Nallur Veeramakali Amman Kovil

Nallur Veeramakali Amman Kovil

Nallur Veeramakali Amman Kovil (Photo credit: Google Street View) Veeramakali Amman Kovil  is a Hindu shrine situated in Nallur in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It is dedicated to Goddess Kali Amman, one of the most venerated deities in the Hindu pantheon. History According to  Yalpana Vaipava Malai , the Chola prince Vijaya Kulangai (or Kulang-kay-ariyan or Singka-ariyan) who is said to be the first ruler of the Arya Chakravarti dynasty developed Nallur in Jaffna as his capital city in the 13th century (Britto, 1879). Expecting to receive divine protection for his city, Kulangai erected temples for deities in the four directions of it (Kandiah, 2014). As the belief of many, the Veeramakali temple is one that was erected in the Western approach to the city (Kandiah, 2014; Pushparatnam, 2014). Sankili, also known as Segarajasekaran, was a ruler in Jaffna from 1519 to 1565. At a time when he was pressured by the Portuguese who arrived in Sri Lanka at the beginning of the 16th century, there came…