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1. 1Dr.Paul E.Pieris declared in 1917, at a meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon Branch), there was in Lanka five recognized ‘Eeswararns’ of Siva, which claimed and received adoration of all India. These were Tiruketheeswaram near Mahathitha, Munneswaram, and Thondeswaram, Tirukoneswaram and Naguleswaram. _Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon Branch)_
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2. ↑"Thiruketheeswaram Kovil | Attractions in Mannar | Love Sri Lanka". _www.lovesrilanka.org_. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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3. ↑"::: Sri Lanka Heritages". _www.srilankaheritages.net_. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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4. ↑"Pālāvi, kāḷāvik-kāṭu, Nīrāviyaṭi". TamilNet. 27 June 2007.
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5. ↑"Thiru Ketheeswaram Temple". _Lakpura LLC_. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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6. ↑Bennet, John Whitchurch (1843). "Giant's Tank – Gentoo City – Antiquity of the Hindoos". _Ceylon and its capabilities: an account of its natural resources, indigenous productions, and commercial facilities_. London: W.H. Allen & Co. p.212. ISBN9788120611689. OCLC39733028. At Mantotte the antiquarian will find a field for research in the still extant remains of remote antiquity, amongst which are the vestiges of an immense tank (Giant Tank) arid the ruins of a former Hindu City, built of brick. The antiquity of the Hindus, by whom, I humbly presume, the island was originally peopled, and their civilization at the remotest period of history, are recognized by all the ancient Eastern Philosophers.
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7. ↑Arumugam, S (1980). "The Lord of Thiruketheeswaram, an ancient Hindu sthalam of hoary antiquity in Sri Lanka". Colombo: 15. OCLC10020492.
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8. ↑Cassie Chetty, Simon
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9. ↑Perera, B.J. "Although Mahathitha (Mathoddam) is first mentioned in connection with the landing of Vijaya's second wife, a royal princess from the Pandyan Kingdom, there is no doubt that it was used as port by the Tamils long before the Aryan settlement in Ceylon. The existence of the Temple Tiruketheeswaram, the origin of which is not covered by existing records, is an indication of the antiquity of the port. Indeed Mahathitta is the only port in the Island which can be called a buried city. Mahathittha was a great port in the early centuries of the common era. Next we have the references in the Sangam literature of the Tamils describing Mahathitta as a great port."
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10. ↑Nevill, Hugh. (1887).
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11. ↑Arumugam, S (1980). "The Lord of Thiruketheeswaram, an ancient Hindu sthalam of hoary antiquity in Sri Lanka". Colombo. OCLC10020492.
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12. ↑Arumugam, S (1980). "The Lord of Thiruketheeswaram, an ancient Hindu sthalam of hoary antiquity in Sri Lanka". Colombo: 106. OCLC10020492.
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13. ↑Varadachari, K.C. (1940). _Journal of the Sri Venkatesvara Oriental Institute_. **3**. Sri Venkateswara University, University of California: 64. OCLC52321640.
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14. ↑Xavier, J.T. (1977). "The Land of Letters". 8–13
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15. ↑Muthuthampipillai. (1915). 56
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16. ↑Indrapala, Karthigesu (2007). _The evolution of an ethnic identity: The Tamils in Sri Lanka C. 300 BCE to C. 1200 CE_. Colombo: Vijitha Yapa. p.230. ISBN978-955-1266-72-1.
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17. ↑Arumugam, S (1980). "The Lord of Thiruketheeswaram, an ancient Hindu sthalam of hoary antiquity in Sri Lanka". Colombo: 36. OCLC10020492.
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18. ↑Navaratnam, C. S. (1964). _A short history of Hinduism in Ceylon: and three essays on the Tamils._ pp. 68
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