Choleeswaram temple

Choleeswaram temple is a 10th-century Chola Dynasty Solesvara temple built in honour of emperor Raja Raja Chola I in Peraru, Kantalai, Trincomalee District. Inscriptions found at the ruins of this temple relate to its establishment and connection to Trincomalee's ancient Koneswaram temple. It is made in Dravidian architecture of the Chola period.

Ancient Hindu temples in Sri Lanka

Ati Konanayakar Ariyalai Siddhivinayakar Choleeswaram Kathirkamam Ketheeswaram Koneswaram Kovitkadavai Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Munneswaram Naguleswaram Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Nallur Kandaswamy Pathirakali Amman Saddanathar Seetha Amman Sri Muthu Vinayagar Tantontriswaram Tenavaram Thambiluvil Kannaki Thirukovil Murugan Ubayakathirgamam Vallipuram Velakkai Pillaiyar

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