The Nagadweepa Buddhist Vihara which is a few meters away from the temple was established in the 1940s by a resident monk with the help of local Tamils. The temple was later attacked, burnt, and sustained severely damaged, in June 1958, and in March 1986 by the Sri Lankan armed forces. The modern day structure was restored and re-established in 1788. The original temple was looted and destroyed by the Portuguese in 1620 CE. The eagle took three dips into the ocean to atone for its sins against the Nagas in the Mahabharata, and hence, the Garuda and Naga resolved their longstanding feuds. He agreed and built a beautiful temple accordingly. The eagle agreed with one condition that the merchant should construct a beautiful temple for Sri Bhuvaneswari Amman on the island of Nainativu and that he shall propagate her worship in the form of Sri Nagapooshani Amman for universal peace, prosperity and humanity. He pleaded with the eagle to let the cobra go on its way without any harm. A merchant by the name of Maanikan from the Chola kingdom who was himself a devotee of Sri Bhuvaneswari Amman, was sailing across the Palk Strait to trade with the ancient Naka Nadu noticed the eagle and the cobra perched upon said rocks. Fearing harm from the eagle, the cobra wound itself around a rock (referred to in Tamil as Paambu Sutriya Kal “the Rock around which the Snake wound itself”) in the sea about half a kilometer from the Nainativu coast, and the eagle stood on another rock (Garudan Kal “the Rock of the Eagle”) some distance away. An eagle (Garuda) spotted the cobra and attempted to attack it and kill it. She then took on the name of “Indrakshi” (Indra Eyed).Īnother legend states that, many centuries later, a cobra (Nagam) was swimming across the sea towards Nainativu from the nearby island of Puliyantivu with a lotus flower in its mouth, for the worship of Bhuvaneswari Amman (who had already been consecrated by Indra). The Queen of the Universe, Bhuvaneswari Amman, satisfied with Indra’s utmost devotion, repentance and remorse appeared before him and transformed they yonis on his body into eyes. There, he is believed to have created, consecrated and worshiped the moolasthana murti of the Goddess to atone for his sins.
Unable to face the humiliation, he went into exile to the island of Manidweepa (Nainativu). Indra was ridiculed and referred to as Sa-yoni. When the saint came to know, he cursed Indra to have a thousand marks resembling the yoni (female reproductive organ) all over his body.
Indra disguised himself as the saint and proceeded to seduce and make love to Ahalya. The Sanskrit epic Mahabharata records that Lord Indra was overcome by his sexual desires for Ahalya, the wife of Gautama Maharishi. The Nainativu Nagapoosani Amman Temple is believed to be originally established by Lord Indra while seeking alleviation from the curse of Gautama Maharishi. She can order the Trimurtis to do anything she wants. It is considered that even the navagrahas and trimurtis cannot stop her from doing anything. She is capable of turning situations according to her wish. Parvati is Sagun Roop of Goddess Bhuvaneswari. In Hindu Mythology she is considered as the most powerful goddess in the universe. She is also considered as the Mother goddess of Kali, Lakshmi, and Saraswati also Gayatri. Also Bhuvaneswari is considered as the supreme goddesses who creates everything and destroys all the unnecessary evils of world. In Hinduism, Bhuvaneshvari is the fourth of the ten Mahavidya goddesses and an aspect of Devi, as elements of the physical cosmos, in giving shape to the creation of the World”. She is thus related to Sundari and to Rajarajeshwari, the supreme Lady of the Universe. She carries all the worlds as a flowering of her own Self-nature. The entire Universe is her body and all beings are ornaments on her infinite being. She is the Divine Mother as the Queen of all the worlds. This ornament is also referred to in the famous Tamil epic Silapathikaram – where the story begins and ends with an anklet.īhuvaneshwari means the Queen or ruler of the Universe. Anklets have been given immense importance in the worship of Shakti since time and memorial. It is believed to be the place where the silambu (anklets) of Gauri had fallen. It is dedicated to Parvati who is known as Nagapooshani or Bhuvaneswari and her consort, Shiva who is named here as Rakshaseshwar (Nayanair). Nainativu Nagapoosani Amman Temple is an ancient and historic Hindu temple located 36 km from the ancient capital of the Jaffna kingdom, Nallur, Sri Lanka.
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