Kokkadicholai Thaanthonreeswarar Temple

Kokkadicholai Thaanthonreeswarar Temple
Kokkadicholai Thanthonrichcharam Kovil
Entrance of Kokkaddicholai Thanthonriswaram
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictBatticaloa
ProvinceEastern
DeityLord Shiva
FestivalsUtsava, annual chariot festival
Location
LocationKokkadicholai
CountrySri Lanka
Architecture
Typethamizh or tamil architecture

Kokkadicholai Thaanthonrichcharar Kovil (also known as Kokkadicholai Thanthonrichcharam) is the most significant Shaivism Kovil located in Kokkadicholai, 15km southwest Batticaloa District of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It is also one of the oldest and five most important Kovils in Sri Lanka and it is believed to be one of the two Kovils in Sri Lanka to have naturally built Sivalingam. The chariot festival of the temple is held annually usually in the month of September. One of the main chariots used in the festival was constructed with wooden sculptures in the 18th century.

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