Kataragama
Kataragama is a pilgrimage town sacred to Buddhist, Hindu and indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka. People from South India also go there to worship. The town has the Kataragama temple, a shrine dedicated to Skanda Kumara also known as Kataragama deviyo.
- Town with about 20,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (160 feet)
- …is also known as “Katirkrāmam”
- Description: city of Kataragama in Uva Province, Sri Lanka
Places of Interest
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Kataragama Temple
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Kataragama
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Latitude
6.4136° or 6° 24′ 49″ north
Longitude
81.3324° or 81° 19′ 57″ east
Open location code
6MR3C87J+CX
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Thai—“Kataragama” goes by many names.
KataragamaDutch
KataragamaIrish
KataragamaItalian
カタラガマJapanese
കതരഗാമMalayalam
കതിർഗാമംMalayalam
კატარაგამაMingrelian
KataragamaNorwegian
KataragamaNorwegian Bokmål
کاتاراگاماPersian
КатарагамаRussian
කතරගමSinhala
KataragamaSwedish
கதிர்காமம்Tamil
КатарагамаTatar
กตรคามThai
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