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Vannarpannai Vaitheeswaran Temple
வண்ணார்பண்ணை வைத்தீஸ்வரன் கோயில்
Temple entrance
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Jaffna District
Deity	Shiva
Location
Location	Vannarpannai
State	Northern Province
Country	Sri Lanka
Location in central Jaffna
Geographic coordinates	09°40′17.50″N 80°00′36.90″E / 9.6715278°N 80.0102500°E / 9.6715278; 80.0102500
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture

Vannarpannai Vaitheeswaran Temple (Tamil: வண்ணார்பண்ணை வைத்தீஸ்வரன் கோயில், romanized: Vaṇṇārpaṇṇai Vaittīsvaraṉ Kōyil) is a Hindu temple in Vannarpannai, Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. It was built by Vaithilingam Chettiar a business man during the Dutch colonial period. The temple was declared an archaeological protected monument in December 2011.

References

1. Holmes, W. Robert. Jaffna 1980. The Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, Jaffna College. p. 165.
2. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1739: 1093. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

External links

• Media related to Vannarpannai Vaitheeswaran Temple at Wikimedia Commons

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