Selva Sannidhi Murugan Temple, Thondaimanaru

Description :
Revered as Sella Katirkāmam of the North, Selva Sanniti Murukan Temple at Thondaimanaru is situated about twenty miles north of Jaffna. Here too, as at Katirkamam, a free non-agamic environment for worship pervades the place, persons of various creeds and castes congregate here for darshan of the Vel installed at this blessed cannitānam (Celva Canniti).

The waters of Thondaimanaru, a tîrtham where fresh water flows into the sea past the site, elevates the LOCATION to a sthalam, blessed with the triple adjuncts of tîrtham, sthalam and mūrti. This waterway said to have been excavated under the supervision of Karunakara Thondaiman. He was sent here for procurement of salt supplies, by Kulatunka Colan, who reigned in South India from 1070 to 1118 A.C. The temple by the side of the newly cut waterway would have been the place of worship of this settlement that got founded in the locality. The temple however suffered the fate of devastation, like all other Hindu temples, in the hands of the foreigners of the 16th century.

About the Temple:

LOCATION: Valvettithurai, Sri Lanka.
COUNTRY: Sri Lanka.
NEAREST AIRPORT: Jaffna International Airport.
DEITY: Murugan(Hindu DEITY),Celvac Canniti Murukan̲ Ālayam (Sri Lanka)
FESTIVALS:The chariot.