Saiva temples identified as having archaeological remains

 

The following list of Saiva temples identified as having archaeological remains in the North & East of Eezham: ●Ottusudaan Thanthonreeswaram Temple ●Maanthai Kilakku Bhathrakali Amman Kovil ●Sri Siththiravelayutham Murugan Kovil ●Kumulamunai Anjaneyar Temple

● Paandiyankulam Sivan Temple ●Vavunikulam Sivapuram Srimalai Temple ●Kumulamunai Kurinchikkumaran Temple ●Mannaar Thirukkestheswaram Temple ●Myiliddy Portuguese Temple ●Othiyamalai Vairavar Temple ●Mulliyavalai Kumaarapuram MUrugan Temple

●Thennamaravadi Kanthasaamy Malai Temple ●Semmalai Neeraviyadi Pillaiyaar Temple ●Pulmottai Arisi Aalai Malai Temple ●Veddukumari Malai Aathisivan Temple ●Soodaikkudaa Malaipakuthi Murugan Temple ●Trinco Thirukoneshwarar Temple

●MoonruMurippu Kannaki Amman Temple, Sivapuram Sivan Temple ●Kunjumappa Periyasaamy Temple ●Sri Malai Neeliyamman Temple ●Kallumalai Pillaiyaar Temple ●Batticalo Thaanthamalai Temple ●Batticalo Kachchakodi Sivami Malai ●Kurunthoor Malai Aathi Iyanaar Temple

●Batticalo Siththandi Murugan Temple ●Kanniya hot water spring ●Uruthirapiram Sivan Temple ●Kusalamalai Saiva Kumaran Temple ●Kankesanthurai Saiva Temple ●Keerimalai Sivan Temple ●Saattaiamma Monastery

●Kankesanthurai Murugan Temple ●Vatraappalai Kannaki Amman Temple ●Nedunkeni Nochchiyadi Iyyanaar Temple ●Suzhipuram Paraalai Murugan Temple

Many of the listed sites above have been removed from Tamils, demolished, & re-established as Sinhala/Buddhist sites.

Apart from this, according to the gazette published in 2013 under Section 16 of the Archeology Ordinance No. 823/73 (Chapter 188), more than 98 sites in the North East are claimed to have archaeological remains. They also list many highland areas in Batticaloa [Kudumbimalai, Thaanthaamalai, Kusaalanamalai,], Trincomalee [Raajavanthaan malai, Soodaikudaa Malai, Arisi Malai] as lands with Buddhist archaeological remnant sites.

They also cite 246 areas in Amparai as Buddhist sites. In the areas mentioned in Trincomalee, they have listed 74 places as Buddhist sites. Similarly, in Batticaloa, 28 Buddhist viharas and 55 Buddhisim-related sites are noted by the archeological department. If the archeological department finds evidence of Buddhism thriving in Tamil land, 1st, they don't need to demolish currently existing sites as they have also been there for generations. Secondly, there is no need to impose Sinhalization as these were Tamil sites.

We, Tamils (along with the international community), need to know our history, which includes Tamil Buddhism. This is the only way to prevent the Sinhalization of Tamil land and reclaim our history.