Kudiramalai
කුදිරමලෙයි குதிரைமலை | |
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  Kudiramalai | |
| Coordinates: 8°32′0″N 79°52′0″E / 8.53333°N 79.86667°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | North Western Province |
Kudiramalai (Tamil: குதிரைமலை, romanized: Kutiraimalai, Sinhala: කුදිරමලෙයි, romanized: Kudiramaleyi ) is a cape and ancient port town on the west coast of Sri Lanka.
On the Gulf of Mannar near Silavaturai, the town shares a history with nearby Karaitivu Island, the ancient port town of Mannar and the Ketheeswaram temple. Kudiramalai is the northernmost point of Puttalam District and was a southern port of Mannar during the classical period, serving the northern kingdoms of the Jaffna Peninsula and Vanni country as one of their southernmost border towns. It is west of Vanni from Trincomalee, home of Koneswaram temple.
Rulers included Alli Raani, Korran, his father (Pittan) and contemporaries, Athiyamān Nedumān Añci and his son Kumanan.[1] Traders brought several horses on watercraft to the island during the Sangam period. The port was known as Hippuros by Pliny (Nat. Hist. Book 6, 24).[2] Archaeological excavations have found that Kudiramalai was inhabited from the first century BCE to the seventh century CE.
- ^ Kolappa Pillay Kanakasabhapathi Pillay. (1963). South India and Ceylon. University of Madras. pp. 39
- ^ sachira (2019-08-27). "LEGENDARY LITTORAL". discoversrilanka. Retrieved 2022-06-07.. Even if neither Ptolemy, nor PME mentions the place, it makes good sense that Annius Plocamus landed there with a northern wind.