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Modern · Hindu · Sri Lanka
Sri Muthumariamman Temple, Matale
Matale, Matale District, Central Province · 7.4773°, 80.6239°
Muthumariamman (Mariamman, goddess of rain and fertility)ModernDravidian
Sacred since
1852 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1852–1874; rajagopuram 2007
Modern
History & significance
The main Hindu temple of the Sri Lankan hill town of Matale, raised on paddy land gifted in 1852 and completed in 1874 under Nattukottai Chettiar patronage. Its 108-foot rajagopuram, finished in 2007 and carrying over a thousand sculpted figures, is one of the tallest temple towers on the island.