Vannarpannai Vaitheeswaran Temple
Hindu temple in Sri Lanka
09°40′17.50″N 80°00′36.90″E / 9.6715278°N 80.0102500°E / 9.6715278; 80.0102500
Vannarpannai Vaitheeswaran Temple (Tamil: வண்ணார்பண்ணை வைத்தீஸ்வரன் கோயில், romanized: Vaṇṇārpaṇṇai Vaittīsvaraṉ Kōyil) is a Hindu temple in Vannarpannai, Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. It was built by Vaithilingam Chettiar a business man during the Dutch colonial period.[1] The temple was declared an archaeological protected monument in December 2011.[2]
References
- ^ Holmes, W. Robert. Jaffna 1980. The Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, Jaffna College. p. 165.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1739: 1093. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
External links
Media related to Vannarpannai Vaitheeswaran Temple at Wikimedia Commons
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