Polonnaruwa Siva Devale No. 1
The Siva Devale No. 1 , also known as Shiva Kovil No. 1 (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව ශිව දේවාලය අංක 1), is one of the Siva temples situated in the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa , Sri Lanka. History
The Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka was invaded in 993 A.D. by the South Indian King Rajaraja I (985-1014 A.D.) and his son, King Rajendra Chola I (1014-1044 A.D.) completed the conquest in 1017 A.D. by taking the control of the country. They chose Polonnaruwa as their administrative centre and ruled Sri Lanka from 1017 A.D. to 1070 A.D. until they were defeated and expelled by King Vijayabahu I (1055–1110 A.D.).
The throne of Polonnaruwa Kingdom after King Parakramabahu I (1153-1186 A.D.) was passed to King Nissankamalla (1187–1196 A.D.) and then to the hands of a few rulers who were weak in reigning (Dias et al., 2016). As a result of that, the country's political stability became poor and the situation was comported for the invasions carried out by several Tamil invaders from South India. M…
