Ati Konanayakar Temple in Thampalakamam, Sri Lanka, was established after the Koneswaram Temple's destruction in 1622.
Ati Konanayakar Temple (Thambalagamuwa) Ati Konanayakar Temple (also known as Aathi Koneswaram Kovil ) (Sinhala: ආදි කෝණනායගර් කෝවිල; Tamil: கதம்பலகாமம் ஆதிகோணநாயகர் கோயில்) is a Hindu shrine situated in Thambalagamuwa (Tamil: Thampalakamam) village in Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka. History The history of this temple is related to the famous Koneswaram Temple at Trincomalee (Arumugam, 1991). In the 17th century, Koneswaram was threatened with demolition by the Portuguese after they assumed control over the Jaffna peninsula (Arumugam, 1991). The temple was looted in 1624, and then it was
completely demolished by them in order to employ its
materials for the building of the Trincomalee Fort (Navaratnam, 1998). However, the priests and the Pandaram workers of the temple escaped from this attack and some of the valuable objects (including the statues of Konainayakara and Madumai Ambal) in the temple were taken away by them to nearby Thambalagamuwa (Arumugam, 1991). According to Thiru Konesala Vaipavam , these objects were ins…
