Nagar Kovil

Not to be confused with Nagercoil, a city in Tamil Nadu.
Nagar Kovil
நாகர்கோயில்
Town
Nagar Kovil is located in Northern Province
Nagar Kovil
Nagar Kovil
Coordinates: 9°42′02″N 80°18′31″E / 9.70056°N 80.30861°E / 9.70056; 80.30861
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern
DistrictJaffna
DS DivisionVadamarachchi East

Nagar Kovil, alternatively spelled as Nagarcoil (Tamil: நாகர்கோயில்), is a small town in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. Its name translates to "Temple of Nagas" in Tamil.

There is an ancient town in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu with the same name as Nagarcoil.

The beach has the remains of a large Ayyanaar temple. Once it was an Aaseevagam centre for theological debates and is now under the Indian Ocean. The temple built along the Assevagam centre also was taken away by the ocean.

The Murugan temple in the middle of the town is very special in the locality. Thaipoosam festival is celebrated in a big way with the paternity of nearby villages.

On September 22, 1995, a school was bombed by the Sri Lankan Air Force, killing 39.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nagarkovil school remembers victims of 1995 bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force". Tamil Guardian. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

9°42′02″N 80°18′31″E / 9.700519°N 80.308658°E / 9.700519; 80.308658


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