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1. Jump up to: 1Bastin 2002, p.35
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2. ↑Bastin 2002, p.158
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3. ↑Bastin 2002, pp.17–18
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4. Jump up to: 1Velupillai 1995, pp.68–71
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5. Jump up to: 1Bastin 2002, pp.21–23
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6. Jump up to: 1Bastin 2002, p.15
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7. ↑Bastin 2002, pp.20–22
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8. ↑Ross E. Dunn. (1986). _The adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim traveler of the fourteenth century_. pp. 242-243
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9. ↑Bastin 2002, p.21
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10. Jump up to: 1Maniccavasagar, Chelvatamby (14 August 2009). "Munneswaram Annual festival". _Daily News_. Archived from the original on 19 August 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
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11. ↑Bastin 2002, p.36
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12. Jump up to: 1Schokman, Derrick (6 September 2003). "The Munneswaram Festival". _Daily News_. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
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13. ↑Wikramesinghe 2005, p.21
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14. ↑Bastin 2002, p.18
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15. ↑Bastin 2002, p.23
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16. Jump up to: 1Bastin 2002, pp.45–52
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17. ↑Bastin 2002, p.30
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18. ↑Bastin 2002, p.30–31
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19. ↑Bastin 2002, pp.35–38
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20. ↑Bastin 2002, p.28
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21. ↑Gombrich 1999, pp.133–162
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22. ↑Samantha, Jude. "Mervyn Bans Slaughter Houses". _Sunday Leader_. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
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* Bastin, Rohan (December 2002), _The Domain of Constant Excess: Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri Lanka_, Berghahn Books, ISBN1-57181-252-0, OCLC50028737
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* Wikramesinghe, Nira (November 2005), _Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History of Contested Identities_, University of Hawaii Press, ISBN0-8248-3016-4, OCLC65538901
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* Gombrich, Richard (December 1999), _Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka_, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN81-208-0702-2, OCLC17871961
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