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Kudiramalai (Tamil: குதிரைமலை, romanized: Kutiraimalai, Sinhala: කුදිරමලෙයි, romanized: Kudiramaleyi ) is a cape and ancient port town on the west coast of Sri Lanka. On the Gulf of Mannar near Silavaturai, the town shares a history with nearby Karaitivu Island, the ancient port town of Mannar and the Ketheeswaram temple. Kudiramalai is the northernmost point of Puttalam District and was a southern port of Mannar during the classical period, serving the northern kingdoms of the Jaffna Peninsula and Vanni country as one of their southernmost border towns. It is west of Vanni from Trincomalee, home of Koneswaram temple.

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  • Kudiramalai (Sinhala: කුදිරමලෙයි, Tamil: குதிரைமலை, grec: Hippuros, anglès: Horse Mountain) és un cap i ciutat portuària antiga a la costa de l'oest de Sri Lanka, al Golf de Mannar proper a Silavaturai; la ciutat comparteix una història amb la propera illa de Karaitivu, la ciutat portuària antiga de Mannar i el temple de Ketheeswaram. Kudiramalai és el punt més al nord del districte de Puttalam i fou un port del sud de Mannar durant el període clàssic, servint els regnes del nord de la península de Jaffna i país de Vanni com una de les seves ciutats frontereres més al sud. Està de l'oest de Vanni des de Trincomalee (Thiru-Konamalai) i es seu del temple de Koneswaram El port va ser conegut com a Hippuros pels grecs clàssics i va ser esmentat per Ptolemeu al Periplus de la mar Eritrea. Excavacions arqueològiques han trobat que Kudiramalai va ser habitat des del segle I aC al segle VII. (ca)
  • Kudiramalai (Tamil: குதிரைமலை, romanized: Kutiraimalai, Sinhala: කුදිරමලෙයි, romanized: Kudiramaleyi ) is a cape and ancient port town on the west coast of Sri Lanka. On the Gulf of Mannar near Silavaturai, the town shares a history with nearby Karaitivu Island, the ancient port town of Mannar and the Ketheeswaram temple. Kudiramalai is the northernmost point of Puttalam District and was a southern port of Mannar during the classical period, serving the northern kingdoms of the Jaffna Peninsula and Vanni country as one of their southernmost border towns. It is west of Vanni from Trincomalee, home of Koneswaram temple. Rulers included Alli Raani, Korran, his father (Pittan) and contemporaries, Athiyamān Nedumān Añci and his son Kumanan. Traders brought several horses on watercraft to the island during the Sangam period. The port was known as Hippuros by Pliny (Nat. Hist. Book 6, 24). Archaeological excavations have found that Kudiramalai was inhabited from the first century BCE to the seventh century CE. (en)
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  • Kudiramalai (Sinhala: කුදිරමලෙයි, Tamil: குதிரைமலை, grec: Hippuros, anglès: Horse Mountain) és un cap i ciutat portuària antiga a la costa de l'oest de Sri Lanka, al Golf de Mannar proper a Silavaturai; la ciutat comparteix una història amb la propera illa de Karaitivu, la ciutat portuària antiga de Mannar i el temple de Ketheeswaram. Kudiramalai és el punt més al nord del districte de Puttalam i fou un port del sud de Mannar durant el període clàssic, servint els regnes del nord de la península de Jaffna i país de Vanni com una de les seves ciutats frontereres més al sud. Està de l'oest de Vanni des de Trincomalee (Thiru-Konamalai) i es seu del temple de Koneswaram (ca)
  • Kudiramalai (Tamil: குதிரைமலை, romanized: Kutiraimalai, Sinhala: කුදිරමලෙයි, romanized: Kudiramaleyi ) is a cape and ancient port town on the west coast of Sri Lanka. On the Gulf of Mannar near Silavaturai, the town shares a history with nearby Karaitivu Island, the ancient port town of Mannar and the Ketheeswaram temple. Kudiramalai is the northernmost point of Puttalam District and was a southern port of Mannar during the classical period, serving the northern kingdoms of the Jaffna Peninsula and Vanni country as one of their southernmost border towns. It is west of Vanni from Trincomalee, home of Koneswaram temple. (en)
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