Chris Pearrow
A Powerful Experience
While Sri Lanka is a predominately Buddhist country, it still has a very sizable Hindu community and a wealth of historic and otherworldly Hindu temples. One of the most important Hindu temples in Colombo is the Sri Ponnambalam Vanesar Kovil (alternatively called the Shri Ponnambalawaneswaram Kovil) located out the outskirts of Colombo's hectic market neighborhood of Pettah.
The temple is built of solid grey granite which gives an ancient feel to the exterior, like something you'd find lost in a thick jungle rather than in the heart of cosmopolitan Colombo. The exterior is rather non-descript, but the interior is one of the single most powerful and memorable things I saw during my time in Sri Lanka.
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