Kankesanthurai

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Kankesanthurai colloquially known as KKS, is a port suburb, fishing division and resort hub of the Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Formerly an electoral district, Kankesanthurai is home to the Kankesanthurai beach, Keerimalai Naguleswaram temple (a Pancha Ishwaram) and the Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple. The port's harbour has served as an arrival and departure point for pilgrims since classical antiquity and is named after the Sri Lankan Tamil god Murukan. Kankesanthurai suburb has many fishing villages and Grama Niladhari (village officers) and is a northern part of Valikamam, one of the three regions of ancient habitation on the Jaffna peninsula, located on the peninsula's northern coast, 12 miles from Jaffna city, 85 miles from Mannar and 155 miles from Trincomalee.

A popular tourist destination for its temples, its sandy, palm tree filled coastal stretch of beach and the Keerimalai Springs, other prominent landmarks in Kankesanthurai include the suburb's natural harbour, its fort and lighthouse.

History

During the civil war, the port at Kankesanturai was closed by the Sri Lankan Navy. Between 1983 and 1993, the northern part of the Valikamam region were declared a High Security Zone (HSZ) by the armed forces, where 6000 acres of land was confiscated around Kankesanthurai and all the residents (25,000 Tamil families) expelled, without compensation or return. The temples were inside the HSZ and as a result its priests were evicted by the military. The temple's structures were bombed, most significantly Naguleswaram in 1990, and their contents looted. Between 2002-2005, US military intelligence and military personnel visited the security zone, including Jaffna Airport and KKS harbour to review and inspect basing opportunities. Following the end of the civil war the military relaxed some restrictions on entering the HSZ, allowing priests and worshipers to return to the temples. The Maviddapuram Kandaswamy temple's 108-foot gopuram has been re-built but much of its 17th century structural renovations were destroyed during the civil war.

Attractions

Naguleswaram temple
Naguleswaram temple is a famous Hindu temple of Kankesanthurai. One of the oldest shrines of the region, it is the northernmost shrine on the island of the Pancha Ishwarams of Lord Siva, venerated by Hindus across the world from classical antiquity. Hindus believe its adjacent water tank, the Keerimalai Springs, to have curative properties. Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple is towards the south of the harbour.

Keerimalai springs, Kankesanthurai
Freshwater at Keerimalai springs is sourced from underground. "Maasi Magam" and “Aadi Amaavaasai” festival days, the latter falling during the Tamil month of “Aadi” (mid July-mid August) brings Hindu pilgrims to the town to carry out rituals for their forefathers and take a divine dip in the natural springs. These rituals are usually carried

Om Jaffna-distriktet

Jaffna er hovedstaden i den nordlige provins i Sri Lanka. 85% af befolkningen i distrikterne Jaffna og Kilinochchi er hinduer. Hinduerne følger den saivitiske tradition. Resten er overvejende romersk-katolikker eller protestanter, hvoraf nogle er efterkommere af koloniale bosættere, kendt som burgere. Tamilerne er opdelt langs kastelinjer, hvor landmandskasten Vellalar udgør flertallet. Fisk og skaldyr, rødløg og tobak er de vigtigste produkter i Jaffna.

Jaffna er hjemsted for smukke hindutempler. Et gammelt hollandsk fort står stadig velbevaret, indeni er en gammel kirke. Et andet eksempel på hollandsk arkitektur er Kongens Hus. Intet besøg i Jaffna er fuldendt uden at smage den udsøgte Jaffna-mango, der er kendt for sin sødme. Omkring 3 km væk ligger det majestætiske Nallur Kandaswamy-tempel, hjemsted for den største religiøse festival i Jaffna. Kayts Havn er et gammelt skibsdokningssted i Jaffna-regionen.

Om Nordprovinsen

Den Nordlige Provins er en af ​​Sri Lankas 9 provinser. Provinserne har eksisteret siden det 19. århundrede, men de havde ingen juridisk status før 1987, da den 13. ændring af Sri Lankas forfatning fra 1978 oprettede provinsråd. Mellem 1988 og 2006 blev provinsen midlertidigt fusioneret med den Østlige Provins for at danne den Nordøstlige Provins. Provinsens hovedstad er Jaffna.

Nordprovinsen ligger i det nordlige Sri Lanka og kun 35 km fra Indien. Provinsen er omgivet af Mannar-bugten og Palk-bugten mod vest, Palk-strædet mod nord, Bengalbugten mod øst og de østlige, nordlige centrale og nordvestlige provinser mod syd. Provinsen har en række laguner, hvoraf de største er Jaffna-lagunen, Nanthi Kadal, Chundikkulam-lagunen, Vadamarachchi-lagunen, Uppu Aru-lagunen, Kokkilai-lagunen, Nai Aru-lagunen og Chalai-lagunen. De fleste øer omkring Sri Lanka findes vest for Nordprovinsen. De største øer er: Kayts, Neduntivu, Karaitivu, Pungudutivu og Mandativu.

Den nordlige provins havde 1.311.776 indbyggere i 2007. Størstedelen af ​​befolkningen er srilankanske tamiler, med et mindretal af srilankanske maurere og singalesere. Srilankansk tamil er det primære sprog, der tales i provinsen af ​​langt størstedelen af ​​befolkningen. Det andet sprog, der tales, er singalesisk af 1 procent af befolkningen. Engelsk tales og forstås bredt i byerne.

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