Shri Ponnambalawaneswaram Kovil

This temple of Lord Shiva is built with granite stone with intrinsic sculptures. This temple fully built with granite. Situated right before the port and in the center of Colombo city. Lot of religious activities are carried out here. An. Glad to see young children boys & girls come here with traditional dress & participate in the activities of learning about the culture, attending lectures, reading & reciting religious history & songs. Temple is maintained neatly.

A good kovil in srilanka

The history of Sri Ponnambalavaneswaram Temple dates back to over a century. In 1857, Ponnambalam Mudaliar, a local nobleman, wanted to provide a place of worship for the Hindus living in Colombo. The country was under British rule at the time; Mudaliar built a small temple to Lord Shiva, which became a safe haven for the Hindus of that time. Many years later, in 1905, the temple was acquired by Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, the son of Ponnambalam Mudaliar, an independent revolutionary. This same man later became known as one of the key stones of Sri Lanka's independence. All Sri Lankans today are well known for his speeches and legal work during the crisis that arose during Sri Lanka's struggle for independence. Ramanathan served as an Attorney General during the Sinhala-Muslim riots of 1915; He argued passionately against the British government, and he was a D.S. He arrested several prominent Sinhala leaders, including Senanayake, who would later become Sri Lanka's first prime minister. After all, Ramanathan was a very talented and additionally a pious man. Shortly after receiving the temple, he had a visionary dream where he told Lord Shiva to build a model temple. Ramanathan got up and decided to build a temple that would last for many years, which was complete according to ancient Hindu scriptures. He brought the most famous sculptors of the time from South India and had a temple designed in the ancient Dravidian style. The temple is built in the traditional style with raw materials from Veyangoda Quarry Quarry and locally. Temple Sri Ponnambalavaneswaram is only one of the few solid granite temples in Sri Lanka. Many were destroyed during time, war or various foreign invasions. However, solid black granite construction is a feature of the temples, which were made according to ancient Hindu scriptures. Other features include qualified temple building and construction by sculptors from the families of the temple builders, designs designed to model human anatomy, sculptural elements included, and more. Accordingly the builders of Sri Ponnambalavaneswaram came from long workers who had been building temples for many generations. They were trained under their family and learned the superior skills passed down from their ancestors. As a result, the work done on the temple is complex and precise, so life-like sculptures seem to be ready to stand up and walk. Tall tower (a kind of traditional conical temple similar to that of the Spire Mayan temples, although more complex); Rising ceilings, decorative arches, each with a beautifully carved pillar; Perfectly cut and carved walls; Swans, cows, peacocks, guard dwarfs, sculptures of gods and goddesses and many more adorning the roofs of each shrine; All these make Sri Ponnambalavaneswaram a work of art that adds pride to Sri Lanka. Looking at them it is hard to believe that something so delicate and elegant can be made of solid stone; It makes one appreciate the great time and effort that must have gone into every pillar, every wall, every sculpture. According to the Vedas the human body is considered to be the microcosm of the vast universe. All Hindu temples are properly made to show this concept. The main shrine represents the headquarters or ‘primary place’ and the heart and is similar to the center of the universe. The remaining temples are placed around it. The way devotees worship in the temple is like the flow of blood through vessels or the universe revolving on its axis. They start from the headquarters (heart); Go to each shrine representing the vital elements and complete their worship in the heart again. This concept can be found in Sri Ponnambalavaneswaram.

Very pleasant and blessings Shivan Kovil. Fully built in black stone. Everybody have to go there

A Very Beautiful place for Hindu worshippers.