Nainativu, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Nainativu, Sri Lanka carries 23 connections with 1227 other places across 9 topics, centered on Tamil history, religion, and classical literature. The small island off the Jaffna Peninsula holds two sacred sites: the Nagapooshani Amman Temple, counted among the 64 Shakti Peethas, and the Buddhist shrine Nagadeepa Purana Viharaya. Tamil epics Manimekalai and Kundalakesi identify it as a source of gems and conch shells. Its connections reach Jaffna, Madurai, and Tamil Eelam through threads of diaspora, ancient myth, and the 1958 anti-Tamil violence that destroyed its temple.
Naga people (Lanka)
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: Manthai, Sri Lanka | Pandarikulam | Thambiluvil, Sri Lanka
1958 anti-Tamil pogrom
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: Sri Lanka | Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka | Batticaloa, Sri Lanka | Colombo District
Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: Sicily | Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Tamil Eelam | Mannar District | Mullaitivu District
India–Sri Lanka relations
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: India | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Amman, Jordan | Jaffna, Sri Lanka
sanctum sanctorum
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: Tambaram | Arang, India | Kumaranalloor | Thalayolaparambu, India | Belavadi, India
conch
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: Dalian, Liaoning | Catanduanes | St. Simons, Georgia | Exuma, Bahamas | Jeju Province
Shakti Peethas
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: East India | Dang District, Nepal | Ambaji, India | Ichhi, India | Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh
Jaffna Peninsula
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: Sri Lanka | Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Tamil Eelam | Kankesanthurai, Sri Lanka | Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Palaeolithic
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: Croatia | Swansea, Wales | Hanoi, Vietnam | Maastricht, Netherlands | South Sumatra
Manimekalai
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: London, England | India | Indiana | Delhi, India | Stockholm, Sweden
Sangam period
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: Erode, India | Coimbatore, India | Kollam, India | Kannur, India | Malappuram district
Tamil literature
Connects Nainativu, Sri Lanka to: India | Singapore | Indonesia | Malaysia | Delhi, India