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Maviddapuram
மாவிட்டபுரம் මාවිට්ටපුරම් | |
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  Maviddapuram Location within Northern Province | |
| Coordinates: 9°48′0″N 80°02′0″E / 9.80000°N 80.03333°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| District | Jaffna |
| DS Division | Valikamam North |
Maviddapuram (Tamil: மாவிட்டபுரம், romanized: Māviṭṭapuram) is a village in the Sri Lankan district of Jaffna under the Tellippalai divisional secretariat.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The name Maviddapuram is derived from: மா, romanized: Mā, lit. 'Horse', vidda (removed) from: விட்ட, romanized: Viṭṭa, lit. 'Let go or removed' and: புரம், romanized: Puram, lit. 'Holy city'.[2]
History
[edit]According to legend Maviddapuram has had a Hindu shrine for 5,000 years.[3] According to another legend, an 8th-century Chola[a] princess Mathurapuraveeravalli,[b] daughter of Tissai Ughra Cholan, the King of Madurai, was inflicted with a persistent intestinal disorder as well as facial disfigurement which made her face look like a horse.[5][6][7] She was advised by a priest/sage to bathe in the freshwater spring at Keerimalai.[5][6] After bathing in the spring Mathurapuraveeravalli's illness and disfigurement vanished.[5][6] In gratitude, she renovated a Hindu shrine, located in Kovil Kadavai about two kilometers south east of the spring, into a full temple honouring the Hindu god Murugan (Skanda).[5][6][7] The King of Madurai sent sculptors, artists, building material, granite, statues, gold, silver etc. to assist with the renovation.[5] The temple's statue of Kankesan (Murugan) was brought via the port of Gayathurai which was later renamed Kankesanthurai.[8][9]
Agriculture and Industries
[edit]Before 1990, Maviddapuram had a cement factory which was one of the major producers of cement in Sri Lanka.[citation needed]
Transport
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Historical Images - The Royal Family of Jaffna". www.jaffnaroyalfamily.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ↑ Yatawara, Dhaneshi Yatawara (17 August 2008). "Festival of devotional splendour". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Dissanayake, Daya (30 November 2011). "Temple carvings in Jaffna". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ The Rough Guide to Sri Lanka. Rough Guides.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Yatawara, Dhaneshi Yatawara (17 August 2008). "Festival of devotional splendour". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka).
- 1 2 3 4 Wijesinghe, W. A. M. (28 November 2010). "The rich colours of Hinduism". The Nation (Sri Lanka).
- 1 2 David, Kenneth (1977). "Hierarchy and Equivalence in Jaffna North Sri Lanka: Normative Codes as Mediator". In David, Kenneth (ed.). The New Wind: Changing Identities in South Asia. De Gruyter Mouton. p. 185. ISBN 90-279-7959-6.
- ↑ Yatawara, Dhaneshi (1 September 2013). "Surge of devotion reverberates the North". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ↑ "Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Kovil". Time Out.
