Koneswaram Temple

E68367
Hindu temple Shiva temple religious building

Koneswaram Temple is an ancient and revered Hindu temple complex dedicated to Lord Shiva, renowned for its dramatic clifftop setting overlooking the Indian Ocean in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Hindu temple Koneswaram Temple 1
Koneswaram Temple complex 1
Trincomalee Konesar Malai temple complex 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu temple ⓘ
Shiva temple ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shakti Peetha ⓘ
surface form: Dakshina Kailasam

Temple of the Thousand Pillars ⓘ
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil ⓘ
surface form: Thirukoneswaram Kovil
architecturalStyle Dravidian temple architecture ⓘ
surface form: Dravidian architecture
associatedWithBodyOfWater Indian Ocean ⓘ
Koddiyar Bay ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalSignificance important site for Tamil Hindus ⓘ
major Hindu pilgrimage site in Sri Lanka ⓘ
dedicatedTo Shiva ⓘ
surface form: Lord Shiva
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 120 meters ⓘ
followsTradition Saivism ⓘ
hasDeity Ganesha ⓘ
Murugan ⓘ
Varuna ⓘ
surface form: Navagraha

Goddess Gauri ⓘ
surface form: Parvati

Shiva ⓘ
surface form: Shiva as Konesar
hasFeature bell tower ⓘ
sacred pond ⓘ
statues of Hindu deities ⓘ
viewpoints over the sea ⓘ
hasObject Nandi statue ⓘ
Shiva lingam ⓘ
hasRitual abhishekam to Shiva lingam ⓘ
daily puja ⓘ
hasStructure gopuram ⓘ
inner sanctum (garbhagriha) ⓘ
mandapam ⓘ
heritageDesignation archaeological protected monument in Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedIn Trincomalee ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedNear Fort Frederick ⓘ
surface form: Fort Frederick, Trincomalee

Trincomalee ⓘ
surface form: Trincomalee Harbour
locatedOn Swami Rock ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Bay of Bengal ⓘ
locatedOnGeographicalFeature cliff ⓘ
mainFestival Maha Shivaratri ⓘ
Navaratri ⓘ
Ther Thiruvila (chariot festival) ⓘ
overlooks Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf Koneswaram Temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Trincomalee Konesar Malai temple complex
region Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka Hindu cultural zone ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
tourismAttraction popular tourist destination in Trincomalee ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Frederick → contains → Koneswaram Temple ⓘ
Trincomalee → hasLandmark → Koneswaram Temple ⓘ
Swami Rock → hasNearbyReligiousSite → Koneswaram Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koneswaram Temple complex
Fort Frederick → hasPart → Koneswaram Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu temple Koneswaram Temple
Swami Rock → hasReligiousSite → Koneswaram Temple ⓘ
Fort Frederick → locatedNear → Koneswaram Temple ⓘ
Koneswaram Temple → partOf → Koneswaram Temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trincomalee Konesar Malai temple complex