Naguleswaram Temple (Keerimalai)

Naguleswaram Temple (Keerimalai)
Naguleswaram Temple , also known as Nakuleswaram Kovil (Tamil: கீரிமலை நகுலேஸ்வரம் கோயில்; Sinhala: නගුලේශ්වරම් කෝවිල, කීරිමලේ), is a Hindu shrine situated in Keerimalai in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. The popular Keerimalai Bathing Pond is also located near Naguleswaram temple. History Mythology It is believed by the Hindus that Naguleswaram is one of the five recognized Iswarams of Siva, which was in Sri Lanka, long before the arrival of Vijaya in the 6th century B.C. (Arumugam, 1991). The names Nagulaswaram and Keerimalai, have come into parlance as this place is said to be the residence of a Munivar (a sage) named Nakula Muni who lived his life of penance in a cave located at the foot of the Nakula-malai, a hill so called after him (Britto, 1879; Raghavan, 1971). Nakula/Nagula in Sanskrit and Keeri in Tamil mean "mongoose" and the Munivar was so named from the resemblance which his face bore to that of a mongoose (Britto, 1879). From these local names, the place got it…

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  1. Anonymous
    Pooja times cannot be found anywhere