navithanveli
Sri SiththiVinayagar Kovil	Sorikalmunai	Amparai – Navithanveli
Vembady kannakai amman Kovil	4th Village, Central camp	Amparai – Navithanveli
Vembayoor Selvavinayagar Kovil	Karaikudha	Amparai – Navithanveli
Vinayagar Kovil	15th village, Vilavady,Navithanveli	Amparai – Navithanveli
Kanthasamy Kovil	Main street,Ninthavoor 25	Amparai – Ninthavoor
Manikkappillayar Kovil	ABC veethy,Ninthavoor 19	Amparai – Ninthavoor
Singarapuram Mariyamman Kovil	Addaipallam,Ninthavoor 10	Amparai – Ninthavoor
Sivamuththumariamman Kovil	ABC veethy,Ninthavoor 19	Amparai – Ninthavoor
Sri Meenadsiyamman Kovil	Cenkatpadai,Ninthavoor 23	Amparai – Ninthavoor
Kayathiri Peedam	Thampiluvil 1	Amparai – ThiruKovil
Sahalakalaiamman Kovil	ThirukKovil	Amparai – ThiruKovil
Sivan Kovil	Vinayagapuram	Amparai – ThiruKovil
Sri Arumuga Swami Kovil	Thampaddai	Amparai – ThiruKovil
Sri Kannakai Amman Kovil	Thambiluvil 2	Amparai – ThiruKovil
Sri Mahavishnu Kovil	Thampiluvil	Amparai – ThiruKovil
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Thampaddai	Amparai – ThiruKovil
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Vinayagapuram	Amparai – ThiruKovil
Thalayadi Sivan Kovil	Thambiluvil 2	Amparai – ThiruKovil
All together 147 Temples destroyed in Amparai	(62 Temples)

Temples Destroyed / damaged in Batticaloa
Name of Kovil	Place	Dirstrict
Nageswara Kovil	Akkaraipattu	Batticaloa – Akkaraipattu
Vinayagar Kovil	Anaipanthy	Batticaloa – Anaipanthy
Murugan Kovil	Arayampathy	Batticaloa – Arayampathy
Vinayagar Kovil	Kalladdy Uppodai	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sivan Kovil	Kokkatichcholai	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Pillayar Kovil	Mamangam	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Alayadippillayar Kovil	Pankilavady, Muhanthuwaram	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Kannaki Amman Kovil	Manchanthoduwai	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Kannaki Amman Kovil	Thirupperunthurai	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Keerimadu Sithivinayagar Alayam	Bar Veethy, Batticaloa	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Krishnan Kovil	Kallady	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Iruthayapuram West	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Panichchaiadi	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Mariyamman Kovil	Kallady	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Murugan Kovil	Punnachcholai	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Muthtukumar Velauth Murugan Kovil	Thirupperunthurai	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Nagathambiran Kovil	Kallady,Uppodai, Batticaloa	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Palamurugan Kovil	10th Cross, Iruthayapuram	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Palamurugan Kovil	Kumarapuram	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Palavinayagar Alayam	Kallady, Velur	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Pillayar Kovil	Manchanthoduwai,Batticaloa	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Pillayar Kovil	Thirupperunthurai	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Pathirakaliyamman Kovil	Panichchaiadi	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Pulavippillayar Kovil	Pillayarady, Batticaloa	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Santhi Pillayar Kovil	Periya Urani	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Kallady,Uppodai, Batticaloa	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Old Kalmunai Street, Kallady	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sivan Kovil	Navatkudha	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sri Kumaraththan Kovil	Jayanthipuram	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sri Maha Mariyamman Kovil	Thamaraikerny Veethy, Batticaloa	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sri Mavadippillayar Kovil	Kokuvil	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sri Nagathambiran Kovil	Selva Vinayagar Veethy, Batticaloa	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sri Pathirakaliyamman Kovil	Punnachcholai	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sri Pthirakaliyamman Kovil	Periya Urani	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Sethukudha	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sri Thakkaiyageswara Kovil	Vavi Road, Batticaloa	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sri Thiroupathai Amman Kovil	Vavi Veehty, Batticaloa	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Sri Veeramakaliyamman Kovil	Kokuvil	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Vairavar Kovil	Govt.Qtrs.Road, Kallady	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Veerapathirar Kovil	Manchanthoduwai,Batticaloa	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Velauthaswami Kovil	Periyakalmunai Road,Batticaloa	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Vembady Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Palameenmdhu	Batticaloa – Manmunai
Ambalathady Sir Murugan Kovil	Katsenai, Ambilanthurai	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Kollanulai Narasingar Kovil	Kollanulai, Kunavinamadhu	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Panichaiadimunnar	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Ampilanthurai	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Arulnesapuram,Kdukkamunai	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Mahiladithivu,Kokkaddicholai	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Sri Kannakiamman Kovil	Muthalaikudha, Kokkaddicholai	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Sri Koddampalapillayar Kovil	Munaikadu,Kokkadicholai	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Sri Manikkappillayar Kovil	Mavadimunmari, Kokkaddicholai	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Sri Murugan Kovil	Thanthamalai, Kokkaddicholai	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Ampilanthurai North	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Munaikadu,Kokkadicholai	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Veerapathirar Kovil	Munaikadu,Kokkadicholai	Batticaloa – Paddippalai
Pathiakalai Amman Kovil	Porathivu	Batticaloa – Porathivu
Alayadipillayar Kovil	Vammivadduwan	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Kathirvelauthar Kovil	Panichchankerny	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Maha Vishnu Kovil	Kayankerny	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Kirimichchai	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Muthumariammn Kovil	Puliyankandalady	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Nagapanni Kovil	Panichchankerny	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Pillayar Kovil	Usanai	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Senthur Murugan Kovil	Thuchchakerny	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Rasalodai	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Sri Manikkappillayar Kovil	Vaharai Centre	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Sri Murugan Kovil	Alankulam, Vaharai	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Patsevai	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Sri Pathirakali Kovil	Ampanthanaveli	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Sri Pathirakali Kovil	Kathiraveli	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Sri Selva vinayagar Kovil	Vaharai north	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Uchchivinayagar Kovil	Uriyankaddu	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Varakai Amman Kovil	Mathurankernykulam	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Veerakathipillayar Kovil	Kathiraveli	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Vickneswarar Kovil	Kaddumurivu	Batticaloa – Vaharai
Alakandy Pillai Sivan Kovil	Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Balamurugan Kovil	Kumburumoolai, Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Ganeshaperumal Kovil	Kannakipuram Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Kaliyamman Kovil	Main St,Meeravodai,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Kaneshaperumal Kovil	Kannakipuram	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Kannagaiamman Kovil	Kondayankerny,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Kannagaiamman Kovil	Meeravodai Veethy,Kondayankerny	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Kannakiamman Kovil	Central Road, Kalkudha	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Koraveli Kannakaiamman Kovil	Palar Padsalai Road, Nasivanthivu	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Maha Vishnu Kovil	Kinnaiyadi Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Maha Vishnu Kovil	Paddiyadichenai, Kalkudha	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Kinnaiyadi	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Kumburumoolai, Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Mavadi Mariyamman Kovil	Kalkuda veethy,Pethalai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Narasimmar Kovil	Kinnaiyadi, Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Narasingavairavar Kovil	Kannakipuram, Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Pathirakaliyamman Kovil	Paddiyadichenai,Kalkudha	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Balamurugan Kovil	Kondayankerny,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Kaneshvarar Kovil	Tharivan road, Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Kaylayapillayar Kovil	Kalkuda veethy,Pethalai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Kulanthaivadivel Kovil	Kulakoddan kinnayadi	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Murugan Kovil	Meeravodai Tamil,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Murugan Kovil	Sunkankerny,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Karuvakarny,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Sunkankerny,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Nagathambiran Kovil	Kannakipuram,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Nagathambiran Kovil	Main street,Meeravodai,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Pathirakaliamman Kovil	Puthukudiyiruppu	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Kannakipuram,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Kondayankerny,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Sunkankerny,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Veethiyadi Vinayagar Kovil	Veeraiyadi vinayagar,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
Sri Vinayagar Kovil	Meeravodai Tamil,Valaichenai	Batticaloa – Valaichchenai
All together 283 Temples destroyed in Batticaloa	(108 Temples)

Temples Destroyed / damaged in Jaffna
Name of Kovil	Place	Dirstrict
Alamavana Pillaiyar Kovil	Nedunthivu East	Jaffna – Delft, Island
Moddaiyar Kovil	Panankani, 1st Ward, Delft	Jaffna – Delft, Island
Nedunkulam Gnanavairavar Kovil	5th Ward, Delft	Jaffna – Delft, Island
Neluvini Sithy Vinayagar Kovil	Nedunthivu West, Nedunthivu	Jaffna – Delft, Island
Pidari Ambal Kovil	12th Ward, Delft East	Jaffna – Delft, Island
Sivasiri Kavolai Ammpal Murugan Kovil	Delft, East	Jaffna – Delft, Island
Uyarapulam Iyanar Kovil	1st Ward, Delft	Jaffna – Delft, Island
Veerabathira Pillaiyar Kovil	Delft, East Harbour	Jaffna – Delft, Island
Alady Vairavar Kovil	4th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Anuman Kovil	4th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Arasady Pillaiyar Kovil	6th Ward, Velanai	Jaffna – Islands
Athi Vairavar Kovil	2nd Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Balasubramaniar Kovil	Madathuveli	Jaffna – Islands
Chaddi Veerakathi Vinayagar Kovil	10th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Cheddipulam PaththiniAmman Kovil	2nd ward, East Centre	Jaffna – Islands
Gnanavairavar Kovil	4th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Gnanavairavar Kovil	7th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Gnavairavar Kovil	6th Ward, Velanai	Jaffna – Islands
Inichchapuliyady Murugan Kovil	2nd ward, Allaipiddy	Jaffna – Islands
Iyanar Kovil	1st ward, Velanai North East	Jaffna – Islands
Iyanar Kovil	7th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Iyanar Kovil	9th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Kali Kovil	Saravanai	Jaffna – Islands
Kaliamman Kovil	7th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Kalika Parameswary Kovil	4th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Kallady Amman Kovil	6th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Kandaswamy Kovil	3rd Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Kanthankadavai Murugan Kovil	4thward, Velanai East	Jaffna – Islands
Karandappai Murugan Kovil	1st, Ward, Allaipiddy	Jaffna – Islands
Karumary Amman Kovil	4th ward, Mankumpan	Jaffna – Islands
Kathavarayar Kovil	9th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Kokkilaipathy Moonrumudy Ampal Kovil	3rd Ward. Allaipiddy	Jaffna – Islands
Kommapiddy Pillaiyar Kovil	4th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Kurunthady Vairavar Kovil	2nd Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Malaiyadi Nayanmar Kovil	10th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Malayadi Nachimar Kovil	9th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Mankumpan Sri Murugamoorthy Kovil	5th ward, Mankumpan	Jaffna – Islands
Manonmani Amman Kovil	3rd Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Mariamman Kovil	11th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Maruthady Vairavar Kovil	4th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Meenadchi Amman Kovil	4thward, Velanai East	Jaffna – Islands
Murugamoorthy Kovil	7th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Murugan Kovil	Sitpanai, Velanai	Jaffna – Islands
Nachchimar Kovil	6th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Naduvuthurithi Petthappar Kovil	3rd Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Nagathambiran Kovil	8th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Natchimar Kovil	10th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Nayanar Kovil	3rd Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Paddaiyar Addan Kovil	5th ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Periyapulam Pillaiyar Kovil	5th ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Perumpady Iyanar Kovil	4thward, Velanai East	Jaffna – Islands
Puthaiyadi Vairavar Kovil	10th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Rajeswary Ambal Kovil	12th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Sankaramoorthy Murugamoorthy Kovil	11th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Sankuveli Iyanar Kovil	10th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Sellakathirkama Murugan Kovil	Saravanai	Jaffna – Islands
Sinthamany Pillaiyar Kovil	3rd Ward. Allaipiddy	Jaffna – Islands
Sivakamy Amman Kovil	4th ward, Mankumpan	Jaffna – Islands
Sivan Kovil	3rd Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Sivan Kovil	7th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Sri Gnanavairavar Kovil	6th Ward, Sangaththanai	Jaffna – Islands
Sri Kannapiran Kovil	6th Ward, Kannapuram	Jaffna – Islands
Sri Kathirvelauthaswamy Kovil	Saravanai West, Velanai	Jaffna – Islands
Sri Muthumari Ambal Kovil	3rd Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Sri Nagapoosani Amman Kovil	1st Ward, Nainativu	Jaffna – Islands
Sri Subramaniya Swamy Kovil	6th Ward, Thuraiyoor	Jaffna – Islands
Sri Veerakaththi Vinayagar Kovil	5th ward, Mankumpan	Jaffna – Islands
Sri Veerapaththira Kovil	6th Ward, Velanai	Jaffna – Islands
Srikaliga Parameswary Kovil	2nd ward, East Center	Jaffna – Islands
SriKaliyambal Kovil	6th Ward Mainstreet, Velanai	Jaffna – Islands
Srimuththumaryamman Kovil	2nd ward, East Center	Jaffna – Islands
Sripoornaputkara Hariharaputiraianar Kovil	6th Ward, Thuraiyoor	Jaffna – Islands
Thaviduthinny Pillaiyar Kovil	3rd Ward. Velanai East	Jaffna – Islands
Thenguthidal Veerakathi Vinayagar Kovil	10th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Vairavar Kovil	Saravanai West, Velanai	Jaffna – Islands
Varasithy Vinayagar Kovil	1st Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Vayalveli Murugan Kovil	9th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
VeddaiPillaiyar Kovil	6th Ward, Navalar Rd.,	Jaffna – Islands
Veerakathi Vinayagar Kovil	6th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Veeramalai Murugan Kovil	10th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Veeramalai Vairavar Kovil	10th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Veeramamalai Thurkadevi Amman Kovil	10th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Veerapathirar Kovil	9th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Velichchaveedu Nayanmar Kovil	10th Ward, Pungudutivu	Jaffna – Islands
Aalamkanru Gnanavairavar Kovil	Vetharadaippu, Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Arulmihu Sevahar Peruman Kovil	Mallikai Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Gnanavairavar Kovil	Naranthanai East, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Gnanavairavar Kovil	Valanthalai, Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Inthanmuththu Vinayagar Kovil	Puliyankoodal, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Iyanar Kovil	Puliyankoodal, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Iyanar Kovil	Sukuvil, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Kaddu Vairavar Kovil	Puliyankoodal, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Kanapatheeswaram Sivan Kovil	Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Kannakai Amman Kovil	Valanthalai, Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Koonan Paruththy Vairavar Kovil	Ilakady, Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Manalkadhu Muthumariamman	Manalkadhu, Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Mariamman Kovil	Punguduthivu	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Nachchimar Kovil	Ilakady, Karainagar North	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Nagapoosani Amman Kovil	Nainathivu	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Neelippanthanai Thurkaiamman Kovil	Neelippanthanai, Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Puvaneswary Amman Kovil	Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Sadaiyaly Gnanavairavar Kovil	Sadaiyaly, Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Shangaripathy Kathirgamakanthan Dev.	Pulyankoodal, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Sivan Kovil (Eelaththu Sithamparam)	Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Sri Aathy Vairavar Kovil	East Road, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Sri Kalika Puvaneswary Ambal Kovil	Karamban, South East, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Sri Kandaswamy Kovil	New Road, Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Sri Kathiresan Devasthanam	Paruththiyadaippu, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Sri Muthumari Ammanl Kovil	Peryaplot Rd, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Sri Sivasubramania Swamy Kovil	Naranthanai East, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Sri Subramaniaswamy Kovil	Thoppukkadu, Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Srisithambareswara Sivakamyambal	Karainagar Center	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Thanthontry Easwarar Kovil	Naranthanai	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Thanthontry Srimanonmaniambal Kovil	Naranthanai North	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Thickarai Thannai Pillaiyar Kovil	Kalapoomy, Karainagar	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Thiruvenkadu Sithy Vinayagar Kovil	Mandaithivu	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Vairavar Kovil	Oluvil Road, Karamban	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Vairavar Kovil	Sithambaramoorthikerny, Kayts	Jaffna – Islands, Kayts
Arasakesari Pillaiyar Kovil	Neerveli	Jaffna – Kopay
Gnanavairavar Kovil	Sirupiddy	Jaffna – Kopay
Kaddumarulakkandaswamy Kovil	Paththaimeni, Atchchuveli	Jaffna – Kopay
Kandaswamy Kovil	Neerveli	Jaffna – Kopay
Kannarai Amman Kovil	Avarankal	Jaffna – Kopay
Odaiyampathi Katpahavinayagar Kovil	Urumpirai	Jaffna – Kopay
Ollai Vembady Gnanavairavar Kovil	Neerveli	Jaffna – Kopay
Palanai Kannakai Amman Kovil	Kopay	Jaffna – Kopay
Perunthalai Sivan Kovil	Sirupiddy	Jaffna – Kopay
Pillaiyar Kovil	Valalai	Jaffna – Kopay
Puvaneswary Amman Kovil	Idaikadu	Jaffna – Kopay
Sankili Vairavar Kovil	Paththaimeni, Atchchuveli	Jaffna – Kopay
Sithiravelayutha Kovil	Atchuveli	Jaffna – Kopay
Sivahamy Amman Kovil	Sirupiddy	Jaffna – Kopay
Sivan Kovil	Avarangal	Jaffna – Kopay
Sivapoorani Kali Amman Kovil	Urelu	Jaffna – Kopay
Sri Maduraimaha Muthumariamman	Irupalai	Jaffna – Kopay
Sri Meenadchi Amman Kovil	Urelu	Jaffna – Kopay
Sri Subramaniya Kovil	Kathiripay, Atchuveli	Jaffna – Kopay
Vinayagar Kovil	Avarangal	Jaffna – Kopay
Amman Kovil	Ampan	Jaffna – Maruthankerney
Ampan Kandaswamy Kovil	Ampan	Jaffna – Maruthankerney
Ampan Pillaiyar Kovil	Ampan Kudathanai	Jaffna – Maruthankerney
Nalampanai Pillaiyar Kovil	Kudathanai North	Jaffna – Maruthankerney
Arulmihu Gnanavairavar Kovil	Kokuvil	Jaffna – Nallur
Gnanavairavar Kovil	Ariyalai	Jaffna – Nallur
Iyappar Kovil	Kondavil East	Jaffna – Nallur
Kaliambal Kovil	Kondavil, East	Jaffna – Nallur
Koddupulathu Manonmani Amman Kovil	Nanthavil – Thavaddy	Jaffna – Nallur
Konamalai Vairavar Kovil	Kokuvil East	Jaffna – Nallur
Kumarakoddam Gnanavairavar Kovil	Kondavil	Jaffna – Nallur
Murugan Kovil	Manchavanapathy	Jaffna – Nallur
Pillaiyar Kovil	Kondavil	Jaffna – Nallur
Puvaneswary Amman Kovil	Ariyalai	Jaffna – Nallur
Samundathevi Sametha Gnanavairavar	Kondavil, North	Jaffna – Nallur
Sithivinayagar Ampal Kovil	Kondavil	Jaffna – Nallur
Sivasubramaniyar Kovil	Maniyar Road	Jaffna – Nallur
Sri Chandrasekera Vinayagar Kovil	Nallur North	Jaffna – Nallur
Sri Gnanavairavar Perumal Kovil	Thirunelveli North	Jaffna – Nallur
Sri Gnaneswarar Kovil	Kondavil East	Jaffna – Nallur
Sri Muthumari Ambal Kovil	Thirunelveli	Jaffna – Nallur
Sri Puveneswarar Ambal Kovil	Kondavil	Jaffna – Nallur
Sri Sithyvinayagar Kovil	Ariyalai	Jaffna – Nallur
Sri Sorna Sithy Vinayagar Kovil	Kokuvil West	Jaffna – Nallur
Sri Vallipuranathar Kovil	Kondavil, East	Jaffna – Nallur
Srikamalambikaisametha Kailasasamy	Nallur	Jaffna – Nallur
Sripathirakali Ammbal Kovil	Thirunelveli	Jaffna – Nallur
Veeramakali Kovil	Kandarmadam	Jaffna – Nallur
Vembadi Murugamoorthi Kovil	Kokuvil	Jaffna – Nallur
Vinayagar Kovil	Neeraviyadi	Jaffna – Nallur
Aladai Vairavar Kovil	Uyarapulam	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Amman Kovil	Suthumalai	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Anthikuli Vairavar Kovil	Savatkaddu	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Anthiran Murugamoorthy Kovil	Navali East	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Athi Vinayagar Kovil	Karapiran	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Eenchadi Vairavar Kovil	Suthumalai, East	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Iraddaipulam Vairavar Kovil	Sandilipay North	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Kalvalai Pillaiyar Kovil	Sandilipay	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Kannakai Amman Kovil	Navali South	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Kasikandamadam Kovil	Anaikoddai	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Kengadevi Kovil	Savatkaddu	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Maruthady Vinayagar Kovil	Manipay	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Murugamoorthi Kovil	Savatkaddu	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Murugamoorthy Kovil	Marisan Koodal	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Murugamoorthy Kovil	Piranpattu	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Murugamoorthy Kovil	Sandilipay	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Murugan Kovil	Navaly	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Nunasai Murugan Kovil	Madakal	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Nunasai Sivan Kovil	Madakal	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Palaiveddy Kovil	Madakal	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Puliyankandu Pillaiyar Kovil	Anaikoddai	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Rajarajeswary Kovil	Sandilipay East	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Sinthamani Pillaiyar Kovil	Navali North	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Periyavilan	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Santhai, Sillalai South	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Vadaliyadaippu	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Sri Meenadchi Amman Kovil	Masiyapiddy	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Sri Pathirakali Amman Kovil	Sandilipay Centre	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Uthunkavinayagar Kovil	Uyarapulam	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Vairavar Kovil	Irraddayarpuran	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Velmurugan Kovil	Manipay	Jaffna – Sandilipay
Aanai Vilunthan Vickneswarar Kovil	Elavalai North	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Alakollai Vinayagar Kovil	Alakollai Alaveddy	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Ampal Kovil	Sathanar Kaladdy	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Anantha Nadarajah Kovil	Mahajana College,	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Annamar Kovil	Sithiyampuliyady	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Gnanavyravar Kovil	Sithiyampuliyady	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Gnavairavar Kovil	Kadduwan Rd. Mallakam	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Harihara Putara Iyanar Kovil	Alaveddy North	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Iyanar Kovil	Kadduwan	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Kalithevi Kovil	Mallakam Center	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Kanthaswamy Kovil	Maviddappuram	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Kathiramalai Sivan Kovil	Chunnakam	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Kumpalavalai Vinayagar Kovil	Alaveddy	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Kurukkal Kinaththady Vinayagar	Ganeswaram	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Naguleswarar Kovil	Keerimalai	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Natholai Muthumary Amman Kovil	Natholai Illawalai	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Neeliyampanai Pillaiyar Kovil	Neeliyampanai, Mallakam	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Olludai Gnavairavar Kovil	Kadivalai Elavalai	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Palam Pathy Vinayagar Kovil	Mallakam Center	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Periya Thampiran Kovil	Nariyaddan Mallakam	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Sivagnavairavar Kovil	Kailaya Valavu, Mallakam	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Sivakami Ampal Kovil	Maanimalai, Mallakam	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Sivan Kovil	Kovitpulam, Thellipalai	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Sri Subramaniaswamy Kovil	Pannalai	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Srivarthalam Katpaha Vinayagar Kovil	Pannalai	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Thurgai Amman Kovil	Tellipalai	Jaffna – Tellipalai
Aathivairavar Kovil	Kudamiyan, Varani	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Aladipulam Sivakami Amman Kovil	Meesalai North, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Ambalavana Veerakaththy Vinayagar	Perunkulam Rd, Kalvayal	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Annamar Kovil	Kaithady West, Ooriyan	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Arasadipillaiyar Kovil	Mirusuvil North, Mirusuvil	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Arasady Akorakaliamman Kovil	Thatchchanthoppu, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Ariyankaddu Pillaiyar Kovil	Manthuvil West Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Arulmigu Kanthaswamy Kovil	Kaithady South, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Arulmigu Sri Palaniyandawar Kovil	Dutch Road, Chavakachcheri	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Arulmihu Gnanavairavar Kovil	Kaithady West, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Chandrasegaravaryvananathar Sivan Kovil	Chavakachchery	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Chellappillaiyar Kovil	Madduvil North, Shanthypuram	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Gnanavairavar Kovil	Kachchai Road, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Ithiyadi Veerakathipillaiyar Kovil	Sankathanai, Chavakachcheri	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Iyanar Kovil	Kovilakandy, Navatkuly	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kadduvalavu Nelliyady Kandaswamy	Meesalai East, Meesalai	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kaithady Oakkalai Vinayagar Kovil	Kandy Road, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kaithady Veerakathi Pillaiyar Kovil	Kaithady South East, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kaiyili Kulam Veerakaththy Pillaiyar	Idaikurichchy, Varany	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kali Kovil	Hospital Rd, Madduvil North	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kalluvam Veerakathivinayagar Kovil	Kalluvam, Madduvil	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kalyanakulam Vinayagar Kovil	Eluthumadduval North	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kandaswamy Kovil	Nunavil Center	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kodikamam Katpiththar Pillaiyar Kovil	Vevil Cemetry Rd, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kodikamam Valli Kanthasamy Kovil	Station Road, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Koilamanai Maruthady Sivan Kovil	Koyilamanai, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kovindaswamy Devasthanam	Kovilakandy, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Kumbavelyppillaiyar Kovil	Manthuvil West Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Maruthady Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	Kovilakandy Center, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Maruthady Vonayagar Kovil	Kovilakandy, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Maruthankulam Pillaiyar Kovil	Eluthumadduval North	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Mayiliyar Vairavar Kovil	Idaikurichchy, Varany	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Murugan Kovil	Iyakachchi	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Murugan Kovil	Ketpaly Centre, Mirusuvil	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Murugan Kovil	Puloppalai	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Muthaliyar Kovil	Kopay Road, Kaithady West	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Muththukumaraswamy Kovil	Thatchchanthoppu, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Nachchimar Kovil	Kovilakandy, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Narasingha Vairavar Kovil	Shanthypuram, Madduvil North	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Navatkuly Siththy Vinayagar	Navatkuly West Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Neelaththai Udaiyarmadam Murugan	Idaikurichchy, Varany	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Nelliyady Pillaiyar Kovil	Madduvil North, Shanthypuram	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Padaiyandan Thoddam Kanthaswamy	Chavakachcheri North	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Paddaiyolachchy Veerapaththeerar Kovil	Central Road, Meesalai East	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Pantrykkerny Kandaswamy Kovil	Meesalai East, Meesalai	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Paramasivan Kovil	Ketpeli West, Mirusuwil	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Paththirakaliamman Kovil	Palavy North, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Peddaiyarkulam Pillaiyar Kovil	Navatkadhu, Varany	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Periya Theivam Amman Kovil	New Market, Meesalai East	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Periyakerny Sivagnapillaiyar Kovil	NagarKovil Rd,Eluthumadduval	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Periyamavadi Kanthaswamy Kovil	Perampalam rd, Periyamavadi	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Perumpadai Amman Kovil	Kaithady, Navatkuly	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Perumpadai Amman Kovil	Thanankilappu	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Poothavarayar Kovil	Meesalai North, Meesalai	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Puliyanthidal Sri Kandaswamy Kovil	Manthuvil North, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Puthukkulam Kannakai Amman Kovil	Vidaththatpalai, Mirusuvil	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Rajanageswaray Ambal Kovil	Manthuvil West, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sarasalai Ramavil Veerakathi Pillaiyar	Sarasalai South, Sarasalai	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Shambhavely Chenpavalapillaiyar Kovil	Ketpaly , Mirusuvil	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Siddy Veram Kannakai Amman Kovil	Varani Iyatralai, Varani	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Simanthalvu Vinayagar Kovil	Allarai North, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sithamparasubramaniaswamy Kovil	Kovilakandy Center, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sithravelautha Swamy Kovil	Meesalai East, Meesalai	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sri Kaliambal Kovil	Thachchanthoppu, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sri Meenadchi Amman Kovil	Shankaththanai, Chavakachery	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Meesalai North,Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sri Nadarasa Murugamoorthy Kovil	Kovil Kudiyiruppu	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sri Narayanar Kovil	Madduvil South, Chavakachery	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sri Pathirakali Amman Kovil	School Road, Navatkuly South	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sri Puvaneswaray Amman Kovil	Navatkuli East, Thatchanthoppu	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sri Valli Amman Kovil	Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Sri Veeramakali Amman Kovil	Sarasalai South, Sarasalai	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Thanankilappu Karaiththur Vinayagar	Thanankilappu	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Thanthontry Gnavairavar Kovil	Kaithady, Navatkuly South	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Thavasikulam Kannakai Amman Kovil	Thavasikulam, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Thavasiyakulam Pillaiyar Kovil	Idaikurichchy, Varany	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Thiruneelakanda Vellaimavadi Pillaiyar	Meesalai East, Meesalai	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Thurkai Amman Kovil	Edu. Ladies Sch.,Mirusuvil	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Thuvarankarai Pillaiyar Kovil	Idaikurichchy, Varany	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Vairavar Kovil	Kaithady Center, Kumaranagar	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Vairavar Kovil	Madduvil South	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Vairavar Kovil	Manthuvil West Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Vairavar Muniyappar Kovil	Kaithady Center, Kumaranagar	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Vallakulam Veerakathi Pillaiyar Kovil	Maravanpulo, Chavakachchery	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Vedhavana Vinayagar Kovil	Ramalinga Road, Kalvayal	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Veerakathi Vinayagar Kovil	Meesalai North, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Veerapathirar Kovil	Kallakam, Kaithady West	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Veerapathirar Kovil	Ketpeli Centre, Mirusuwil	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Veerapathirar Kovil	Maravanpulo North	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Veerapathirar Kovil	Palavy South, Kodikamam	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Velamparai Kannaki Amman Kovil	Kovilakandy, Kaithady	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Vilaively Veerakaththy Vinayagar	Nunavil West, Chavakachery	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Vilupanai Kannakai Ambal Kovil	Vilupanai, Eluthumadduwal	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Vinayagar Kovil	Vettilaikerny	Jaffna – Thenmarachy
Arulananda Pillayar Kovil	Pirappankulam road,Jaffna	Jaffna – Town
Gnanavairavar Kovil	Eachchamoddai	Jaffna – Town
Kadaitheru Pillayar Kovil	K.K.S road,Jaffna	Jaffna – Town
Kanthasamy Kovil	Villundy	Jaffna – Town
Meenadchi Amman Kovil	Koddadi	Jaffna – Town
Muniappar Kovil	Jaffna Fort	Jaffna – Town
Murugan Kovil	Columbuthurai	Jaffna – Town
Nainai Nagapoosani Amman Kovil	Columbuthurai	Jaffna – Town
Sivan Kovil	Columbuthurai	Jaffna – Town
Sri Ampalavanr Kovil	Nedunkulam	Jaffna – Town
Vairavar Kovil	Kulathady	Jaffna – Town
Aalvar Kovil	Vallipuram	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Anthanathidal Pillayar Kovil	Kapputhu karaveddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Arulmihu Gnanavairavar Kovil	Kottawaththai	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Arulmihu Kandasamy Kovil	Point Pedro	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Arulmihu Muthaliamman Kovil	Karanavai East, Karaveddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Arulmihu Paththanai Vairavar Kovil	Alvai east	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Athivairavar Kovil	AthiKovilady, VVT.	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Athiyadi Pillaiyar Kovil	Point Pedro	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Gnanavairavar Kovil	Konavalai	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Gnanavairavar Kovil	Nediyakadu, VVt.	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Inpilan Petiyathambiran Kovil	Polikandy South	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Irakkachchi Amman Kovil	Vadi Lane, VVT.	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Kadatkarai Pillaiyar Kovil	Thumbalai East	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Kandavanam Kovil	Polikandy East	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Kannakai Amman Kovil	Manthikai	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Kappaludayar Kovil	Valvai North Central, VVT	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Katpaka Pillaiyar Kovil	Mathanai	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Kilisiddy Gnanavairavar Kovil	Irumbu mathavady,Vathiry	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Koneswarar Kovil	Thondamanaru	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Koolankerny Vanniyappillayar Kovil	Karaveddy cetre	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Kottuvasal Amman Kovil	Nagarkovil	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Kulathady Vairavar Kovil	Polikandy West	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Kumbimurugan Kovil	Katkovalam	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Maruthady Gnanavairavar Kovil	Point Pedro	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Meenadchi Amman Kovil	Valvai North Central, VVT	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Muthumari Amman Kovil	Thondamanaru	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Murugamoorthy Kaliamman Kovil	Nelliyadi karaveddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Murugan Kovil	Selva Sannathy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Muthumariamman Kovil	Valvettiturai	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Naruvilady Pillaiyar Kovil	Naruvilady	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Neeruvalai Pillaiyar Kovil	Polikandy East	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Nuhavil Pillayar Kovil	Kaddaiveli, karaveddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Nungodai Murugan Kovil	Karaveddy west	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Ollai Arulmihu Veerapathirar Kovil	Puloly South	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Pandari Amman Kovil	Thambaciddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Pandurankan Kovil	Thondamanaru	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Pasupathy Sivan Kovil	Puloly	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Pathirakaliyamman Kovil	Thondamanaru	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Pathirakaliyamman Kovil	Uduppiddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Pillaiyar Kovil	Alvollai Road, Point-Pedro	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Pillaiyar Kovil	Atchuvely	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Pillaiyar Kovil	Inparuddy Point Pedro	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Pillaiyar Kovil	Puloly South	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Puddani Sithi Vinayagar Kovil	Valvai South West, VVT	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Sadaiyandy Vairavar Kovil	Valvai South West, VVT	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Sakkalawathay gnanavairavar Kovil	Karaveddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Sakthi Ambal Kovil	Thumbalai South	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Sithy Vinayagar Kovil	Koddadi	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Sivan Kovil	Muchampulavu, Puloly South	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Sivan Kovil	Valvettiturai	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Sri Sandika Parameswary Kovil	Point Pedro	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Sri Selvachanathy Kovil	Thondamanaru	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Sundara Perumal Kovil	Valvai South West, VVT	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Thevi Amman Kovil	Thumpalai	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Thodda Pillaiyar Kovil	Ledsumananthoddam Thumbalai	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Thuvali Kaliyamman Kovil	Uduppiddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Thuvalipillayar Kovil	Imayanan West, Uduppiddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Ulakudaya Pillaiyar Kovil	Valvettiturai	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Vaikunda Pillaiyar Kovil	Valvai South West, VVT	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Vairavar Kovil	Kothiyal Lane, VVT.	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Vairavar Kovil	Netkolu, Thondamanaru	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Vairavar Kovil	Revady, VVT.	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Valambikai Sametha Vaitheeswara Kovil	Karaveddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Valambikai Sametha Vaitheeswara Kovil	Valvai South West, VVT	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Vallaively Srisithivinayagar Kovil	Uduppiddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Vallianantham Pillaiyar Kovil	Puloly South	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Valliappar Gnanavairavar Kovil	Karaveddy	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Vani Kovil	VVT.	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Veerapathirar Kovil	Katkovalam	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Veerapathirar Kovil	Point Pedro	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Vet Kovil	Inparuddy Point Pedro	Jaffna – Vadamarachy
Adaikalamthoddam Sri Kandaswamy	Vaddu East	Jaffna – Vali West
Akayakulam Vinayakar Kovil	Araly South	Jaffna – Vali West
Arasadi Sithi Vinayagar Kovil	Madakal East	Jaffna – Vali West
Arasady Vyravar Kovil	Chankanai South	Jaffna – Vali West
Avarampity Sri Muthumari Ambal Alayam	Araly East	Jaffna – Vali West
Chempithodda Gna Vairavar Kovil	Araly South	Jaffna – Vali West
Ethiyadi Vinayakar Kovil	Vaddu South West	Jaffna – Vali West
Gnanasinthamani Pillaiyar Kovil	Madakal West	Jaffna – Vali West
Gnanavyravar Kovil	Chuleepuram Centre	Jaffna – Vali West
Gnanavyravar Kovil	Tholpuram West 6	Jaffna – Vali West
Iyanar Kovil	Parathanai, Vadaliyadaipu	Jaffna – Vali West
Kalawathurai Ganan Vyravar Kovil	Araly South	Jaffna – Vali West
Kambanpulo Aathy Vyravar perumal Kovil	Vaddu North	Jaffna – Vali West
Kannaki Amman Kovil	Vaddu West	Jaffna – Vali West
Kodaokulam Sri Paththirakali Amman	Araly East	Jaffna – Vali West
Koddadiperan Sivan Kovil	Chulipuram West	Jaffna – Vali West
Lanka Paruthi Vyravar Kovil	Chankanai Centre	Jaffna – Vali West
Malayalnkadu Iyanar Kovil	Araly East	Jaffna – Vali West
Mavady Gana Vyravar Kovil	Chankanai South	Jaffna – Vali West
Murugamoorthy Kovil	Sangarathai	Jaffna – Vali West
Murugamoothy Kovil	Mathagal	Jaffna – Vali West
Murugan Kovil	Chankanai South	Jaffna – Vali West
Myleyapualm Kandasamy Kovil	Araly North	Jaffna – Vali West
Nachchimar Kovil	Chulipuram Centre	Jaffna – Vali West
Nachchmar Kovil	Chankanai	Jaffna – Vali West
Nagammal Kovil	Araly Centre	Jaffna – Vali West
Nikara Gnanavyravar Kovil	Chankanai West	Jaffna – Vali West
Nitchchamam Gnanavyravar Kovil	Araly South	Jaffna – Vali West
Nochchiyampathy Vinayagar Kovil	Araly West	Jaffna – Vali West
Odakarai Sivan Kovil	Chanknai South	Jaffna – Vali West
Paralai Vinayagar Kovil	Chulipuram East	Jaffna – Vali West
Paththrakalee Amman Kovil	Chankarathai	Jaffna – Vali West
Periyar Kovil	Ponnalai	Jaffna – Vali West
Petchchi Amman Kovil	Madakal North	Jaffna – Vali West
Sampunathar Sivan Kovil	Pannipulam	Jaffna – Vali West
Sinnakathirkamam	Vaddu West	Jaffna – Vali West
Sinnavalavu Gnavairavar Kovil	Araly North	Jaffna – Vali West
Sinthamany Vinayagar Kovil	Araly South	Jaffna – Vali West
Sithamparam Ambalavanr Kovil	Chankanai	Jaffna – Vali West
Sivan Kovil	Suthumalai North	Jaffna – Vali West
Sri Harihara Puthira Iynar Kovil	Chulipuram West	Jaffna – Vali West
Sri Muthumari Ambal Kovil	Tholpuram West	Jaffna – Vali West
Sri Nagapoosani Amman Kovil	Araly Centre	Jaffna – Vali West
Sri Siva Sithamparaeswarar Kovil	Sithankerny	Jaffna – Vali West
Sri Wisalachchi Samatha Wisvanathar	Araly Centre	Jaffna – Vali West
Thampap Pillaiyar Kovil	Moolai	Jaffna – Vali West
Thevindaipirai Murugamoorthy Kovil	Sangarathai	Jaffna – Vali West
Thotathu Katpakapillaiyar Kovil	Vaddu North	Jaffna – Vali West
Thuraddippanai Srimuthumary Amman	Vaddu East	Jaffna – Vali West
Udukiyavaali Pillaiyar Kovil	Vaddu South	Jaffna – Vali West
Uloalasiddy Pillaiyar Kovil	Araly Centre	Jaffna – Vali West
Valai Amman Kovil	Araly East	Jaffna – Vali West
Varatharajah Prumal Kovil	Ponnalai	Jaffna – Vali West
Vathiranpulo Sithy Vinayagar Kovil	Moolai	Jaffna – Vali West
Viswaththanai Murugamoorth Kovil	Pannnakam	Jaffna – Vali West
Welvil Murugamoorthy Kovil	Chankanai East	Jaffna – Vali West
Annamar Kovil	Punnalaikadduwan South	Jaffna – Valigamam
Iyanar Kovil	Punnalaikadduwan North	Jaffna – Valigamam
Meenadchi amman Kovil	Punnalaikadduwan North	Jaffna – Valigamam
Rajarajeswary Amman Kovil	Punnalaikadduwan North	Jaffna – Valigamam
Sivan Kovil	Punnalaikadduwan South	Jaffna – Valigamam
Vinayagar Kovil	Ayakkadavai	Jaffna – Valigamam
More than 1000 Temples destroyed in Jaffna	(463 Temples)

Temples Destroyed / damaged in Kilinochchi
Name of Kovil	Place	Dirstrict
Kanagambikai Amman Kovil	Iranaimadu	Kilinochchi – Iranaimadu
Aladypillayar Kovil	8th Vaikkal/Canal	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
AmbalKovil	Porikadavai	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Amman Kovil	Parathipuram East	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Amman Kovil	Ponnagar Centre	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Amman Kovil	Solai,Vannerikulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Amman Kovil	Vanneri, Jeyapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Athimuththumariamman Kovil	Uthayanagar West	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Athivinayagar Kovil	Ootupulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Atputhavinayagar Kovil	30th Housing Scheme	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Gowri Amman Kovil	Paravipanchan	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Iththivinayagar	Uthayanagar West	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Iththiyadi Pillayar Kovil	Sivanagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Iyanar Kovil	Jeyapuram road, Vanneri	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Iyanar Kovil	Kunchuparanthan	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Iyanar Kovil	Maruthady	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Iyanar Kovil	Paravipanchan	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Iyanar Kovil	Skanthapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Iyanar Kovil	Vaddakachchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Iyankulam Amman Kovil	Malayalapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
KaddammanKovil	Skanthapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Kadduamman Kovil	Uruthirapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Kali Kovil	Parathipuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Kali Kovil	Puthukadu	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Kannakai Amman Kovil	Kanagapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Kannaki Amman Kovil	Jeyanthinagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Kannaki Amman Kovil	Kilinochchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Kanthaswamy Kovil	Konavil	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Katpahavinayagar Kovil	Puthumurippu	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Krishnaparathy Amman Kovil	Krishnapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Krishnar Kovil	Kilinochchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Krishnar Kovil	Krishnapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Krishnar Kovil	Ratnapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Kunchumeesa Pillayar Kovil	Vaddakachchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Kurukualasarvasakthi Kovil	Jeyanthinagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Maniamman Kovil	Vinayagapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Konavil	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Uruthirapuram North	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Vaddakachchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Mavadi murugan Kovil	Ramanathapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Meenadchiamman Kovil	Anandapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Muniyappar Kovil	Agriculture Rd,Kaneshapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Muniyappar Kovil	Puthumurippu	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Murugan Kovil	Jeyapuram road, Vanneri	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Murugan Kovil	Kanakambikai Kulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Murugan Kovil	Kandy road, Kilinochchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Murugan Kovil	Parathipuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Murugan Kovil	Sakthipuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Murugan Kovil	Vaddakachchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Murugan Kovil	Vivehananda Nagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Muthumariamman Kovil	Krishnapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Muthumariamman Kovil	Ootupulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Muthumariamman Kovil	Sakthipuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Muthumariamman Kovil	Selvanagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Nadanamuthumaniamman Kovil	Iththiyadi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Nagammal Kovil	Konavil	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Nagapooshani Amman Kovil	Thirunagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Nagapooshani Amman Kovil	Uthayanagar East	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Nagathambiran Kovil	Ratnapuram West	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Nagathambiran Kovil	Uthayanagar East	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Nanthanpulavan Nagapooshanai Amman	Vaddakachchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Navalady Murugan Kovil	Kanakambikai Kulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Palaiyadi Vinayagar Kovil	Uruthirapuram North	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Parasakthi Kovil	Paravipanchan	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	2nd Mile post, Pannankandy	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	5th Vaikkal/Canal	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Adambamoddai	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Agriculture Rd, Kaneshapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Akkarayan	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Alady, Ramanathapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Anaivilunthankulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Chenchuvayal	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Iranimadu	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Iththiyadi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Kanagapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Kandy Road, Kilinochchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Kaththannagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Kilinochchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Krishnapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Kunchuparanthan	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Maruthady	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Neevil	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Pannamkandu	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Paranthan	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Parathipuram East	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Ponnagar North	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Rathinapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Sambukulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Shanthapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Thiruvaiaru	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Thondaman Nagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Uruthirapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Vannerikulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Vinson Road, Thiruvaiaru	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Rajarajeswaray Amman Kovil	Thirunagar South	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Ramar Kovil	Malayalapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Ramar Kovil	Puthumurippu	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sarathambal Kovil	Mayavanoor	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sithi vinayagar Kovil	Akkarayan	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sithi vinayagar Kovil	Kannakipuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sithi vinayagar Kovil	Malayalapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sithi vinayagar Kovil	Vaddakachchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sivan Kovil	Kanakambikai Kulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sivan Kovil	Krishnapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sivan Kovil	Mayavanoor	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sivan Kovil	Uthayanagar West	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Solai Nagar Pillayar Kovil	Puthumurippu	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sothivinayagar Kovil	Vaddakachchi	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri Arulmurugan Kovil	Kannakipuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri Arulmurugan Kovil	Skanthapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri Kanakambikai Amman Kovil	Iranaimadu Kulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri Kannaki Amman Kovil	Kannakipuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri kannan Kovil	Skanthapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri manonmany Amman Kovil	Ambalkulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri Mariamman Kovil	Ramanathapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri Meenadshi Amman Kovil	Jeyanthinagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Thiruvaiaru 3, Ampal Nagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Uthayanagar West	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri Nagathambiran Kovil	Kannakipuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri Ranganatha Perumal Kovil	Mayavanoor	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sri Thurkka Thevi Kovil	Ambalkulam	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Sudalai Vairavar Kovil	Puthumurippu	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Thurkaiamman Kovil	130, Thirunagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Thurkaiamman Kovil	Anandapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Thurkaiamman Kovil	Skanthapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Uruthirapuraeeswara Sivan Kovil	Uruthirapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Vairavar Kovil	104, Thirunagar North	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Vairavar Kovil	27, Thirunagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Vairavar Kovil	Akkarayan	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Vicky Vinayagar Kovil	Akkarayan	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Vinayagar Kovil	Parathipuram East	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Vinayagar Kovil	Selvanagar	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Vinayagar Kovil	Vinayagapuram	Kilinochchi – Karachchi
Kanthasamy Kovil	Kilinochchi	Kilinochchi – Kilinochchi
Amman Kovil	Soranpattu	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Amman Kovil	Tharmakerny	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Ampalavarai amman Kovil	Muhamalai	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Annamar Kovil	Kovil vayal	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Araththi Murugan Kovil	Puloppalai	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Araththiamman Kovil	Puloppalai	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Aththikandu Vairavar Kovil	Arasar kerny	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Gnanavairavar Kovil	Muhamalai	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Kachchar Vadi Murugan Kovil	Pallai Nagar	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Kachchar Vadi Pillayar Kovil	Pallai Nagar	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Kali Kovil	Yakkachchi	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Kallady Vairavar Kovil	Pallai	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Kannakai Amman Kovil	Yakkachchi	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Karanthai Vairavar Kovil	Tharmakerny	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Koddadi Pillayar Kovil	Arasar Kerny	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Malvil Krishnan Kovil	Muhavil	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Mandalai Pillayar Kovil	Kovil Vayal	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Muhamalai	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Monduwan Vairavar Kovil	Arasar kerny	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Narasimmavairavar Kovil	Pallai Nagar	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Neliyar Pillayar Kovil	Thampakamam	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Nellippallam Amman Kovil	Soranpattu	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Nochchithalvu Pillayar Kovil	Soranpattu	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Palavipillayar Kovil	Pallai	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Periyathampiran Kovil	Muhamalai	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Pillayar Kovil	Arasar Kerny	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Pillayar Kovil	Pallai	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Pillayar Kovil	Tharmakerny	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Poothavarayar Kovil	Tharmakerny	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Seeranaipillayar Kovil	Soranpattu	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Selukkan Chaddy Amman Kovil	Thampakamam	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Sinnamandalai Pillayar Kovil	Yakkachchi	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Sittandy Kovil	Tharmakerny	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Thiriyai Amman Kovil	Muhavil	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Thiriyai Karai Pillayar Kovil	Mullaiyadi	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Trandaikerny Amman Kovil	Pallai Nagar	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Uppukkernypillayar Kovil	Thampakamam	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Vairavar Kovil	Soranpattu	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Valliamman Kovil	Yakkachchi	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Vanan Amman Kovil	Pallai	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Vannankerny Kali Amman Kovil	Thampakamam	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Vannankerny Thurkai Amman Kovil	Thampakamam	Kilinochchi – Pallai
Murugan Kovil	Kumarapuram	Kilinochchi – Paranthan
Addathuddivairavar Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Aknivairavar Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Alankulam Pillayar Kovil	Villady	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Amman Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Amman Kovil	Gowtharimuani	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Amman Kovil	Jeyapuram North	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Amman Kovil	Pallikkudha	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Amman Kovil	Paramankirai	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Amman Kovil	Sempankunru	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Amman Kovil	Sithankuruchchi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Ampalavanar Pillayar Kovil	Madduvilnadu East	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Arasady Vinayagar Kovil	Madduvilnadu East	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Aruhuveli Vairavar Kovil	Gowtharimuani	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Arulmihu Vallambikai/Sithivinayagar Kovil	Jayapuram South	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Iyanar Kovil	Cheddiyakuruchchi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Iyanar Kovil	Sekkalai	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Iyanar Kovil	Villady	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kadduvidathal Vinayagar	Selvapuram	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kalankaddy Vairavar	Alankerny	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kali Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kali Kovil	Villady	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kalmunai Amman Kovil	Gowtharimuani	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kampilivairavar Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kani Kovil	Cheddiyakuruchchi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kannahiamman Kovil	Chellaiahthivu	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kannakai Amman Kovil	Nallur	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kanthaswamy Kovil	Karrukkaithivu	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Karthavarayar Kovil	Karrukkaithivu	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kaththavarayar Kovil	Gnanamadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Kaththavarayar Kovil	Villady	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Katpahappillayar Kovil	Gowtharimuani	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Koddavadi Pillayar Kovil	Sithankuruchchi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Koddiluppillayar Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Krishnan Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Madaththuppiddy Pillayar Kovil	Nallur	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Maruthady Vairavar Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Maruthady Vinayagar Kovil	Thampirai	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Mudavairavar Kovil	Pallikkudha	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Muneeswarar Kovil	Vadiyadi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Muneeswarar Sithivinayagar Kovil	Madduvilnadu East	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Muniyappar Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Muniyappar Kovil	Madduvilnadu East	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Murugamoorthy Kovil	Sithankuruchchi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Murugan Kovil	Madduvilnadu West	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Murugan Kovil	Mannaiththalai	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Murugan Kovil	Mualnkavil	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Murukan Kovil	Villady	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Murukandippillayar Kovil	Alankerny	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Murukandippillayar Kovil	Nallur	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Murukandy pillayar Kovil	Selvapuram	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Nachchimar Kovil	Karrukkaithivu	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Nadkadumurugan Kovil	Nallur	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Nagathambiran Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Nagathambiran Kovil	Sithankuruchchi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Nainakaddu Vairavar Kovil	Veddukkadu	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Nayanmarmadam	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Paddivairavar Kovil	Gowtharimuani	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Palakanthapillayar	Alankerny	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Pampadiththan Vairavar Kovil	Sempankunru	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Paththinikaddupillayar	Madduvilnadu East	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Paththinippaipillayar Kovil	Paththinippai	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Perumpadai Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Perumpadai Kovil	Karrukkaithivu	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Peumpadai Amman Kovil	Veddukkadu	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Pihirivinayagar Kovil	Cheddiyakuruchchi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Pillayar Kovil	Karrukkaithivu	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Pillayar Kovil	Madduvilnadu West	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Pillayar Kovil	Pallikkudha	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Pillayar Kovil	Vinasiodai	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Piramthalvu Pillayar Kovil	Madduvilnadu East	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Puliyadivirumar	Alankerny	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Ramar Kovil	Jeyapuram North	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Sakthiamman Kovil	Gowtharimuani	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Sithiravelauthar Kanthasamy Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Sobalapiddy Sirsithi Kovil	Madduvilnadu East	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Sri murugan Kovil	Nallur	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Sri Muththumariamman Kovil	Kumulamunai	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Sri selvayoha Sithi Vinayagar Kovil	Mualnkavil	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Thlakkulam Kovil	Vadiyadi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Urikaddu Vinayagar Kovil	Thampirai	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vaikalady Amman Kovil	Sithankuruchchi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vaikalady Vairavar Kovil	Karrukkaithivu	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vairavar Kovil	Cheddiyakuruchchi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vairavar Kovil	Kavakulam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vairavar Kovil	Madduvilnadu West	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vairavar Kovil	Nallur	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vairavar Kovil	Samippulam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vairavar Kovil	Selvapuram	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vairavar Kovil	Sithankuruchchi	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
vankernippillayar	Alankerny	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Varamperiyar Kovil	Gowtharimuani	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Veerakathivinayagar Kovil	Alankerny	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Veerapathirar Kovil	Karikkoddukkulam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Veerapathirar Kovil	Mannaiththalai	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vidathal Pillayar	Thampirai	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vilathikadu Vairavar Kovil	Nallur	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Vinayagar Kovil	Karrukkaithivu	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Virumar Kovil	Gnanimadam	Kilinochchi – Poonakari
Murugan Kovil	Paranthan	Killinochchi – Karachchi
Pillayar Kovil	Pallankandy	Killinochchi – Pallankandy
Kottai Muniappar Kovil	Poonakari	Killinochchi – Poonakari
Amman Kovil	Poorikadawai	Killinochchi – Poorikadawai
Nagathambiran Kovil	Pullyampokkanai	Killinochchi – Pullyampokkanai
Sivan Kovil	Uruthirapuram	Killinochchi – Uruthirapuram
Pillayar Kovil	Vattakachchi	Killinochchi – Vattakachchi
All together 185 Temples destroyed in Killinochchi	(282 Temples)

Temples Destroyed / damaged in Mannar
Name of Kovil	Place	Dirstrict
Amman Kovil	Semmanthivu	Mannar – Nanaddan
Iyanar Kovil	Jeevanagar	Mannar – Nanaddan
Mariamman Kovil	Parikarikandal	Mannar – Nanaddan
Pidariyamman Kovil	Sooriyakaddaikadu	Mannar – Nanaddan
Sri Selvamuththumariamman Kovil	Moddakadai	Mannar – Nanaddan
Amman Kovil	Sinnakarisal, Pesalai	Mannar – Pesalai
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Pesalai	Mannar – Pesalai
Kanthariyamman Kovil	Padapady,Thalimannar	Mannar – Thalaimannar
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Thalaimannar	Mannar – Thalaimannar
Vinayagar Kovil	Thalaimannar	Mannar – Thalaimannar
Amman Kovil	5th Mile,Erukkalampitty	Mannar – Town
Amman Kovil	South Bar, Mannar	Mannar – Town
Murugan Kovil	South bar, Mannar	Mannar – Town
Muthumariamman Kovil	Vaddupiththanmadu,Puthukamam	Mannar – Town
Pillayar Kovil	South bar, Mannar	Mannar – Town
Sivan Kovil	Thiruketheeswaram	Mannar – Town
All together 37 Temples destroyed in Mannar	(16 Temples)

Temples Destroyed / damaged in Mullaitivu
Name of Kovil	Place	Dirstrict
Vairavar Kovil	Bus stand – Mullaitivu	Mullaitivu
Veerakaththipillayar Kovil	Mullaithivu	Mullaitivu
Arasady Pillayar Kovil	Kokkilai	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Kannaki Amman Kovil	Kokkilai	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Katpahavinayagar Kovil	Kanukerny	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Katpahavinayagar Kovil	Kumulamunai	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Maha Vishnu Kovil	Mamoolai	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Semmalai	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Murugan Kovil	Allampil	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Murugan Kovil	Kokku Thoduvai	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Muthumari Amman Kovil	Kokku Thoduvai	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Pillayar Kovil	Karachchikudiyiruppu	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Pillayar Kovil	Karunaddu Kerny	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Pillayar Kovil	Kumulamunai	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Sivan Kovil	Uduppu Kulam	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Vinayagar Kovil	Kokku Thoduvai – Kodda Kerny	Mullaitivu – Manalaru
Athinathar Thambiran Kovil	Kottu Kinattu – Kumulamunai	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Athivairavar Kovil	Kallappadu North	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Gnanavairavar Kovil	Mullaithivu	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Kaddaruvinayagar Kovil	2nd ward, Mulliyawalai	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Kalyanavelavar Kovil	1st ward, Mulliyawalai	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Kannakiambal Kovil	Vattrapalai	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Katpahavinayagar Kovil	Knaukkerny	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Katpahavinayagar Kovil	Kumulamunai	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Koddukinattu vinayagar Kovil	Kumulamunai centre	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Kumarakanapathipillayar Kovil	Mullivaikal West	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Kurunthady Silinga vinayagar Kovil	Mullivaikal East	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Maha vishnu Kovil	Mamoolai	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Semmalai	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Murugan Kovil	Kumarapuram	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Murugan Kovil	Mamoolai	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Nagapoosani amman Kovil	2nd ward, Mulliyawalai	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Pillayar Kovil	Keppapilavu	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Oottankarai Rd, Mullaithivu	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Thirumurugapura murukanKovil	Alambil north	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Veerakaththipillayar Kovil	Karachchikudiyiruppu	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
VelmuruganKovil	Unnapulavu	Mullaitivu – Maritimepattu
Ambal Kovil	Old Colony, Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Amman Kovil	Koolamurippu,Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Amman Kovil	Vattuvaal	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Arasadippillayar Kovil	Puthukulam, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Arasadypillayar Kovil	Peraru, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Arasadyvinayagar Kovil	Katsilaimadu, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Athivairavar Kovil	Karippaddamurippu	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Balamurugan Kovil	Muththaiyankaddukulam, Oddu	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Gnanavairavar Kovil	Karippaddamurippu	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Iththimarathady Siththivinayagar Kovil	Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Iyan Kovil	Thaddaiamalai, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Kannakai amman Kovil	Katkidangu, Karippaddamurippu	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Mammil Pillayar Kovil	Ambakamam, Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Mavadi Siththivinayagar Kovil	Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Murugan Kovil	Housing scheme, Pulliyankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Murugan Kovil	Karippaddamurippu	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Murugan Kovil	Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Murugan Kovil	Pulimaichchinagalam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Murugan Kovil	Sammalan kulam, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Muththumariamman Kovil	Palampasi, Nedunkerny	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Muththumariamman Kovil	Periyapuliyankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Muththuvinayagar Kovil	Thattaiyamalai	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Muthtuvinayagar Alayam	Muththuvinayagapuram	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Muthtuvinayagar Kovil	Thaddaiamalai, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Nagathambiran Alayama	Thaddaiamalai, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Nagathambiran Kovil	Karuvelankandal, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Nagathambiran Kovil	Katsilaimadu, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Nagathambiran Kovil	Periyaiththimadu, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Palayadimuththumariamman Kovil	New colony, Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Palayamurukandy Pillayar Kovil	Panikkan kulam, Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Palayan Pillayar Kovil	Puthukulam, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pathalavairavar Kovil	Olumadu, Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Karambaikulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Karippaddamurippu	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Karuvelankandal, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Koolamurippu,Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Leftbund, Muththaiyankaddukulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Melyvanam, Karippaddamurippu	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Pandarakulam, Nedunkerny	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Panikkan kulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Periyaiththimadu, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Puthukulam, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Samalankulam, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Silavaththai	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Sinna salamban, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Thaneeroottu, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Thirumurukandy	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Pillayar Kovil	Vinayagar veethy, Viththiyapuram	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Sammalantholai Pillayar Kovil	Katsilaimadu, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Sellappillayar Kovil	Koolamurippu,Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Siththivinayagar Kovil	Palampasi, Nedunkerny	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Siththivinayagar Kovil	Thanduwan,Nedunkerny	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Sivan Kovil	Inthupuram, Thirumurukandy	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Soolavairavar Kovil	Olumadu, Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Sri Muththukumaraswamy Kovil	Pandaravanni, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Sri Muththumariamman Kovil	Periyasalamban, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Sri Muthtumariamman Kovil	Mutththaiyankaddukulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Sri Muthtumariamman Kovil	Thaddaiamalai, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Sri Sakthiamman Kovil	Thunukkai Veethy, Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Sri Siththivinayagar Kovil	Thanduwan,Nedunkerny	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Thakaddu vairavar Kovil	Katsilaimadu, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Thanthonteswaran Kovil	Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Thantrontrinagathambiran Kovil	Rightbund	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Thurkkaiamman Kovil	17th mile, Palampasy, Nedunkerny	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vairavar Kovil	14th mile post, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vairavar Kovil	Katkidangu, Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vairavar Kovil	Manavalanpaddamurippu	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vairavar Kovil	Mankulam Veethy, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vairavar Kovil	Sammalan Kulam, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Veeraiyadi vinayagar Kovil	Katsilaimadu, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vellaipillayar Kovil	Mambalasanthy, Nedunkerny	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vilvam pillayar Kovil	Nudunkerny Veethy, Oddusuddan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vinayagar Kovil	Kadiveethy, Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vinayagar Kovil	Krishna nagar, Thanduwan	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vinayagar Kovil	Othiyamalai, Nedunkerny	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vinayagar Kovil	Periyakulam, Nedunkerny	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vinayagar Kovil	Thatchadamban, Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vinayagar Kovil	Uttankarai	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Vishnu Kovil	Mankulam	Mullaitivu – Oddusuddan
Amman Kovil	Suthanthirapuram Centre	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Arulmihu Sri Kanthaswami Kovil	1st ward, Puthukudiyiruppu West	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Athisaya Vinayagar Kovil	Visvamadu West	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Atputhavinayagar Kovil	2nd scheme, Theravil	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Kannan Kovil	Sivanagar	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Karudamadupillayar Kovil	Mannakandal	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Muththumariamman Kovil	2nd ward,Puthukudiyiruppu West	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Nagathambiran Kovil	Visvamadu West	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Pillayar Kovil	Suthanthirapuram	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Puthumai Vinayagar Kovil	12th mile, Visvamadu	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Ramara Kovil	Suthanthirapuram Centre	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Sellavinayagar Kovil	Theravil Centre	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Sivan Kovil	Manthuvil	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Sivan Kovil	Puthukudiyiruppu	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Sri Muththumariamman Kovil	Udayarkaddu South	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Parathipuram	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Sri Nadanamiddal Kovil	Vallipunama	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Suthanthirapuram junction	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Sri Ulahalantha pillayar Kovil	1st ward, Puthukudiyiruppu	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Thurkkaiamman Kovil	2nd ward, Kombavil	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Vinayagar Kovil	Visvamadu West	Mullaitivu – Puthukudiyiruppu
Aladipillaiyar Kovil	Alankulam	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Arasady Siththivinayagar Kovil	Kalvilan	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Balavinayagar Kovil	Pukalenthinagar	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Murugan Kovil	Mallavi	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Murugan Kovil	Puththuvedduwan	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Muththumariamman Kovil	Thunukkai	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Muththuvinayagar Kovil	Thunukkai	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Pathirakaliyamman Kovil	Puththuvedduwan	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Pillayar Kovil	Thunukkai	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Pilllaiyar Kovil	Iyankankulam	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Siththivinayagar Kovil	Alankulam	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Sivan Kovil	Koddaikaddiyakulam	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
Thurkkaiamman Kovil	Yogapuram	Mullaitivu – Thunakkai
All together 154 Temples destroyed in Mullaitivu	(151 Temples)

Temples Destroyed / damaged in Trincomalee
Name of Kovil	Place	Dirstrict
Kerniyadi Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Thirukadaloor	Tincomalee – Town
Manganai Mariamman Kovil	Sampalthivu	Tincomalee – Town
Nadesar Kovil	Sivayogapuram, Kanniya	Tincomalee – Town
Pillayar Kovil	Venneeruttu, Kanniya	Tincomalee – Town
Soalaiyadi Vairavar Kovil	3rd Mile post, Trincomalee	Tincomalee – Town
Sri pathirakaliamman Kovil	Thirukadaloor	Tincomalee – Town
Sri thurkai Amman Kovil	Orrs Hill	Tincomalee – Town
Thirukonnewaram Kovil	Trincomalee	Tincomalee – Town
Vadalipillayar Kovil	Sampalthivu	Tincomalee – Town
Veerakathipillayar Kovil	Madathady	Tincomalee – Town
Kanthasamy Kovil	Villuntri	Trincomalee
Kaddammal Kovil	Anaithivu	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Kannakiamman Kovil	Illankai Thurai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Kanththavarayan Kovil	Illankai Thurai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Krishnar Kovil	Verugal, Muahathuwaram	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Manikkappillayar Kovil	Kinnaiyadi	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Nagambal Kovil	Anaithivu	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Nagambal Kovil	Mavadichenai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Nagambal Kovil	Valaithoddam	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Nagathambiran Kovil	Eachchilampattu	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Nagathambiran Kovil	Mathurankuli	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Nagathambiran Kovil	Poomarathadichenai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Neeliayamman Kovil	Kallady	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Pathiniyamman Kovil	Illankai Thurai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Pillayar Kovil	Anaithivu	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Pillayar Kovil	Mavadichenai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Pillayar Kovil	Verugal, Muahathuwaram	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Poddiyadi Kovil	Valaithoddam	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Sanpahanachchiyamman Kovil	Illankai Thurai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Senpahanachchiyamman Kovil	Eachchilampattu	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Karukkamunai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Vinayagapuram	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Sithyvinaygar Kovil	Illankai Thurai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Poonahar	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Sri Sithiravelauthar Kovil	Mavadichenai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Poomarathadichenai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Poonahar	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Thanthontripillayar Kovil	Poonahar	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Vairavar Kovil	Eachchilampattu	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Veerapathiran Kovil	Mavadichenai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Vinayagar Kovil	Muddichenai	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Vinayagar Kovil	Valaithoddam	Trincomalee – Eachchilampatai
Sithra Velauthar Kovil	Kumarapuram	Trincomalee – Kumarapuram
Aaththankarai Pillayar Kovil	Kiliveddy	Trincomalee – Muttur
Abirami Amman Kovil	Maenkamam	Trincomalee – Muttur
Akasthiyarsthapanam	Kanguvely	Trincomalee – Muttur
Arasady Vinayagar Kovil	Sampoor	Trincomalee – Muttur
Athisakthivinayagar Kovil	Muthur	Trincomalee – Muttur
AthisivanKovil	Kanguvely	Trincomalee – Muttur
Gowriamman Kovil	Kaddaiparichchan	Trincomalee – Muttur
Iyappan Kovil	Illakanthai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Kaddady Pillayar Kovil	Pallikudiyiruppu	Trincomalee – Muttur
Katpahavinayagar Kovil	Kadatkaraichenai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Murugan Kovil	Maenkamam	Trincomalee – Muttur
Muthumariamman Kovil	Kaddaiparichchan	Trincomalee – Muttur
Muthumariamman Kovil	Salayoor	Trincomalee – Muttur
Muthuvinayagar Kovil	Kanguvely	Trincomalee – Muttur
Nagathambiran Kovil	Manalchenai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Nagathambiran Kovil	Thangapuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Narasingakali Kovil	Navarathinapuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Odduvedduvan Pillayar Kovil	Kaddaiparichchan	Trincomalee – Muttur
Padapathirakaliamman Kovil	Navarathinapuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Pathiniyamman Kovil	Kadatkaraichenai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Pathiniyamman Kovil	Kanguvely	Trincomalee – Muttur
Pathiniyamman Kovil	Muthur	Trincomalee – Muttur
Paththiniyamman Kovil	Pallikudiyiruppu	Trincomalee – Muttur
Pillayar Kovil	Illakanthai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Pillayar Kovil	Kaneshapuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Pillayar Kovil	Manalchenai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Puthumai Vinayagar Kovil	Barathipuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Puvanakanapathi Kovil	Senaiyoor	Trincomalee – Muttur
Senaiyoor Nagambal Kovil	Senaiyoor	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sinnappathirakaliamman Kovil	Sampoor east	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Kaddaiparichchan	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Maenkamam	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Muthur	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Navarathinapuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Paddalipuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Puliyadicholai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Ralkuly	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Sampoor	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sivan Kovil	Barathipuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sivan Kovil	Mallikaithivu	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Balamurugan Kovil	Alimnagar	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Katpaha Vinayagar Kovil	Kaddaiparichchan	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Murugan Kovil	Nallur	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Murugan Kovil	Palathadichenai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Murugan Kovil	Periyavely	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Murugan Kovil	Sampoor	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Balanagar	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Kiliveddy	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Nallur	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Senaiyoor	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Nagambal Kovil	Paddalipuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Nagambal Kovil	Sampoor	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Nagathambiran Kovil	Kaneshapuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Pahirakaliyambal Kovil	Sampoor east	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Pathirakaliamman Kovil	Kaddaiparichchan	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Paddalipuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Palathadichenai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Sithivinayagar Kovil	Pallikudiyiruppu	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Varnakulavinayagar Kovil	Senaiyoor	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sri Veerapathiran Kovil	Senaiyoor	Trincomalee – Muttur
Sribala Vinayagar Kovil	Barathipuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Srikathiresan Pillayar Kovil	Periyavely	Trincomalee – Muttur
Srimath narayanar Kovil	Palathadichenai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Srinagathambiran Kovil	Palathadichenai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Vairavar Kovil	Illakanthai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Vairavar Kovil	Koonithivu	Trincomalee – Muttur
Vairavar Kovil	Sinnakulam	Trincomalee – Muttur
Valividu Vinayagar Kovil	Paddalipuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Valividu Vinayagar Kovil	Palathadichenai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Varakai Amman Kovil	Senaiyoor	Trincomalee – Muttur
Varnakulavinayagr Kovil	Srinivasapuram	Trincomalee – Muttur
Veeramahakali Kovil	Kadatkaraichenai	Trincomalee – Muttur
Veeramahakali Kovil	Koonithivu	Trincomalee – Muttur
Vembupillayar Kovil	Kiliveddy	Trincomalee – Muttur
Vinayagar Kovil	Koonithivu	Trincomalee – Muttur
Vinayagar Kovil	Koorkandam	Trincomalee – Muttur
Amman Kovil	Parathypuram, Palampoddaru	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
Ampalavanapillayar Kovil	Puthukudiyiruppu	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
Athikonanayagar Kovil	Kovilady, Thamapalakamam	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
Mariamman Kovil	Kallimedu, Thamapalakamam	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
Mariamman Kovil	Paththinipuram, Palampoddaru	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
Pathirakali Kovil	Sivasakthipuram	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
Pillayar Kovil	Iyanarthidal, Thamapalakamam	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
Pillayar Kovil	Paththinipuram, Palampoddaru	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
Pillayar Kovil	Vannichchiyarthidal	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
Sinthamanippillayar Kovil	Paddimedu, Thampalakamam	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
Sivan Kovil	Thampalakamam	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
Sri Jeyasakthivinyagar Kovil	Potkerny	Trincomalee – Thampalakamam
All together 199 Temples destroyed in Trincomalee	(131 Temples)

Temples Destroyed / damaged in Vavuniya
Name of Kovil	Place	Dirstrict
Aathy SivanKovil	Thonickkal	Vavuniya
Aathy Vinayagar Kovil	Station Road, Vavuniya	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Chalamban Kalmadhu	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Cheddykulam Rd,Poovarasankulam	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Chekkadyppulavu	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Katkulam	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Kudiyiruppu, Vavuniya	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Manippuram	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Marakkarambalai	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Poombahar	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Sasthirykoolankulam	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Srinagar, Vavuniya	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Thalykkulam	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Thonickkal	Vavuniya
Arulmihuaalady Aathyvinayagar Kovil	Ponnavarasankulam	Vavuniya
Athivinayagar Kovil	Kanthapuram	Vavuniya
Gnavairavar Kovil	Rambaikulam	Vavuniya
Iyanar Kovil	Chekkadyppulavu	Vavuniya
Iyanar Kovil	Moonayamadhu	Vavuniya
Kaliamman Kovil	Kurumankadhu	Vavuniya
KaliKovil	Koomankulam	Vavuniya
KaliKovil	Mathavuvaiththa Kulam	Vavuniya
Kallumalai vinayagar Kovil	Samalankulam	Vavuniya
Kannakai Amman Kovil	Kidachsoory	Vavuniya
Kannakai Amman Kovil	Vannankulam, Omanthai	Vavuniya
Kasy Vinayagar Kovil	Chekkadippulavu	Vavuniya
Madaswamy Kovil	Pandarykulam	Vavuniya
Muneeswarar Kovil	Santhasoali	Vavuniya
Muniyappar Kovil	Koomankulam	Vavuniya
Muniyappar Kovil	Uklankulam	Vavuniya
Murugan Kovil	Koliyakulam, Omanthai	Vavuniya
Murugan Kovil	Nowvy	Vavuniya
Murugan Kovil	Pambaimadhu	Vavuniya
Muththumariamman Kovil	Anna nagar	Vavuniya
Muthumariamman Kovil	Sivapuram, Chekkaddipulavu	Vavuniya
Nagapooshany Amman Kovil	Kaththaisinnakulam	Vavuniya
Narasinghar Kovil	Iyankaravur	Vavuniya
Narasinghar Kovil	Pambaimadhu	Vavuniya
Palaiyadippillayar Kovil	Moonrumurippu	Vavuniya
Pathirakali Kovil	Matharpanickkar Mahilankulam	Vavuniya
Pathirakali Kovil	Sasthirykoolankulam	Vavuniya
Pillaiyar Kovil	Iyankaravur	Vavuniya
Pillaiyar Kovil	Marakkarambalai	Vavuniya
Pillaiyar Kovil	Palamoddai	Vavuniya
Pillaiyar Kovil	Poovarasankulam, Maruthamadhu	Vavuniya
Pillaiyar Kovil	Sasthirykoolankulam	Vavuniya
Pillaiyar Kovil	Suntharapuram	Vavuniya
Pillayar Kovil	Kaneshapuram	Vavuniya
Pillayar Kovil	Katkulam	Vavuniya
Pillayar Kovil	Konthakkarankulam	Vavuniya
Pillayar Kovil	Pambaimadhu	Vavuniya
Pillayar Kovil	Periyakaddu, Pambaimadhu	Vavuniya
Pillayar Kovil	Thachchankulam	Vavuniya
Pillayar Kovil	Vaikalikoolankulam	Vavuniya
Sannasi Vairavar Kovil	Kaththar Sinnakkulam	Vavuniya
Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	Aasykulam	Vavuniya
Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	Kalleeratkulam, Aasykulam	Vavuniya
Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	Nagar Iluppaikulam	Vavuniya
Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	Puthukkulam	Vavuniya
Sri Muneeswarar Kovil	Paththiniyarmahilankulam	Vavuniya
Sri Murugan Kovil	Sasthirykoolankulam	Vavuniya
Sri muthumariamman Kovil	Katpahapuram, Pambaimadhu	Vavuniya
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Kovilkunchukulam	Vavuniya
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Maharambaikulam	Vavuniya
Sri muthumariamman Kovil	Rajenthirakulam	Vavuniya
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Selvanagar Chekkadippulavu	Vavuniya
Sri Ramar Kovil	Santhasoali	Vavuniya
Sri Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	2000 Housing Scheme	Vavuniya
Sri Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	Kalnaddynakulam	Vavuniya
Sri Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	Katkulam	Vavuniya
Sri Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	Ponnavarasankulam	Vavuniya
Sri Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	Uklankulam	Vavuniya
Sri Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	Velikkulam, Vavuniya	Vavuniya
Sri Siththy Vinayagar Kovil	Veppankulam	Vavuniya
Thanthontry Nagammal Kovil	Sithambarapuram	Vavuniya
Thurkai Amman Kovil	Sakayamathapuram	Vavuniya
Thurkai Amman Kovil	Santhasoali	Vavuniya
Vairavar Kovil	Kurumankadhu	Vavuniya
Vairavar Kovil	Marakkarambalai	Vavuniya
Vairavar Kovil	Vairavar Kovil Veethy, Vavuniya	Vavuniya
Veerapaththirar Kovil	Chekkadyppulavu	Vavuniya
Veerapaththirar Kovil	Sasthirykoolankulam	Vavuniya
Veppamkulam Vinayagar Kovil	Sasthirykoolankulam	Vavuniya
Vickneswarar Kovil	Iyankaravur	Vavuniya
Vinayagar Kovil	Eachchankulam	Vavuniya
Vinayagar Kovil	Ellapparmaruthankulam	Vavuniya
Vinayagar Kovil	Kalmadhu 1	Vavuniya
Vinayagar Kovil	Muruganoor	Vavuniya
Vinayagar Kovil	Paththiniyarmahilankulam	Vavuniya
Amman Kovil	Kakkarankulam	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Amman Kovil	Kurukkalputhukulam	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Amman Kovil	Neeliyamoddai	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Amman Kovil	Veerapuram	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Arulmihu Kannagai Amman Kovil	Pavatkualm	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Illakaddupillayar Kovil	Kristhavakulam	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
KaliKovil	Padivam 2	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Manikparm Gnanavairavar Kovil	Menickparm	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Murugan Kovil	Periyakulam	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Murugan Kovil	Veerapuram	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Pathirakali Amman Kovil	Kristhavakulam	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Pillayar Kovil	Maniyar Kulam	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Pillayar Kovil	Pavatkualm	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Pillayar Kovil	Periyapuliyalankulam	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Mediaparm	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Sithivinayagar Kovil	Veerapuram	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Karambaimadu	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Muthaliyar Kulam	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Sri Muthumariamman Kovil	Thudduvahai	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Sri Velmurugan Kovil	Muthaliyar Kulam	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Thavalakiri muthumariamman Kovil	Muhanthan Kulam	Vavuniya – Chettykulam
Amman Kovil	Nochchikulam	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Kathirvelauthar Kovil	Nedunkerny	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Murugan Kovil	Nedunkerny	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Murugan Kovil	Oonchalkaddy	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Murugan Kovil	Puliyankulam South	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Muthumariamman Kovil	Anantharpuliyankulam	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Muthumariamman Kovil	Puliyankulam North	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Nagamal Kovil	Puliyankulam South	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Nagathambiran Kovil	Nedunkerny	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Palayavdi Amman Kovil	Puliyankulam South	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Palayavdi Pillayar Kovil	Puliyankulam South	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Pillayar Kovil	Koramoddai	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Pillayar Kovil	Periyapoovarasmkulam	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Puthur Nagathambiran Kovil	Puliyankulam North	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Villaiyady Vinayagar Kovil	Anantharpuliyankulam	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Villaiyady Vinayagar Kovil	Nedunkerny	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Vinayagar Kovil	Rambaikulam	Vavuniya – Nedunkerny
Kannagi Amman Kovil	Omanthai	Vavuniya – Omanthai
Vinayagar Kovil	Omanthai	Vavuniya – Omanthai
All together 136 Temples destroyed in Vavuniya	(129 Temples)


Total names of damaged temples given in this list = 1342
Total number of temples destroyed in the NorthEast = 2076

According to the Ministry of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs – 04/10/1993
Number of registered Temples = 1607
Number of damaged Temples = 1479
Estimated cost of Repairs/Re-building in rupees = 283,091,292.00

Hindu temple of ritual significance destroyed in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 December 2009, 09:22 GMT]

(http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30756)

A Siva temple located at an ancient Hindu site called Akaththiyar Thaapanam, at Kangku-veali in the Moothoor division of the Trincomalee district, where Hindus gather especially to perform the Aadi Amaavaasai ritual for ancestors, was destroyed without any traces coinciding the Heroes’ Day on 27 November. The location of the temple is under the control of Sri Lanka Army stationed at a nearby Sinhala village, Neelaappola. The Sinhala villagers of Neelaappola protected the Tamil villagers of Kangku-veali from displacement in 2006. The Tamil villagers who were shocked and wept to see the temple razed to the ground now, suspect ‘outsiders’ and are scared whether this is a prelude to wipe out their traditional village as well.

Image of Murukan desecrated during the destruction a few days back. It was already a broken image when found in the ancient ruins and was fixed together

Ruins of the ancient temple at Akaththiyar Thaapanam, Kangkuveali, probably destroyed in colonial times

Sculptures from the ancient ruins kept in the present temple

The present temple built in the folk way, destroyed a few days back

Sivalingam that was worshipped in the temple now destroyed

Moothoor (Mūtūr), spelt in a number of mutilated ways by the Sinhala and English media of the island, and copied by the international media, simply means ‘the ancient village’ in Tamil.
Kangkuveali is a large paddy field village in Moothoor. In old Tamil ‘veali’ itself stands for paddy field. (In Sinhala word formation ‘wela’ means paddy field.)
The Akaththiyar Thaapanam at Kangku-veali is a site mentioned in a local mythological literature called Karaisaip-puraa’nam.
Akaththiyar Thaapanam means ‘the structure or deity installed by sage Agastiya’ of mythological fame in South India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.
Local Tamils traditionally gather at this place to perform the annual Hindu ritual of Aadi Amaavaasai (the new moon of the Tamil month July-August) for ancestors.
Decades ago, a small temple was constructed at the ritual site by bringing the ancient sculptures of Sivalingam, Pi’l'laiyaar and Murukan found in the adjacent ruins that still bear ancient pillars.
In 2006, when people of the traditional Tamil villages, Moothoor and Champoor were displaced, the famous ancient temple for Paththira-kaa’li at Champoor was destroyed.
Even during those precarious times the Tamil people of Kangku-veali didn’t evacuate. They in fact stayed with the people of the adjacent Sinhala village Neelaappola and were protected by them.
However, Tamils were not permitted by the SLA stationed at Neelaappola to perform Aadi Amaavaasai ritual this year.
In recent times local people witness outside Sinhalese visiting the locality for ‘tourism’ purposes, as the government has announced Tamil areas are now cleared for the Sinhalese to visit.
The Tamil villagers last saw the temple intact on 20th November. They first noticed the destruction on the 28th, suspect systematic State programme, and hence are afraid to complain about it to anyone.
A spontaneous development about Hinduism in the island nowadays is that in many rural areas people have started officiating rituals by themselves, as there are no Brahmin priests.
Those who witness the desecration of Hindu temples in recent times in Galle, Moothoor, Champoor and other places as well as prevention of Hindu festivals on many instances, wonder at the irony of Sinhala leaders like Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ranil Wikramasinghe regularly visiting Hindu temples in South India to perform Brahmanic rituals to fulfil their desires.
While Tamils of Champoor find their Paththira-kaa’li temple destroyed, a strong belief currently circulating among the Sinhalese in the South is that Mahinda was able to win the war only because of the Malayala Kaddaadiyas (sorcerers from Kerala) hired by him to perform a dreaded ritual, ‘Kaa’li Bandhana’ (binding the worrier goddess Kaa’li), propitiating the Hindu deity for his victory.

Ranil Mahinda Tantric

Ranil Wickramasinghe propitiating Saturn in Tamil Nadu and Mahinda Rajapaksa performing Thulaapaaram in Kerala

The Sinhala word Kaddaadiyaa (Kaṭṭāṭiyā), meaning a sorcerer, enchanter, magician, devil priest, shaman priest or dancer itself is an old Tamil word, meaning a dancer under a spell (Kaddu-aadi; kaddu: spell; aadi: dancer).

Above: Aadi Amaavasai ritual at the ‘Akaththiyar Thaapanam’ temple site on a previous year

Fire-walk ritual at ‘Akaththiyar Thaapanam’ temple on a previous year

Kun’rakkudi Adika’laar of Tamil Nadu visiting the temple some years ago

Chronology:

12.09.10 Desecration of Saiva temples in Trincomalee distri..

08.12.09 Hindu temple of ritual significance destroyed in T..

01.11.09 Sinhala encroachers deny Tamil owners land

24.10.09 Stop settling Sinhalese in Tamil, Muslim owned lan..

Traditional Hindu temples in East destroyed, replaced with Buddhist Viharas: MP

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 06:43 GMT]

(http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32433)

"Sri Lanka government is systematically destructing Hindu temples in the Eastern Province and constructing Buddhist Viharas in their places and one cannot remain passive while the Sinhala Buddhist chauvinists continue to destroy Hindu temples and appropriate the traditional Tamil lands for the occupying Sri Lanka Army (SLA)," S. Yogeswaran, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian for Batticaloa district said.
"The Lingam in the Kanguveali Sivan temple in Moothoor in Trincomalee district had been demolished while Verukal Paala Murukan temple and Verukal Kalladi village Neeliyamman temple have been destroyed and Buddhist viharas are being constructed in their places," the MP said.
"The traditional home lands and the historical places of worship of the Tamils who had been subjected to untold difficulties in the past three decades are being swallowed by Sinhala Buddhist chauvinists elements," Yogeswaran said.
"Sri Lanka government has not taken any steps to renovate the hundreds of Hindu temples in the Tamil homeland in the East and North destroyed during the war but is engaged in colonizing the Tamils’ lands with Sinhala people and in building Buddhist Viharas," he added.
Yogeswaran extended an appeal to Temple authorities, Hindu organizations and associations to raise their voice against these acts of the Sri Lanka government.

The Famouse Vadamaraadchi ‘Naakarkovil’ Staues Stolen by Sri Lankan Army?

(http://www.uktamilnews.com/index.php/2010/09/27/smuggling-hindu-temple-statues-from-north-to-south-escalates-by-buddhist-sri-lankan-army/)

Even now the places in Vanni where people are not allowed to resettle the plundering of temples and churches goes on by the Buddhist Sri Lankan Soldiers with the blessing of a Rajapakshe brother.
This Never happened when the above areas were under the control of Liberation Tigers

The people of Vadamaraadchi on finding ancient statues of Hindu temples hidden under a bridge in Vadamaraadchi informed the police and handed over the man who had stolen them from the Hindu temples in Vadamaraadchi East occupied by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Saturday, sources in Vadamaraadchi said. Historical artifacts from war affected Vanni by persons working for Sri Lankan Army soldiers and officers (Who are mostly Buddhist) were taken to the South and sold to international antique dealers for large sums of money, sources in Vanni said.

The artifacts hidden under the bridge in Vadamaraadchi include bronze statues of Saiva deities and Naakam (Cobra). It is suspected that the statues had been stolen from the temples in Naakarkovil. The Saiva temples and churches in Vanni had already been plundered of their sacred statues and properties by traders who had smuggled them to the South collaborating with the SLA personnel.

Even now the places in Vanni where people are not allowed to resettle the plundering of temples and churches goes on, sources in Vanni said. In Vadamraaadchi East and in the SLA High Security Zone in Valikaamam North too the temples and churches have been robbed for the same purpose by unscrupulous traders with the help of SLA personnel.

This practice had been completely stopped during the period when the above areas were under the control of Liberation Tigers, the sources said. Jaffna University too had organized structures to stop smuggling historical artifacts from North to South but these organizations are inactive now, the sources added.

Sri Lankan Civil War Caused the Damage of 500 Hindu Temples

(http://www.chakranews.com/war-with-ltte-caused-500-hindu-temples-to-be-damaged/851)

Colombo, Sri Lanka (CHAKRA) —The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has demanded that the 500+ temples that were destroyed during the LTTE be replaced and reconstructed.

TNA’s leader, S Yogeshwaran went to the country’s government to notify them of the temples that were destroyed in the North and East during the military operations.

Yogeshwaran also plead for the government to pay about 1540 teachers that were working voluntarily in Hindu Daham schools.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister, D. M. Jayarathne said that foreign aid will be used for religious funding such as reconstructing the temples and paying volunteer teachers in Hindu schools. He further stated that the reconstruction will begin soon.

Last year in July, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in India had requested the Sri Lankan government to reconstruct the temples damaged during the LTTE but they still remain to be fixed.

Sri Lankan Peninsula Road Expansion will Demolish 27 Hindu Temples and Monuments

Sinhala politics of deception. Temple hopping in the North while encroaching the Temple lands with Sinhala settlers and destroying the ancient Hindu Tamil Temples in the East.

(http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2010/1/52515_space.html)

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HINDU TEMPLE OF RITUAL SIGNIFICANCE DESTROYED IN THIUKONAMALAI(TRINCOMALEE).
A Siva temple located at an ancient Hindu site called Akaththiyar Thaapanam, at Kangku-veali in the Moothoor division of the Trincomalee district, where Sri Lankan Hindus gather especially to perform the Aadi Amaavaasai ritual for ancestors, was destroyed without any traces. The location of the temple is under the control of Sri Lanka Army stationed at a nearby Sinhala village, Neelaappola. The Tamil villagers who were shocked and wept to see the temple razed to the ground now, suspect `outsiders` and are scared whether this is a prelude to wipe out their traditional village as well.
Moothoor (Mutur), spelt in a number of mutilated ways by the Sinhala and English media of the island, and copied by the international media, simply means `THE ANICIENT VILLAGE` in Tamil.
Kangkuveali is a large paddy field village in Moothoor. In old Tamil `veali` itself stands for paddy field. (In Sinhala word formation `wela` means paddy field.) (Eg: Places like Thirunelveli in Tamil Nadu and in Tamil Eelam).
The Akaththiyar Thaapanam at Kangku-veali is a site mentioned in a local mythological literature called Karaisaip-puraa`nam. Akaththiyar Thaapanam means `the structure or deity installed by sage Agastiya` of mythological fame in South India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.
Local Tamils traditionally gather at this place to perform the annual Hindu ritual of Aadi Amaavaasai (the new moon of the Tamil month July-August) for ancestors. Decades ago, a small temple was constructed at the ritual site by bringing the ancient sculptures of Sivalingam, Pi`l`laiyaar and Murukan found in the adjacent ruins that still bear ancient pillars. In 2006, when people of the traditional Tamil villages, Moothoor and Champoor were displaced, the famous ancient temple for Paththira-kaa`li at Champoor was destroyed.
However, Tamils were NOT PERMITTED BY THE SLA stationed at Neelaappola to perform Aadi Amaavaasai ritual this year. In recent times local people witness OUTSIDE SINHALESE VISITING the locality `TOURISM` purposes, as the government has announced Tamil areas are now cleared for the Sinhalese to visit. The Tamil villagers last saw the temple intact on 20th November 2009. They first noticed the destruction on the 28th, suspect systematic State programme, and hence are afraid to complain about it to anyone.
A spontaneous development about Hinduism in the island nowadays is that in many rural areas people have started officiating rituals by themselves, as there are no Brahmin priests.
Those who witness the desecration of Hindu temples in recent times in Galle, Moothoor, Champoor and other places as well as prevention of Hindu festivals on many instances, wonder at the IRONY OF SINHALA LEADERS like Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ranil Wikramasinghe regularly visiting Hindu temples in South India to perform Brahmanic rituals to fulfil their desires.
While Tamils of Champoor find their PATHTHIRA KAALI TEMPLE DESTROYED, a strong belief currently circulating among the Sinhalese in the South is that Mahinda was able to win the war only because of the Malayala Kaddaadiyas (sorcerers from Kerala) hired by him to perform a dreaded ritual, `Kaa`li Bandhana` (binding the worrier goddess Kaa`li), propitiating the Hindu deity for his victory.
The Sinhala word Kaddaadiyaa meaning a sorcerer, enchanter, magician, devil priest, shaman priest or dancer itself is an old Tamil word, meaning a dancer under a spell (Kaddu-aadi kaddu: spell aadi: dancer

500 Hindu temples damaged in North during war with LTTE

http://www.hindustantimes.com/500-Hindu-temples-damaged-in-North-during-war-with-LTTE/Article1-568218.aspx)

More than 500 Hindu temples in Sri Lanka were damaged during the war with LTTE and the Tamil National Alliance has demanded that these be reconstructed. Voicing the demand to renovate the temples, TNA’s leader S Yogeshwaran said in the country’s Parliament that many Hindu Kovils (temples) in the

North and East were damaged during the time of military operations.

More than 500 such Kovils need to be reconstructed, he said.

Yogeshwaran also told the House that there were about 1,543 Hindu Daham Schools in Sri Lanka and teachers there were undertaking classes voluntarily and that they should be given a payment by the government.

Meanwhile, Sri Lankan Prime Minister DM Jayarathne said foreign aid will also be obtained to develop religious places in north and east provinces in addition to government allocations.

Renovating of religious places in those provinces will be initiated soon, he said.

The premier was speaking at the committee stage debate on Islamic religious affairs held at the Parliament complex.

It may be recalled that in July last year, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad at a meeting in India had urged the Sri Lankan government to reconstruct the temples damaged during the war with the LTTE.

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Hinduism in Sri Lanka

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Hindus currently make up more than 15% of the Sri Lankan population, and are almost exclusively Tamils apart from small immigrant communities from India and Pakistan such as the Sindhis, Telugus, Kannadigas and Malayalees. In the 1915 census they made up almost 25% of the population, which included the indentured labourers the British had brought. Due to assimilation, emigration (over 1 million Sri Lankan tamils have left the country since independence) and conversion to various sects of Christianity and Buddhism, today they are a smaller and still dwindling minority. Hinduism is dominant in the Northeastern province, where there is a significant number of Tamil people. Hinduism is also practiced in the central regions (where there are significant numbers of people of Indian Tamil descent) as well as in the capital, Colombo. According to the government census of 2001, there are about 1,500,000 Hindus in Sri Lanka (including estimates for the districts in Northern and Eastern Provinces, in which the census was not carried out).

Theological origins

According to legend, Sri Lanka was formed when sage Narada persuaded the God of Wind and Air, Vayu, to humble his close friend, Mount Meru (a huge mountain where the Gods lived). Vayu then blew strong winds at the mountain for a year, which was shielded by the Garuda, a mythical bird. When the Garuda took respite for a while however, Vayu caused part of the apex of the mountain to fall into the sea, forming the island of Sri Lanka.

The first major Hindu reference to Sri Lanka is found in the great Hindu epic, the Ramayana (The life of Rama), The Ramayana tells of the conquest of Lanka by Rama, an incarnation of the Lord Vishnu.The Ramayana also mentions about a bridge between India and Sri Lanka, known as Rama’s Bridge, constructed with rocks by Rama with the help of Hanuman and other vanars. Many believers view the sand bar islands connecting Sri Lanka to India as the remains of the bridge as seen in satellite images. Archeological evidence is also found to support worship of Lord Siva in parts of Sri Lanka, from pre-historic times, prior to the arrival of Prince Vijaya.

Historic roots

The earliest Hindus were the indigeneous Tamils who were traditional worshippers of Lord Shiva and followers of Saiva Siddhantam, the oldest existing Hindu school of thought. However, this assertion is not proven with evidence. Evidence states the earliest inhabitants of the island worshipped demons (Yakshas)^[1], serpants (Nagas) ^[2] and spirits. The Prakrit speaking immigrants from North India – Prince Vijaya and his followers, also joined with the Hindu Tamils. But they were converted to Buddhism during King Ashoka‘s rule in India due to Buddhist missionary activities in Sri Lanka. However it was activity from across the Palk Strait that truly set the scene for Hinduism‘s survival in Sri Lanka. The invasion of Sri Lanka by the South Indian and Orissa rulers followed by slow and steady migration of people from the Deccan Peninsula brought Hindu religious practice and tradition to Sri Lanka. Shaivism (devotional worship of Lord Shiva) was the dominant branch practiced by the Tamil peoples thus most of the traditional Hindu temple architecture and philosophy of Sri Lanka drew heavily from this particular strand of Hinduism. Thirugnanasambanthar mentioned the names of a number of Sri Lankan Hindu temples in his works^[3]

Conflict and coexistence

From 400 onwards, military campaigns in the form of invasions, by rulers from South India and Orissa (then known as Kalinga Desa) and counter-attacks by the Singhalese Buddhists rulers in Sri Lanka, heralded a period of great turmoil wherein the Hindu Tamils from the affore mentioned areas in India and the Buddhist Singhalese would struggle for territorial control. In 1017, Rajaraja Chola annexes a large part of Lanka to Tamilakam but later the Sinhala dynasty were able to oust the Cholas in the year 1070. In 1215 Cholas again briefly ruled SriLanka, for a period of well over 16 years and made to retreat into the Northern area of Jaffna Peninsula.

In time, after the mentioned invasion in 1215 and the retreat, a form of bloody stalemate was reached wherein Tamils from South India began to get firmly established in the Northern and Eastern areas, with the Singhalese inhabiting the South and Central regions. This period also saw the establishment of an Tamil kingdom centered around Jaffna.

There is also evidence, throughout history of Tamil kings from South India and Kalinga Hindus becoming Buddhists and ruling over both Hindus and Buddhists. Some such as Chola King Ellalan or Elara reigned as a Tamil but in a manner acceptable to the Buddhist. Great Sinhala Buddhist kings such as Nissanka Malla had Tamil ancestry and were born Hindus. This practice continued till the elapse of the Kandyan kingdom in 1815. Also Buddhist kings were also known donate resources towards the upkeep of great Hindu temples.

Further many Hindu deities who are Tamils such as Kannaki and Ayyanar have become part of the Sinhala Buddhist worship system. These deities are known as Pathini and Ayyanayake respectively. Along with other traditional gods within the Hindu pantheon such as Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma. It is norm for Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka to have shrines to Gods such as Skanda, Vishnu and Ganesha, who have now become part of the Sinhala Buddhist pantheon. Thus, hinduism although not the dominant religion of the majourity has had a central place in Sri Lanka, throughout history, showing the historical connections between the Sinhalese and the Tamils.

European invasion

The arrival of European colonialists brought profound consequences to both Hindu and Buddhist communities. In 1505, a Portuguese fleet, under the command of Captain–major Don Lourenco de Almedia, arrived off the coast of Sri Lanka. Eventually deals were struck between rival native rulers and the Portuguese. Formal treaties between the two groups thereby formerly heralded the entry of the alien forces in the political arena of Sri Lanka.

Eventually over time, the Europeans were able to take advantage of the fractured nature of Sri Lankan politics, eventually culminating in successful military wins against the rebellious natives, most notably against the Hindu Tamils in the North, whose leaders were made to swear allegiance to the king of Portugal in return for maintaining their distinct laws and customs.

However, any so-called rulers had merely become puppets of their European overlords until in the end, further rebellion caused the Tamil Jaffna Kingdom to fall in the hands of the Portuguese in June 1619, when the incumbent ruler and his family were arrested and taken prisoner. According to the Portuguese administrative arrangements, the jurisdiction of Jaffna came directly under the Viceroy at Goa. In Goa, the deposed ruler was tried for high treason by the Portuguese High Court (Relaco), found him guilty of all charges leveled against him by the Europeans and the ruler was sentenced to death. Ultimately, the last Tamil Hindu king of the Jaffna Kingdom (1215 to 1619) was hanged in the year 1621.

Conversion attempts

While attempting to control their newly-won lands in Asia, the Portuguese were also actively encouraging Hindu Tamils to convert to Catholicism. Force conversion was also practiced. In 1618(??), following some serious Tamil revolts, the Council of the Jesuit Society had resolved that those Tamils who converted to Christianity would be spared of death. Others encouraged to embrace the Catholic creed included the wives and children of murdered Tamil leaders.

Tellingly, the surviving three children of the executed Tamil King of Jaffna, had been converted to Catholicism when young and were later sent to Portugal for their studies. The eldest of these children officially signed a declaration form handing over full control of Jaffna to the King of Portugal^{[citation needed]}. This officially ended Tamil sovereignty, in Sri Lanka which began as an invasion in 1215, and permitted Catholic conversion activity in those formerly Tamil areas. The result of these actions explain why there are today Tamil Catholics to be found in Jaffna and surrounding parts.

Portuguese were marginally more successful in converting numerically more Tamils of the coastal regions of Both Sri Lanka and India as they were able to intercede on behalf of these fishing communities against the machinations of the Muslim merchant guilds who had monopolized pearling and other trading activities till then. By eliminating the Muslim middlemen, the Portuguese won the loyalty of these people. But further inland their attempts would yield only minimal results.

During the British colonial period a large scale attempt to convert Tamil Hindus to Protestantism by American Baptist, Presbyterian missionaries along with British Methodist and Anglican was attempted via building schools and hospices. Again they were only marginally successful. Conversion attempts today by various Buddhist, Christian sects, Bahá’ís, and Mormon missionary activity is still ongoing. The ongoing civil war and the recent Tsunami has given further impetus to these efforts. Nevertheless the vast majority of Sri Lankan Tamils still remain loyal to their ancestral Hindu religion.

Philosophical roots

Main articles: List of Sri Lankan Tamil village deities and Saiva Siddhanta

The elite and the upper classes, consisting of the higher castes, amongst the Tamils adhere to what is known as the Saiva Siddhanta or Dvaita school of Shaivism. Sidanta is opposed to the mainstream Vedanta school of India. Adherents of various Dvaita school both amongst the majority Vaishnavites and minority Shaivites can been seen across India. But amongst Sri Lankan Hindus, it is the Dvaita Siddhanta school of thought that commands elite loyalty. Dvaita Saiva Siddhanta school differentiates between the soul, god and actions or Karma as opposed to the unity of the soul and god as expounded by the Vedanta school. Most elite temples follow what is known as Agamic rituals which are highly Sanskritzed rituals along with usage of Tamil hymns by specialized singers known as Ootuvar.

Most other Sri Lankan Hindus follow what is commonly known as folk Hinduism without the baggage of philosophical school of thought They usually worship a village, clan or tribal deity within or outside the accepted pantheon of Hindu deities. Some local Deities are Kannaki, Mariamman, Draupadi, Ayyanar, Vairavar and worship of weapons such as Vel or the lance. They might worship it in a formal temple structure, forest grove or an open plain. They might or might not use the help of Brahmin priests. Localized rituals are employed but share common features across India, specifically South India. Some such rituals are Kavadi Attam or penance dancing, Tee Midi or fire walking [1], trance due to possession by local gods and animal sacrifices to appease local gods or spirits.

Religion is compulsory subject in Sri Lankan schools and Hindu students can chose from either Hinduism or Saiva Siddhanta as a compulsory subject from Grade 1 to Grade 11. Sri Lankan Tamils mostly study Saiva Siddhanta while upcountry Tamils mostly study Hinduism.

Social reformers & religious teachers

As a reaction as well as effort to arrest the conversion efforts of missionaries there arose many religious reformers that wanted to modify the existing Hindu practices to better able to stand up to western Christian critique. Few of them are prominent, such as Arumuka Navalar and Vipulananda Adigal. Amongst religious teachers or Gurus, Kaddai Swamy and Yogaswami [2] stands out whose direct sannyasin sishya, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, founded Saiva Siddhanta Church in Hawaii in the United States.

Well known Hindu temples

As most prominent Hindu places of worship were concentrated on the coastal areas, all were destroyed by the Portuguese zealots during the post 1505 AD colonial era. Hindus in Sri Lanka believe that the Island once had 5 prominent temples dedicated to Lord Shiva. Namely

Naguleswaram in the North
Ketheeswaram in the North West
Koneswaram in the East
Muneswaram in the West and
Tondeswaram in the South.

All were destroyed by the Portuguese during the colonial period. Of these apart from the temple in the South all have been rebuilt during the British or post independent era.

Apart from these temples there are other prominent temples such as the newly constructed Ponnabalvaneswarm temple in the capital Colombo and the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil constructed in Jaffna during the medieval period that are still important to current day Hindus.

There are also places of worship and temples that are sacred to both Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka. The prominent one is Katirkamam also known as Kataragama temple dedicated to Lord Murukan or Skanda. Also Adam’s Peak a mountain top that is also known as Sri Pada by the Buddhists and Sivanolipada Malai by the Hindus.

Well-known Hindu post-secondary institutions

Attiar Hindu College or Aathiya Hindu College
Batticaloa Hindu College or Batti Hindu College
Chavakacheri Hindu College, Sangathanai
Colombo Hindu College, primary to high school
Jaffna Hindu College, primary to high school
Jaffna Hindu Ladies College
Jafnna Hindu College Old Boys’
Kilinochchi Hindu College
Kokuvil Hindu College
Kokuvil Ramakrishna M.V
Kondavil Hindu Maha Vidyalayam
Kondavil Ramakrishna Vidyalayam
Koneswara Hindu College or Sri Koneshwara Hindu College
Manipay Hindu College
Muthur Kalaimagal Hindu College
Pandatharippu Hindu College, Pandatharippu
Puliyamkulam Hindu College, Puliyamkulam
Ratmalana Hindu College, primary to high school
Ramanathan Hindu Ladies College
Senguntha Hindu College
Sithy Vinayagar Hindu College, Mannar
Thevarayali Hindu College
Trincomalee Hindu College or Trinco Hindu College, primary to high school
Trincomalee Sri Koneswara Hindu College
Urumpirai Hindu College
Vaddukoddai Hindu College or Vaddukoti Hindu College
Valaichchenai Hindu College or Valaichenai Hindu College
Vivekananda Hindu College or Vivekananda College

Civil conflict and exodus

In the long term, as a dwindling minority, the future could appear uncertain for the survival of a community after almost 2,500 years of varying degrees of presence in Sri Lanka. The Tamils of recent Indian origin, in the plantations, which constitute over half of the Hindu population in Sri Lanka continues to exist, unaffected of the consequences of the civil war. The prohibition of naval travel between Sri Lanka and India has isolated Srilankan Hindus from their Indian neighbours.

Demographics

According to the 1981 census, there were 2,297,800 Hindus in Sri Lanka. The 2001 census reported 1,312,900 Hindus in all of Sri Lanka except for the Northeastern Province. According to the 2001 estimates there were a total of 2,233,624 Ceylonese Tamils and 859,052 Estate Tamils in all of Sri Lanka. It is widely believed that the estimates for Northeastern province were inflated. The Govt. gives total Tamil population in Sri Lanka as 3,092,676 constistuting 16.45% of the total population. (In 1981 18.5% of the total population). Outside the Govt. Census, 1,505,502 Tamils were estimated to be living in Northeastern Province (Excl.Amparai). Out of these Tamils it can be estimated that 1,285,000 are Hindus. Thus the total Hindu population in Sri Lanka stands at 2,597,000 as of 2001, making 13.81% of the total population (Down from 15.48% in 1981). It should be noted that 20,000 people died during the 2004 Tsunami in LTTE held areas alone. [3] [4] [5] In 1981 close to 85% of all Tamils were Hindus. However this figure is probably lower now due to large scale conversions to other religions.

Hindus constitute the overwhelming majority of Tamils in Sri Lanka. However in the district of Mannar, Christians slightly outnumber Hindus. Highest proportion of Hindus are found in Eastern Sri Lanka (Close to 91% of all Tamils, with 92% in Amparai and Batticaloa and 87% in Trincomallee). In the Central Province also the proportion of Hindus is more than 90% of the Tamil population. (91% each in Matale and Nuwara Eliya and 88% in Kandy). In Uva province the proportion of Hindus is 91.3% of the Tamil population. However in 1981 93.15% of Uva Tamils were Hindu. In Northern Province 84% of all Tamils were Hindus (90% in Vavuniya, 87% in Jaffna and Mullaitivu and 42% in Mannar).

The below table compares 2001 census with the 1981 census.

↓	Total 1981↓	Total 2001↓	Ceylonese Tamils↓	Indian Tamils↓	Tamils 01↓	Hindus 01↓	H% 01↓	Hindus/Tamils↓	C Tamils 81↓	I Tamils 81↓	Tamils 81↓	Hindus 81↓	H% 81↓	H/T 81↓
SL	14,846,750	18,797,257	2,233,624	859,052	3,092,676	1,312,970	6.98%	NA	1,886,864	818,656	2,705,520	2,297,806	15.48%	84.93%
Colombo	1,699,241	2,251,274	247,739	24,821	272,560	194,743	8.65%	71.45%	170,590	19,824	190,414	130,215	7.66%	68.39%
Gampaha	1,390,862	2,063,684	65,302	7,621	72,923	42,356	2.05%	58.08%	48,182	5,919	54,101	26,750	1.92%	49.44%
Kalutara	829,704	1,066,239	12,665	28,895	41,560	34,678	3.25%	83.44%	9,744	33,659	43,403	37,035	4.46%	85.33%
Kandy	1,048,317	1,279,028	52,052	103,622	155,674	134,438	10.51%	86.36%	52,791	98,436	151,227	132,943	12.68%	87.91%
Matale	357,354	441,328	24,320	23,493	47,813	42,433	9.61%	88.75%	20,579	24,912	45,491	41,352	11.57%	90.90%
N Eliya	603,577	703,610	46,066	355,830	401,896	359,135	51.04%	89.36%	76,449	257,478	333,927	303,571	50.30%	90.91%
Galle	814,531	990,487	11,079	9,275	20,354	14,934	1.51%	73.37%	7,271	11,056	18,327	15,086	1.85%	82.32%
Matara	643,786	761,370	5,161	16,672	21,833	17,339	2.28%	79.42%	4,683	13,875	18,558	15,356	2.39%	82.75%
Hambantota	424,344	526,414	1,869	424	2,293	1,369	0.26%	59.70%	2,500	284	2,784	2,174	0.51%	78.09%
Jaffna	738,788	490,621	975,789	2,847	978,636	0	0.00%	NA	790,385	19,980	810,365	705,705	84.97%	87.08%
Mannar	106,235	151,577							54,474	13,850	68,324	28,885	27.19%	42.28%
Vavuniya	95,428	149,835							54,179	18,714	72,893	65,574	68.72%	89.96%
Mullaitivu	77,189	121,667							58,209	11,215	69,424	60,117	77.88%	86.59%
Killinochchi	91,764	127,263							Inc. Jaffna
Batticaloa	330,333	486,447	362,431	727	363,158	0	0.00%	NA	233,713	4,074	237,787	218,812	66.24%	92.02%
Ampara	388,970	592,997	109,188	715	109,903	100,213	16.90%	91.18%	77,826	1,411	79,237	72,809	18.72%	91.89%
Trincomalee	255,948	340,158	163,255	453	163,708	0	0.00%	NA	87,760	5,372	93,132	80,843	31.59%	86.80%
Kurunegala	1,211,801	1,460,215	17,585	2,972	20,557	13,303	0.91%	64.71%	14,920	6,616	21,536	15,133	1.25%	70.27%
Puttalam	492,533	709,677	48,072	2,227	50,299	29,482	4.15%	58.61%	32,282	2,289	34,571	18,997	3.86%	54.95%
Anuradhapura	587,929	745,693	5,073	443	5,516	3,459	0.46%	62.71%	8,026	719	8,745	6,843	1.16%	78.25%
Polonnaruwa	261,563	358,984	7,034	194	7,228	6,592	1.84%	91.20%	5,267	124	5,391	4,781	1.83%	88.68%
Badulla	640,952	779,983	29,542	143,535	173,077	158,473	20.32%	91.56%	37,520	129,498	167,018	156,037	24.34%	93.43%
Moneragala	273,570	397,375	5,754	7,493	13,247	11,623	2.92%	87.74%	5,346	8,859	14,205	12,778	4.67%	89.95%
Ratnapura	797,087	1,015,807	28,740	82,591	111,331	96,738	9.52%	86.89%	19,094	84,740	103,834	92,156	11.56%	88.75%
Kegalle	684,944	785,524	14,908	44,202	59,110	51,662	6.58%	87.40%	15,074	45,752	60,826	53,854	7.86%	88.54%

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The International community has a duty towards the long suffering Sri Lankan Tamil population to restore their rights of SELF DETERMINATION.

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Sri Lanka’s Sarath Fonseka freed from prison May 21, 2012
The former Sri Lankan army chief, Sarath Fonseka, has been freed after two years in prison. Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa signed the release order over the weekend, but legal formalities had to be completed before he could walk free. He was arrested two years ago after standing against Mr Rajapaksa for the presidency when the two men fell out. […]
Tamil prisoners on hunger strike in Sri Lanka May 21, 2012
A total of 234 Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, most of them former Tamil Tiger rebels, are on a hunger strike the past five days here, said officials on Monday. Inmates of three prisons, located in Colombo city, Kalutara town and in Vavuniya town, are demanding that they be charged for their crimes or be released, Xinhua reported. The fast began last week with […]
Supreme Court allows to withdraw Sarath Fonseka’s appeals May 21, 2012
The Supreme Court has allowed to withdraw Sarath Fonseka’s two appeals against the verdict of the white flag case and terminated proceedings on the appeal against the Second Court Martial a short while ago. Earlier today Lawyers of Fonseka submitted two motions to the Supreme Court. First one was on the three-year jail sentence in the ‘White Flag’ case, whic […]
LJP President Paswan backs call for UN referendum May 21, 2012
The president of Lok Janshakthi Party from the state of Bihar, Ram Vilas Paswan, on Sunday, took part in a candlelight vigil organized near the Kannagi statue at the Marina Beach, Chennai by May 17 Movement and signed on the list of the signature campaign calling for UN referendum among Eezham Tamils to assert their political destiny. Mr. Paswan, a Rajya Sab […]
Duplicity of international community helps Colombo to evade war crime probe May 21, 2012
(JDS) Three painful years have passed since the end of the bloody ethnic war. While the hawkish government of Sri Lanka is busy celebrating its military victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), hundreds of thousands of Tamil people who have lost their loved once to the bloody war are forced to mourn silently. Mourning publicly is considered […]
Reloading General Sarath Fonseka for a post-paid Sinhala package May 21, 2012
The V-Day celebrations were on, as this piece was written. A military victory being commemorated at the Galle face esplanade, celebrated as the 3rd anniversary of defeating the LTTE “terrorism”. President Rajapaksa bragged about what positives the military victory brought to this country. No more barricades on the Galle Road, he says. Fishermen can now go ou […]
Congress to go along with DMK in Pudukottai by-poll May 21, 2012
Will not contest by-poll despite having strong support base The Congress has decided not to contest the Pudukottai by-election, despite having a strong support base, in view of its ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s decision to boycott it, TNCC president B.S. Gnanadesikan said here on Sunday. “Since the DMK contested from Pudukottai in the 2011 Assembly […]
TNA softens its stance May 21, 2012
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has softened its stance on its long standing demand for the re-merger of the northern and eastern provinces, and has instead noted that the modalities for such a merged unit could be discussed subject to the interests of the Muslim community, informed sources said today. The TNA handed over its proposals for a political solu […]
Mu’l’livaaykkaal remembered as symbol of protest in Australia, Canada May 21, 2012
Exhibiting a spirit of commitment to the Tamil Eelam freedom struggle and seeking to undo defeatist mentalities of some in the diaspora, Eezham Tamil youth in Canada and Australia organized Mu’l’livaaykkaal remembrance events in their countries as symbolizing Tamil resistance to oppression and genocide, on Friday and Saturday respectively. Speaking to TamilN […]
PHOTOS: UK Tamils commemorate May 18 Mullivaikal massacre – 2012 May 20, 2012
UK Tamils gathered at Trafalgar Square, London to remember the Mullivaikal massacre at a remembrance event organised by the British Tamils’ Forum (BTF), on Saturday. […]

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