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Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple
An island shrine with a traditional account of Portuguese destruction and later rebuilding.
Nainativu · Northern Province
Rebuilt
As documented: 2026-09-28Approximate locality
9.6191°, 79.7743° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
- Dates of source consultation are not dates of field inspection. Historical events do not establish the current condition.
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The recorded chronology
Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.
- Destruction · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
1620 AD · reference-account date
The article dates the destruction of the earlier shrine to 1620.
eventAttributed · further checking neededThe article dates the destruction of the earlier shrine to 1620.
The precise date and original textual evidence remain to be independently checked.
- Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateAttributed · further checking needed1620 · reference-account date
- Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking neededPortuguese forces
- Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
Location & last documented condition
Approximate locality coordinate; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
The article describes the later temple and its gateway towers.
- Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
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