Directories
The Department keeps the register of Hindu religious institutions in Sri Lanka. Search it by name in Tamil, Sinhala or English, or narrow it to a district. Records are being transferred from the Department’s own system, so the register grows as that work goes on.
22 temples found
- Arulmigu Pillaiyar Kovil அருள்மிகு பிள்ளையார் கோயில் Jaffna · Ganesha
- Karpaga Vinayagar Kovil கற்பக விநாயகர் கோயில் Vavuniya · Ganesha
- Koneswara Sivan Kovil கோணேஸ்வர சிவன் கோயில் Trincomalee · Shiva
- Koneswaram Kovil கோணேஸ்வரம் கோயில் Trincomalee
- Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil நல்லூர் கந்தசுவாமி கோயில் Jaffna
- Ratnapura Sri Sivan Kovil இரத்தினபுரி ஸ்ரீ சிவன் கோயில் Ratnapura · Shiva
- Selva Vinayagar Kovil செல்வ விநாயகர் கோயில் Kandy · Ganesha
- Sivan Arul Kovil சிவன் அருள் கோயில் Mullaitivu · Shiva
- Sri Kannaki Amman Kovil ஸ்ரீ கண்ணகி அம்மன் கோயில் Ampara · Kannaki
- Sri Kathirvelayutha Swami Kovil ஸ்ரீ கதிர்வேலாயுத சுவாமி கோயில் Kandy · Murugan
- Sri Mayurapathi Amman Kovil ஸ்ரீ மயூரபதி அம்மன் கோயில் Colombo · Amman
- Sri Muthu Vinayagar Kovil ஸ்ரீ முத்து விநாயகர் கோயில் Badulla · Ganesha
What a record holds
Every temple in the register carries its name in Tamil, Sinhala and English, its registration number, and the district and province it stands in. Most also carry the principal deity, the year it was established, its address and divisional secretariat, and a contact for the temple.
Attached to the record are the priests assigned to the temple, the Aranery schools that belong to it, and the festivals held there — which is how those registers are reached. Where a temple has supplied them, photographs and e-books appear on its record too.
A registration number is the Department’s own reference for a record. Quote it in any correspondence about that temple and an officer can find the file at once.
The other registers
A record that is wrong is worth telling the Department about.
If a temple’s details have changed, or an entry here does not match what you know, send a correction. Give the registration number if you have it. An officer in the division concerned checks it against the file.