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- Tirukoneswaram ist ein Shiva-Tempel in Trincomalee. Er gehört zu den sieben wichtigsten Shiva-Tempeln von Sri Lanka. (de)
- Le temple Koneswaram de Trincomalee (tamoul : திருக் கோணேச்சரம் கோயில்) ou Thirukonamalai Temple Konesar - Le temple des Mille Piliers et Dakshina - Then Kailasam, est un ensemble de temples hindous de la période classique médiévale à Trinquemalay. C’est un lieu de pèlerinage pour hindous dans la province orientale, au Sri Lanka. (fr)
- Koneswaram temple of Trincomalee (Tamil: திருக் கோணேச்சரம் கோயில்) or Thirukonamalai Konesar Temple – The Temple of the Thousand Pillars and Dakshina-Then Kailasam (Southern / Ancient Kailash) is a classical-medieval Hindu temple complex in Trincomalee, a Hindu religious pilgrimage centre in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The most sacred of the Pancha Ishwarams of Sri Lanka, it was built significantly during the ancient period on top of Konesar Malai, a promontory overlooking Trincomalee District, Gokarna bay and the Indian Ocean. The monument contains its main shrine to Shiva in the form Kona-Eiswara, shortened to Konesar. The original kovil combined key features to form its basic Dravidian temple plan, such as its thousand pillared hall – "Aayiram Kaal Mandapam" – and the Jagati. Regarded as the greatest building of its age for its architecture, elaborate sculptural bas-relief ornamentation adorned a black granite megalith while its multiple gold plated gopuram towers were expanded in the medieval period. One of three major Hindu shrines on the promontory with a colossal gopuram tower, it stood distinctly on the cape's highest eminence. The journey for pilgrims in the town begins at the opening of Konesar Road and follows a path through courtyard shrines of the compound to the deities Bhadrakali, Ganesh, Vishnu Thirumal, Surya, Raavana, Ambal-Shakti, Murukan and Shiva who presides at the promontory's height. The annual Koneswaram Temple Ther Thiruvilah festival involves the Bhadrakali temple of Trincomalee, the Pavanasam Theertham at the preserved Papanasuchunai holy well and the proximal Back Bay Sea (Theertham Karatkarai) surrounding Konesar Malai. The Sinhalese king Gajabahu II who ruled Polonnaruwa from 1131 to 1153 AD is described in the Konesar Kalvettu as a devout worshipper of Lord Shiva and a benefactor of the temple of Konamalai. He spent his last days in the associated Brahmin settlement of Kantalai. The complex was destroyed in colonial religious attacks between 1622 and 1624 and a fort was built at the site from its debris. A 1632 built temple located away from the city houses some of its original idols. Worldwide interest was renewed following the discovery of its underwater and land ruins, sculptures and Chola bronzes by archaeologists and Arthur C. Clarke. It has been preserved through restorations, most recently in the 1950s. Granted ownership of villages in its floruit to form the Trincomalee District, Trincomalee village is located on the cape isthmus within the compounds. Revenue from the temple provides services and food to local residents. Koneswaram has many strong historical associations. The shrine is described in the Vayu Purana, the Konesar Kalvettu and Tevaram hymns by Sambandhar and Sundarar as a Paadal Petra Sthalam along with its west coast Ishwaram counterpart Ketheeswaram temple, Mannar, and was praised for its tradition by Arunagirinathar upon his visit. The Dakshina Kailasa Puranam and Manmiam works note it as Dakshina/Then Kailasam (Mount Kailash of the South) for its longitudinal position and pre-eminence, it lies directly east of Kudiramalai west coast Hindu port town, while it is the easternmost shrine of the five ancient Ishwarams of Shiva on the island. Mentioned as a widely popular bay temple of the island in the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Yalpana Vaipava Malai, the Mattakallappu Manmiam confirms its sacred status for all Hindus. Kachiyappa Sivachariar's Kanda Puranam compares the temple to Thillai Chidambaram Temple and Mount Kailash in Saivite esteem. (en)
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- Brihadeeswarar Temple (en)
- Lover's Leap (en)
- Decorated gateway at Koneswaram (en)
- Koneswaram Ruins (en)
- Main shrine of Jagannath Temple (en)
- Main shrine of Konark Sun temple (en)
- Main shrine of Prambanan temples to Shiva (en)
- Ther festival (en)
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- Cantino map of 1502, showing three Tamil towns on east coast, Mullaitivu, Trincomalee and Pannoam. (en)
- Decorated gateway at Koneswaram (en)
- Koneswaram Idol Procession (en)
- Lovers' Leap or Ravana's Cleft seen from sea. (en)
- Main shrine of Brihadeeswarar Temple (en)
- Main shrine of Jagannath Temple (en)
- Main shrine of Konark Sun Temple (en)
- Main shrine of Prambanan temples to Shiva (en)
- View of Temple before recent Kumbhabhishekham (en)
- Lovers' Leap or Ravana's Cleft at Swami Rock temple entrance. (en)
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- Ruins of the Koneswaram temple underwater (en)
- Ravana's Cleft at Swami Rock . It is 350 feet above the sea level and looks straight down into the ocean below . Cleft can be seen clearly from sea side by using any watercraft . (en)
- The Brihadeeswarar Temple, Tanjore has a vimana tower that is 216 ft high, a classical example of Dravidian architecture that inspired the shrines of the Prambanan temple compounds, Indonesia, which contains a 154 ft high central shrine to Shiva the Konark Sun Temple with a 229-foot tall tower and Jagannath Temple, Puri . Each temple shrine on the Koneswaram promontory extremity contained tall gopuram towers by Chola rule of Trincomalee and Chidambaram's expansion that escalated the building of those syncretic latter styles of Dravidian architecture seen across the continent. (en)
- Decorated gateway at partially restored Koneswaram . Koneswaram idol is taken on a procession around the temple, with pillar from the ruins in the background (en)
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- Konark Temple.jpg (en)
- Main shrine of Prambanan temples.JPG (en)
- Map1502cantino-eelam.jpg (en)
- Providing Shade.jpg (en)
- Ravana's Cleft, Trincomalee.JPG (en)
- Ravana's Cleft.JPG (en)
- Spiritual 15.jpg (en)
- Sri Jagannath Temple Puri, Orissa.jpeg (en)
- UnderwaterKoneswaramstatuesruins 01.png (en)
- UnderwaterKoneswaramstatuesruins 02.png (en)
- PeruvudaiyarKoyilThanjavurEntranceToUpperStoreyMainTower.jpg (en)
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- Swami Rock , Trincomalee (en)
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- Location in central Trincomalee (en)
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- Sri Lanka Trincomalee Central (en)
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- Tirukkōṇēsvaram kōṇanāta cuvāmi ālayam (en)
- திருக்கோணேச்சரம் (en)
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- "Contemplator item qua se mare tendit in Austrum, Inque notum Oceanus freta ponti caerula curvat; Altaque coliadis mox hic tibi dorsa patescent rupis, et intenti spectabis cospitis arces".
-Translation: Mark also the point where the sea stretches out towards the South and the ocean curves the blue straits of the deep into its familiar paths and soon here the tall ridges of the Cholian rock will lie open before you and you will behold the towers of the roof stretched out. (en)
- "Listen as I now recount the isle of Tamraparni below Pandya-desa and KanyaKumari, gemmed upon the ocean. The gods underwent austerities there, in a desire to attain greatness. In that region also is the lake of Gokarna. Then one should go to Gokarna, renowned in the three worlds. O Indra among kings! It is in the middle of the ocean and is worshipped by all the worlds. Brahma, the Devas, the rishis, the ascetics, the bhutas , the yakshas, the pishachas, the kinnaras, the great nagas, the siddhas, the charanas, the gandharvas, humans, the pannagas, rivers, ocean and mountains worship Uma's consort there". Mahabharata. Volume 3. pp. 46–47, 99. (en)
- "Konamalai is the abode of our Lord Shiva, where despite the wrong beliefs and evil efforts of the Jains and those that follow Theravada, the rearing waters of the sea scatter on the shore sandalwood, ahil, precious stones and pearls – all of value high, for where he settled". (en)
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- — Geography of Avienus poem of Rufius Festus Avienius, 350 A.D. Latin geographer and writer on the island, based on Orbis descriptio by Alexandrian Greek poet Dionysius Periegetes : , mentioning the island as the great "Island of Coliadis" whose inhabitants worship the multi-towered Cholian temple to Venus on their Cholian rock promontory, phallic-shaped and located at the end of the island's Ganges river by the ocean. (en)
- Sambandar, Tevaram. Reign of Mahendravarman I (en)
- Vyasa, Mahabharata. c.401 B.C. Corroborating the map of Ptolemy drawn four hundred years later, this text also elaborates on two ashrams of the Siddhar Agastya in the region, one near the bay and another atop the Malaya mountain range. (en)
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- Mahabharata on Koneswaram (en)
- Tevaram of Trincomalee (en)
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- Earliest records from the 6th century BCE, restored 1952 (en)
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- Tirukoneswaram ist ein Shiva-Tempel in Trincomalee. Er gehört zu den sieben wichtigsten Shiva-Tempeln von Sri Lanka. (de)
- Le temple Koneswaram de Trincomalee (tamoul : திருக் கோணேச்சரம் கோயில்) ou Thirukonamalai Temple Konesar - Le temple des Mille Piliers et Dakshina - Then Kailasam, est un ensemble de temples hindous de la période classique médiévale à Trinquemalay. C’est un lieu de pèlerinage pour hindous dans la province orientale, au Sri Lanka. (fr)
- Koneswaram temple of Trincomalee (Tamil: திருக் கோணேச்சரம் கோயில்) or Thirukonamalai Konesar Temple – The Temple of the Thousand Pillars and Dakshina-Then Kailasam (Southern / Ancient Kailash) is a classical-medieval Hindu temple complex in Trincomalee, a Hindu religious pilgrimage centre in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The most sacred of the Pancha Ishwarams of Sri Lanka, it was built significantly during the ancient period on top of Konesar Malai, a promontory overlooking Trincomalee District, Gokarna bay and the Indian Ocean. The monument contains its main shrine to Shiva in the form Kona-Eiswara, shortened to Konesar. (en)
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- Tirukoneswaram (de)
- Temple de Koneswaram (fr)
- Koneswaram Temple (en)
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