- Galle,
Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Its
primary deity was a
Hindu god
Tenavarai Nayanar (Upulvan) and at its
zenith was one of the most
celebrated Hindu...
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inscription praises Buddha and
describes the fleet's
donations to the
famous Tenavarai Nayanar temple of
Tondeswaram frequented by both
Hindus and Buddhists...
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Gedige in Kandy, Sri
Lanka is another. The
famous Tondeswaram temple of
Tenavarai and the
ancient Koneswaram temple of
Trincomalee were
patronised and structurally...
- that
recorded offerings he made to Buddha,
Allah and the God of
Tamils Tenavarai Nayanar. The
admiral invoked the
blessings of
Hindu deities at Temple...
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Chinese section praised the Buddha, the
Tamil section praised the
local god
Tenavarai Nayanar (an
incarnation of Vishnu), and the
Persian section praised Allah...
- The
Temple of
Tenavarai Kovil,
Thevan Thurai.
Original painting/drawing name: "Forma do
Pagode de Tanavare" from
Plantas das fortalezas,
pagodes & ca...
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Matara Tenavaram is
found in Devanthurai, Then-Thurai.
Ruins of the "
Tenavarai Naga Risa Nila Kovil"
complex include Nayanar and Pallava-influenced Makara-Thoranam...
- Perso-Arabic
script to
Allah and the
Tamil inscription mentions offering to
Tenavarai Nayanar (Hindu god Vishnu). The
admiral invoked the
blessings of Hindu...
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through the
divine grace of the Lord of
Tenavarai. So, [the following] are
presented as
offerings to the Lord of
Tenavarai; to wit, gold, silver, tulukki, silk...
- Bengal." Furthermore, he
described the
splendor of the
famous temple of
Tenavarai at its
zenith as
similar in its
greatness on the
island to Koneswaram...
