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Kandaswamy Kovil

temple, Sri Lanka

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feature of Jaffna

In Jaffna
…is a famous Hindu temple, Kandaswamy Kovil. The British held Jaffna after 1795 until they relinquished control of the island in 1948. From 1983 to 1995 Jaffna was a stronghold of a Tamil separatist guerrilla group. Its capture by Sri Lankan government forces in 1995 left portions of the city…
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