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Vannarpannai Vaitheeswaran Temple
Vannarpannai Vaitheeswaran Temple. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Vannarpannai Vaitheeswaran Temple (Tamil: வண்ணார்பண்ணை வைத்தீஸ்வரன் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple in Vannarpannai, Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. It was built by Vaithilingam Chettiar a business man during the Dutch colonial period. The temple was declared an archaeological protected monument in December 2011.

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