Nallur Kandaswamy temple

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Nallur Kandaswamy Temple
Entrance to the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Jaffna District
Province	Northern
Deity	Murugan
Location
Country	Sri Lanka
Location in Sri Lanka
Geographic coordinates	9°40′28.82″N 80°1′46.61″E / 9.6746722°N 80.0296139°E / 9.6746722; 80.0296139
Architecture
Type	Tamil architecture
Creator	'Don Juan' Ragunatha Maapaana Mudaliyar
Completed	Founded in 948 ad reconstructed in 1734.[1]
Website
http://nallurkanthan.com/

The Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Tamil: நல்லூர் கந்தசுவாமி கோவில் Sinhala: නල්ලුරුව ස්කන්ධ කුමාර කෝවිල) is a Hindu temple, located in Nallur, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.^[2] 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.^[3]