TOWARDS OUR PLACES – Karainagar
Karainagar is also known as Shiva Poomi (spiritual town) in the town of Jaffna. Karainagar is one of the oldest town in Jaffna, which focuses in the language Tamil and Saiva Religion. Karainagar is an island surrounded by the waters.
The island Karainagar is seven-kilometer-long and four-and-a-half-kilometer-wide with palm trees. The six villages in Karainagar is Valanthalai, Kovalam, Thangottai, Karungali, Palukadu and Kalapoomi. There is a lighthouse on the west coast of Kovalam and a shipping port on the south. There is the Thinnapuram Shiva Temple on the northern side. The eastern side is surrounded by coconut trees and the beautiful Kasurina Beach.
According to the history of Agathiyar, Karainagar is still visible today when the sea swallowed up a large part of other islands.
The period of Agathiyar and Panini dates back to 400 before Christ and both Agathiyar and Panini was big intellectual people. Therefore, Karainagar is also known as the oldest town with intellectual people.
People in Karainagar also worship Nachiyars, because the seven Nachiyars created these fields in Karainagar. People in Karainagar also worship Iyanar. The Nachiyars have been worshiping Iyanar in Karainagar in the beginning. Karainagar is considered to be one of the oldest places in the country where people worship Nachiyars and Iyanar.
Karainagar is also known as Karaitheevu as it is an island rich in “karai plants”. Some people also know Karainagar as Manipallava Island. Many businesses have been traded by ship from Karainagar. People have been dyeing clothes and exporting it from here.
A palace was built in Karainagar for Vediyarasan´s wife Nilakeshi during the reign of King Vediyarasan who ruled Neduntheevu at the time. The palace is in ruin now. This is an evidence to the King Vediyarasan´s time.
There are temple towers everywhere in Karainagar. The Dutch , the Portuguese and the British, everyone tried to harm Tamil and it´s traditions but people in Karainagar still worship it.
- Thiyagarasa, Central High School
- Jaffna Karainagar Andaver Pillaiyar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Attipuram Kandaswamy Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Arasadikkadu Kathirvelayuthaswamy Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Antikkeni Iyanar Temple
- Raja Rajeswari Ambal Temple, Karainagar, Jaffna
- Jaffna Karainagar Ilakadi Nachimar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Sri Lanka Transport Board Road Diamond Temple
- Kandaswamy Temple, Karainagar, Jaffna
- Jaffna Karainagar Karapitiyanthan Vigneswarar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Ebony Posutti Murugan Murthy Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Kalabhumi Tannayambathi Siddhivinayagar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Kalabhumi Thikkarai Pillaiyar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Kalabhoomi Mata Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Kathavarayar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Kizhavankadu Murugamoorthy Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Kunan Paruthi Vayravar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Sadayali Gnanavairavar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Chandranthai Kali Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Chidambaramoorthikeni Vayravar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Sivagami Amman Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Shiva Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Sundaramoorthy Nayanar Vidyalaya
- Jaffna Karainagar Subramania Vidyalaya
- Jaffna Karainagar Thangodai Nagammal Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Thikkarai Murugan Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Thirugnanasampanthamurthy Nayanar Vidyalaya
- Jaffna Karainagar Thuraimugam Chithrakooda Siddhi Ganesha Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Toppukkadu Subramanian Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Neelippanthanay Durga Amman Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Pakthar Keni Pillaiyar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Chidambaraswarar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Payirikoodal Subramaniyaswamy Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Palavodai Amman Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Bhugali Subramaniyaswamy Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Puliyankulam Arulananda Pillaiyar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Manathkadu Muthumari Amman Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Manivasakhar Vidyalaya
- Jaffna Karainagar Maruthadi Veerakathi Ganesha Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Varthaak College of Education
- Jaffna Karainagar Valanthalai Kannagai Amman Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Valanthalai Gnanavairavar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Valanthalai Muthumari Amman Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Varivalavu Karthpaka Ganesha Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Vitharadaippu Alankandru Gnanavairavar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Iyanar Temple
- Jaffna Karainagar Vilanai VayravarTemple
- Jaffna Karainagar Vetharadaippu Alankandru Gnanavairavar Temple
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