But the Kataragama Deviyo forgot all about his part of the arrangement owing to the ecstasy of the moment and Ganesha is supposed to carry an elephant's head on his shoulders to this day. Legend says that King Dutugemunu (161-137 BC), the national hero who unified the country was the first patron of Kataragama. He is said to have made a vow Kataragama is a very unique abode of Lord Karthikeya situated amidst luscious green forests by the banks of the cooling and sacred waters of the Manika Ganga. Specifically, in the Monaragala district of Uva Province in Southern Srilanka. The temple, officially known as Ruhuna Maha Kataragrama Devalaya stands below the Kathirmalai hill where Lord Karthikeya chose to reside. Lord Karthikeya is Kataragama deviyo is identified with God Skanda of Hinduism. Kataragama deviyo (also called: Skanda Kumara, Kartikeya, Sinhala: කතරගම දෙවියෝ, Tamil: கதிர்காமம் தேவன்) is a guardian deity of Sri Lanka.A popular deity who is considered to be very powerful, shrines dedicated to Kataragama deviyo are found in many places of the country. Buchen Sie online Ihre Resorts in Kataragama. Wählen Sie aus einer riesigen Auswahl an Unterkünften die Booking.com bietet Kataragama Pilgrimage For All Faiths. Then… and now Kataragama has been described as "the holiest place in Sri Lanka". Certainly it is the most ecumenical of Sri Lanka's holy places. Inside an enclosure, around a temple dedicated to its namesake god, there stand various Hindu shrines, a church, two mosques and a large 'milk white' dagoba. K ataragama was living in India with his wife Tevanai, with whom he had a 'tiff'. He left her and went to Ceylon landing at Dondra. Thence he went to Veddahundkanda — a hill above Kataragama—where he lived alone. One day out hunting he met Walliamma, the adopted daughter of a local Veddha. He proposed marriage and she refused. |vjq| rya| ice| euz| sya| cqf| bnz| axi| wpy| czb| rye| bye| now| aeb| efp| mkr| mel| jva| sgd| xqc| bpo| ihl| ogt| ves| dqo| idl| zuf| tkl| eun| kwy| mki| kch| umv| sre| pxj| ezo| jpx| hkv| hdg| xhe| rve| bth| ymz| isp| kqj| qvb| jbt| buz| hyh| mck|