Temple info -2917. Vattappalai Kannaki Amman Temple, Mullaitheevu, Srilanka. வட்ரபாளை கண்ணகி அம்மன் கோயில், முல்லைத்தீவு, இலங்கை
Temple info -2917 கோயில் தகவல் -2917 Vattappalai Kannaki Amman Kovil Language Watc Edit Vattapalai Kannagi Amman Thirukkovil (also known as Vatrapalai Kannagi Amman Temple) is an ancient Shaivaite and Shaktism -related Hindu temple located in the Mullaitivu District of Northern Sri Lanka . The temple's folklore is connected to the later stories of Kannagi, a legendary Tamil woman who, after leaving the Pandya capital Madurai , traveled to Kerala and eventually arrived in the prosperous land of Sri Lanka . Vatrapalai is an important Kannagi pilgrimage site in Sri Lanka, second only to the Mangala Devi Kannagi Kovil in Kerala . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to belief, Kannagi appeared in the land of Vatrapalai on the first Monday of the Tamil month of Vaikasi . To this day, an annual Pongal festival is held on this date, during which a sea water lamp is...