Talk:Fort Fredrick

Orphaned references in Fort Fredrick

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Reference named "CSHindu":

• From Koneswaram temple: Sivaratnam, C (1964). An outline of the cultural history and principles of Hinduism (1 ed.). Colombo: Stangard Printers. OCLC 12240260. Koneswaram temple. Tiru-Kona-malai, sacred mountain of Kona or Koneser, Iswara or Siva. The date of building the original temple is given as 1580 BCE. according to a Tamil poem by Kavi Raja Virothayan translated into English in 1831 by Simon Cassie Chitty...
• From Trincomalee: Sivaratnam, C (1964). An outline of the cultural history and principles of Hinduism (1 ed.). Colombo: Stangard Printers. OCLC 12240260. Koneswaram temple. Tiru-Kona-malai, sacred mountain of Kona or Koneser, Iswara or Siva. The date of building the original temple is given as 1580, BCE. according to a Tamil poem by Kavi Raja Virothayan translated into English in 1831 by Simon Cassie Chitty...

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 00:10, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

According to De Queyroz he Koneswaram temple was a Bhuddist temple until it is destroyed by Portuguese in 16th century.

According to De Queyroz, a Portuguese historian the Koneswaram temple was a Bhuddist temple until it is destroyed by Portuguese in 16th century. Earlier name given was “ Gokkana Vihara” According to the chronicles of sri lanka the "Gokanna Vihara" built by the king Mahasen in 3rd century.--RsEkanayake 05:41, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

• Rsekanayake do you have a reliable verifiable source that you can cite for your comment? Dan arndt (talk) 08:37, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

  Yes.The temple called Koneswaran Kovil today was then the Gokanna Vihara(Temple) whichi is inside Fort Fredrick. Fernão de Queirós ( 1617 - 1688 ) was a Portuguese priest 17th century,is a historian. He worked as a missionary in Ceylon during the Portuguese rule. First of all, pls know about him. Look here. He made a three-volumes collection of books about the Portuguese invasions in Ceylon.it is called "The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon" in this book ,the first volume , From pages 66 to 72 of the first volume of the three volumes he published, the description of the destruction of the Temple Gokanna Viharaya by the Portuguese is clearly pointed out.This is the most powerful source. This can be pointed out as part of the program in which the Portuguese first used the Hindus as a weapon to drive out the Sinhalese from the east and north.If you are interested in this, I request you to refer to the following sources to get a comprehensive picture with more details.1. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon Branch),2. Paranavithana,Senerat Inscriptions of Ceylon.,3. Epigraphiya Zeylanica,4. Spolia-Zeylanica ,5. Ancient Ceylon-The journal of the Archeological Dept. Some people come to the opinion that Wikipedia is lying, because it is common to see people saying this. The fact that Wikipedia is guarded by a certain group .it is bad for the health of Wikipedia itself. RsEkanayake 04:57, 17 October 2022 (UTC)