Goddess Parvati who is locally known as Nagapushani and her consort Shiva who is named as Nayinar in Sri Lanka. The ancient temple encompasses the image houses and the stupa in which the gem-set throne was enshrined before it was destroyed. In the ancient chronicles the pre-historic Naga tribes are represented as non-human beings enriched with an advanced civilization.
According to the Mahavamsa Buddha, during this visit pacified two Naga kings of Nagadipa who were arrayed in battle over a gem-set throne. It is believed that the Buddha’s second visit to the island Is to Nagadeepa in the 6th century B.C. Nagadeepa Buddhist Temple, is one of the most visited important Buddhist Temples in Sri Lanka located close to Nagapooshani Amman Kovil in same island of Nainativu Jaffna. Nagadeepa Buddhist temple in Nainativu Island Jaffna Also during King Parakramabahu I period, he had made large-scale international trade the north with his shipyards and numerous harbors around the island including Jaffna. As per the inscriptions date back to the 12th Century AD explain that, plenty of international traders stop at the Island of Kayts also made a detour at Nainativu. Nainativu itself has been important to both South Indian and Sri Lankan Tamils as well as to the Sinhalese, especially as part of the foreign trade route that existed during the medieval era. Present structure of this massive Temple complex having been built between 17 after the Portuguese destroyed the original Nagapooshani Amman kovil in somewhere in 1620. It is believed that the statue of Goddess Nagapoosani with Lingam and King Ravana’s ten headed staute at the bottom is special to this Temple and is not to be found elsewhere.
Most of the devotees pay visit to the Kovil, especially during the Mahostavam thiruvilla, which is celebrated during June and July of every year. This Kovil consist of four glorious Gopurams, the Raja raja Gopuram, rising to a height of 108 feet, East Gopuram, South East Gopuram and South Gopuram. Special Features of Nagapooshani Amman Temple The annual festival of 16 days called Mahostavam (Thiruvizha) held in June & July attracting more than 100,000 pilgrims. Therefore the island of Nainativu or Nagadeepa is the center of one of the most sacred Buddhist & Hindu sites of the country attracting over a thousand visitors a daily. The Island of Nagadeepa also known as Nainativu is home for the important Buddhist Shrine called Nagadeepa Purana Viharaya and one of the country’s holiest Hindu Temple Nagapooshani Amman Kovil. Nagapooshani Amman Temple is dedicated to Goddess Parvati who is known as Bhuvaneswari or Nagapooshani an Avatar of Durga. Shree Nagapooshani Amman kovil is one of 64 Shakthi Peeth in the region. Nagapooshani Amman Temple is most visited historic Hindu Temple located in 36 KM away from Northern Province capital city of Jaffna in Nainativu Island Sri Lanka.
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