Editing Trincomalee (section)

===Kailaas of the South===
Heralded as "Dakshina Kailasam"/"Then Kailasam" (Kailaas of the South) because it lies on exactly the same longitude as the [[Tibet]]an mountain [[Mount Kailash]] (the primary abode of Shiva), Trincomalee's traditional history and legends were compiled into the Sanskrit treatises ''Dakshina Kailasa Puranam&nbsp;—  Sthala Puranam of Koneswaram'', written in 1380 by [[Jeyaveera Cinkaiariyan]], and the ''Dakshina Kailasa Manmiam''&nbsp;—  three chapters of the ''[[Skanda Puranam]]'' of unknown antiquity&nbsp;—  manuscripts of which have been discovered and dated from the 5th&nbsp;— 7th century.<ref name="aht">{{cite journal |last1=Arumugam|first1=S |year=1980 |title=Some ancient Hindu temples of Sri Lanka  |publisher=[[University of California]] |edition=2 |pages=37  |oclc=8305376}}</ref><ref name="S. Vithiananthan 1980 pp. 170">S. Vithiananthan (1980). ''Nān̲kāvatu An̲aittulakat Tamil̲ārāycci Makānāṭṭu nikal̲ccikaḷ, Yāl̲ppāṇam, Can̲avari, 1974, Volume 2''. pp. 170</ref> It was in the ''[[Puranas]]'' that the shrine first found reference as ''Koneiswara Parwatia'', motivating Kullakottan Chola who learnt of its sanctity to sail to Trincomalee and develop the three Hindu temples of the Koneswaram compound.<ref name="pridham">{{cite book | last = Pridham| first = Charles | title = An historical, political, and statistical account of Ceylon and its dependencies| url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501507|chapter=Trincomalee&nbsp;– Its Early History| publisher = T. and W. Boone | year = 1849 | location = London | oclc=2556531 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501507/page/n66 544]–546|quote=The Malabars call it Tirukonathamalei, or "the mountain of the sacred Konatha," from the Hindoo god of that name, who had formerly a temple on the summit of one of the hills there, which was celebrated over the whole of India...}}</ref><ref name="jetceylon">{{cite book | last = Tennent| first = James Emerson | title = Ceylon; an account of the island physical, historical and topographical, with notices of its natural history, antiquities, and productions|chapter=The Northern Forests| publisher = Longman, Green; Longman, Roberts | year = 1859 | location = London | oclc=2975965 |page=484|quote=The districts at the southern extremity of Batticaloa, ''Pannoa'' and ''Pannaham'' are so called from the two Tamil words ''palen-nagai'', the smiling babe.}}</ref><ref name="shoh">{{cite book | last = Navaratnam | first = C.S. | title = A Short History of Hinduism in Ceylon| year = 1964 | location = Jaffna | oclc =6832704|pages=43–47}}</ref> The compiler of the [[Yoga Sutras of Patanjali|Yoga Sutras]], [[Patanjali|Patañjali]]'s place of birth at the temple corroborates [[Tirumular]]'s ''[[Tirumandhiram]]'', which describes him as hailing from ''Then Kailasam'' and his self description as a "Gonardiya" from ''Gonarda'', "a country in the southern and eastern division" of the Indian continent.<ref>Romesh Chunder Dutt (2001). A History of Civilisation in Ancient India: Based on Sanscrit ..., Volume 1. pp.285</ref><ref>Ajay Mitra Shastri (1969). ''India as seen in the Bṛhatsaṁhitā of Varāhamihira'', pp.109. "Gonarda could be a rendering of Ko-Natha, Go-Natha, or Go-Nadu. Gonarda" (IX.13; XXXII.22), a locality in the southern division (XIV. 12) as mentioned in the Brihat-Samhita of [[Varāhamihira]]. The [[Markandeya Purana]] (LVIII.20-9) also mentions Gonarda among the countries of southern India.</ref> Both men were ardent disciples of Nandi.<ref>Manohar Laxman Varadpande (1987). History of Indian Theatre, Volume 1, pp. 80–81</ref> The ''Konesar Kalvettu'' uses the term ''Tiri Kayilai'', meaning "three Kailasams", ''Tiri Kutam'' and ''Tiri Konam'' for Trincomalee, in a number of places, referring to the three pagodas on the promontory of Trincomalee.<ref name="perspectives">{{cite book|first1=Leelananda|last1= Prematilleka|first2= Sudharshan|last2= Seneviratne|year=1990|title= Perspectives in archaeology : Leelananda Prematilleke festschrift.| pages=99|quote= Queyroz compares Konesvaram to the famous Hindu temples in Rameswaram, [[Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram)|Kanchipuram]], [[Tirumala Venkateswara Temple|Tirupatti]], Tirumalai, Jagannath and Vaijayanthi and concludes that while these latter temples were well visited by the Hindus, the former had surpassed all the latter temples.}}</ref>

As per another legend, Vayu Bhaghvan and Adiseshan had a dispute to find out who is superior, to prove the superiority adiseshan encircled the Kailasam, Vayu tried to remove this encircle by creating santamarutham (Twister). Due to the santamarutham, eight (8) kodumudigal (parts) fell from kailasam into 8 different places: are Thirugonamalai (Trincomalee), [[Srikalahasteeswara temple|Thirukalahasti]], [[Tiruchirappalli|Thiruchiramalai]], [[Thiruengoimalai Maragadachaleswarar Temple|Thiruenkoimalai]], [[Velliangiri Mountains|Rajathagiri]], [[Narthamalai|Neerthagiri]], [[Kulithalai|Ratnagiri]], and Suwethagiri [[Neelivaneswarar Temple|Thirupangeeli]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gneelivaneshwarartemple.tnhrce.in/History.html |title=Arulmigu Gneelivaneswarar Temple |access-date=6 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705225129/http://www.gneelivaneshwarartemple.tnhrce.in/History.html |archive-date=5 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>