The Ruins of Ancient Chola Hindu Temple

Catergory :- Monument
Location :- Delf East
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                                               This is an ancient Hindu temple, situated at place know as “Pukkatu”. After the survey in 2010, It was found that the evidences for ancient Hindu temple.This temple was 40 feet and was built with coral stones which are freely available in the area. The “Katpakkirakam & “Antaralam” were found as ruins with 5 feet long && wide respectively. The coins belonging to Jaffna Kingdom, Cola and Pantiya period were found. It reveals that there was a commercial & cultural tie between South India to Sri Lanka took place through the Delft in the medieval period. It is locally believed that it was constructed in the Cola period.