Kavutarimunai Vinayakar Temple

Kavutarimunai Vinayakar Temple (Tamil: கவுதரிமுனை ஆத்தி சிவன் கோவில்; Sinhala: කෞදරිමුනෙයි පුරාණ ශිව කෝවිල) is a ruined Hindu Kovil situated in Kavutarimunai village near Pooneryn in Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka.  The present dilapidated structure is 75 ft. long (Pushparatnam, 2014). Like the Mannintalai Siva Temple , this has been built with coral stones, bricks and nectar [( Cutai ) Pushparatnam, 2014]. The temple's architecture resembles the Dravidian art tradition and is believed that this shrine was constructed a little later than the Mannintalai Siva Temple (Pushparatnam, 2014). In addition to Karpakirampam and Antaralam , there are Munmandapam , Kotikampam and Parivara Kovikal ( Pushparatnam, 2014). A protected monument The site of the ruins of Gautharmunei Shiva Kovil situated in Grama Niladhari Division Gautharamunei in the Divisional Secretary’s Division, Punarin is an archaeological protected monument, declared by a government Gazette notification published on 9 March 2016.…