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Nallur Kandaswamy Devasthanam

Jaffna District, Sri Lanka

The Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Nallūr kantacuvāmi kōvil නල්ලුරුව ස්කන්ධ කුමාර කෝවිල, nalluruva skandha kumāra kōvila) is a Hindu temple, located in Nallur, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The presiding deity is Murugan (Kartikeya) in the form of the divine spear vel in the sanctum, the primary shrine, and in other forms, namely, Shanmugar, Muthukumaraswami, Valli Kanthar with consorts Valli and Deivayanai, and Dandayuddhapani, sans consorts in secondary shrines in the temple.

Hindu temple data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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