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Nagapooshani Amman Temple Nainativu Island Jaffna, Sri Lanka
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. Shree Nagapooshani Amman kovil is one of 64 Shakthi Peeth in the region. Nagapooshani Amman Temple is dedicated to Goddess Parvati who is known as Bhuvaneswari or Nagapooshani an Avatar of Durga. 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. 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 annual festival of 16 days called Mahostavam (Thiruvizha) held in June & July attracting more than 100,000 pilgrims.