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Ukanthamalai Murugan Kovil

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Ukanthamalai Murugan Kovil (also known as Ukanthai Murugan Kovil, Okanda Devalaya) (உகந்தமலை முருகன் ஆலயம், ඕකන්ද කතරගම දේවාලය) is the well known ancient Hindu temple situated in the Okanda, Ampara District of Eastern Sri Lanka, about 145 km south of Batticaloa town. [1]

25 relations: Ampara District, Batticaloa, Bhairava, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Ganesha, Hindu, Jaffna, Kartikeya, Kataragama deviyo, Kataragama temple, Kumana National Park, Navagraha, Nāga, Okanda, Panama (Sri Lanka), Panchangam, Shravana, Sri Lanka, Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), Tamil language, Theertham, Utsava, Valli, Vedda, Vel.

Ampara District

Ampara District (translit; translit) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.

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Batticaloa

Batticaloa (மட்டக்களப்பு, Maṭṭakkaḷappu; මඩකලපුව, Madakalapuwa) is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital.

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Bhairava

Bhairava (Sanskrit: भैरव, lit. frightful) is a Hindu deity worshiped by Hindus.

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Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The Eastern Province (கிழக்கு மாகாணம் Kil̮akku Mākāṇam; නැගෙනහිර පළාත Næ̆gĕnahira Paḷāta) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Ganesha

Ganesha (गणेश), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Pillaiyar and Binayak, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon.

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Hindu

Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.

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Jaffna

Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

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Kartikeya

Kartikeya (IAST), also known as Murugan, Skanda, Kumara, and Subrahmanya, is the Hindu god of war.

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Kataragama deviyo

Kataragama deviyo (also called: Skanda Kumara, Kartikeya, කතරගම දෙවියෝ.) is a guardian deity of Sri Lanka.

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Kataragama temple

Kataragamam temple in Kataragama, Sri Lanka, is a temple complex dedicated to Buddhist guardian deity Kataragama deviyo and Hindu War God Murugan.

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Kumana National Park

Kumana National Park in Sri Lanka is renowned for its avifauna, particularly its large flocks of migratory waterfowl and wading birds.

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Navagraha

Navagraha means "nine planets" in Sanskrit and are nine astronomical bodies as well as mythical deities in Hinduism and Hindu astrology.

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Nāga

Nāga (IAST: nāgá; Devanāgarī: नाग) is the Sanskrit and Pali word for a deity or class of entity or being taking the form of a very great snake, specifically the king cobra, found in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

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Okanda

Okanda (உகந்தை) is a small hamlet in the eastern coast of Sri Lanka within the Ampara District.

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Panama (Sri Lanka)

Panama (பாணமை, පාණම) is a coastal village in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, located south of Batticaloa and south of Arugam Bay.

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Panchangam

A panchānga (pañcāṅgam, పంచాంగమ, பஞ்சாங்கம், ಪಂಚಾಂಗ, പഞ്ചാംഗം,පඤචාංග) is a Hindu calendar and almanac, which follows traditional units of Hindu timekeeping, and presents important dates and their calculations in a tabulated form.

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Shravana

Shravana is the 22nd nakshatra (Devanagari नक्षत्र) or lunar mansion as used in Hindu astronomy and astrology.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)

Sunday Observer is a weekly English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka, published on Sundays.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.

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Theertham

Theertha (Theertha) literally refers to water.

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Utsava

Uthsava or Utsava or Utsav is derived from the Sanskrit word, Utsava.

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Valli

Vaḷḷi (வள்ளி) ("Creeper, Sweet Potato Plant") is a Hindu goddess and the consort of the god Kartikeya.

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Vedda

The Vedda (වැද්දා, வேடர் Vēdar) are a minority indigenous group of people in Sri Lanka who, among other self-identified native communities such as Coast Veddas, Anuradhapura Veddas and Bintenne Veddas, are accorded indigenous status.

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Vel

Vel (lit) is a divine javelin (spear) associated with Murugan, a War God also known as Vēl Murugan (வேல் முருகன்).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukanthamalai_Murugan_Kovil

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