Annual Nallur Kumaran chariot festival
Chariot Festival at Nallur Kandaswamy Temple was held today, August 29th.
Though the crowd of devotees was comparatively less than the previous years during the Cease Fire Agreement period, people kept coming from morning through noon, according to media sources in Jaffna.
The annual festivals during the few years after the 2002 ‘ceasefire’ were held in a grand scale but the festival is subdued this year due to the unsettled security situation and the strictly enforced curfew prevailing in Jaffna peninsula.
The Temple situated on the outskirts of Jaffna traces its origin back to A.D 948 and has emerged as one of the most revered Hindu shrines in Sri Lanka.
[Nallur Kanthan, god of love, beauty and knowledge exerting his charm on devotees, Aug 29, 2008.
Picture courtesy of: virakesari.lk - Vannarponnai Correspondent]
Related: Nallur Kumaran ~ Thear ~ 2005
