Visit to Sri Durga Devi Devasthanam

On day nine of the 2019 Sri Lanka Innersearch, we visited the Sri Durga Devi Temple near Maviddapuram in Jaffna. This is a well-known Temple involved in numerous community oriented activities and charitable work. Temples in Jaffna are the hub, not only for spiritual unfoldment, but for the preservation of culture, education and the for the welfare of devotees. The large and colorful four-sided gopurams are a recent development and make this temple the second largest in Jaffna.

Satguru led the pilgrims around the Temple\

s gopurams. It is said in Jaffna that if one gopuram is destroyed, four new ones are constructed.'

Satguru and the Innersearchers enter the temple

Local school girls came to attend the temple and greet Satguru and the Innersearch pilgrims

A chance to give namaskaram to Satguru

Jennifer Burke made some friends

An overview of the Temple\

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Gopurams galore

Landscape work around the most recent addition is still being carried out.

The ever hard-working Thangarajah Mukunthan with Dr. Aru Thirumurugan. Thangarajah is grateful to spend time serving behind the scenes at temples and shrines we visit. He met Gurudeva on several occasions and is happy be here with Satguru

Prayers were going on when the Innersearch pilgrims arrive

More Vahanas

A group photo outside the Temple

Siddhanathaswami and Bodhinatha outside the temple

Two ornate carvings of lions as gatekeepers

The outside of the Temple has numerous animal vahanas (Palanquin mounts) to carry the deities during festivals. They are creatively carved and painted.

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