Nainativu
Sign in to saveNainativu ( Nainatheevu, Nagadeepa) is a small but notable island off the coast of the Jaffna Peninsula in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The name of the island alludes to the folklore inhabitants, the Naga people. It is home to the Hindu Nagapooshani Amman Temple, one of the prominent 64 Shakti Peethas, and the Buddhist shrine Nagadeepa Purana Viharaya.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Nainativu is referenced by 94 other articles, and connects out to Ptolemy, Sangam literature and Jaffna Peninsula.
The entry is geolocated on the map in LK, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Ancient Greek geography of Sri Lanka, Buddhism amongst Tamils and Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nainativu
- Settlement.native_name
- நயினாதீவுනාගදීපය
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nainativu Gopuram.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Nagapooshani Amman Kovil
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Island
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sri Lanka Northern Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northern
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Jaffna
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- DS Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Island South
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Jaffna District
- Population
- 3000
- Area
- 3.5
- Body of water
- Palk Strait
- Image
- Nainativu Gopuram.jpg
- Width
- 1
- Length
- 3.5
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- Nainativu
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Naga people
- Decline of Naga identity and assimilation
- Demography
- See also
- References
Nainativu ( Nainatheevu, Nagadeepa) is a small but notable island off the coast of the Jaffna Peninsula in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The name of the island alludes to the folklore inhabitants, the Naga people. It is home to the Hindu Nagapooshani Amman Temple, one of the prominent 64 Shakti Peethas, and the Buddhist shrine Nagadeepa Purana Viharaya.
Historians note the island is mentioned in the ancient Tamil Sangam literature of nearby Tamil Nadu such as Manimekalai where it was mentioned as Manipallavam (, and ancient Buddhist legends of Sri Lanka such as Mahavamsa. Ptolemy, a Greek cartographer, described the islands around the Jaffna Peninsula Nagadiba () in the first century CE.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nainativu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations