The Murugan Temple - Madampe, Sri Lanka
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N 07° 30.593 E 079° 49.746
44N E 370809 N 830287
Very colourful Hindu Temple along the road from Negombo to Puttalam
Waymark Code: WM13R4M
Location: Sri Lanka
Date Posted: 02/07/2021
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Madampe is a small town in Puttalam District. The Murugan temple, situated at the main road 9 km south of Chilaw and 10 km north of Marawila, is an extraordinarily neat Tamil temple, even more colourful than other Hindu Kovils in the modern Drawidian style. The temple is known as Punchi Kataragama temple, also called Replica of Kataragama temple, Kataragama being the Sri Lankan name of the Southindian deity Murugan. The large temple complex, opened in January 2012, was donated by a local businessman and land owner, who is involved in the production and delivery of toddy. Madampe belongs to Sri Lanka’s main region of coconut plantations.
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