INDICTMENT AGAINST SRI LANKA: Genocide '83 Hindu Temples Burnt A feature of the violence was the burning of several Hindu temples. ''In Colombo, it was the season of the annual Vel cart festival, which coincides with the Katargama festival season, and attracts to it all the castes and all the classes and all the races of Sri Lanka. The Vel Cart had come from Pettah to the Bambalapitiya (Hindu) temple when the disturbances broke. The chariot was set on fire.'' (N.Shanmugathasan,Sri Lanka: Racism and the Authoritarian State - Race and Class, Volume XXVI, A.Sivanandan and Hazel Waters, Institute of Race Relations, London) The Hindu temples and related institutions which were damaged or destroyed during July 1983 included the following: - Viswanatha Sivan Temple in Trincomalee
- Krishnan Temple in Trincomalee
- Saneeswaran Temple in Trincomalee
- Natesar Temple in Sivayogapuram, Trincomalee
- Sri Tillaiambala Pillaiyar Temple in Anbuvalipuram,Trincomalee
- Chithivinayakar Temple in Sinnatoduvai, Trincomalee
- Vilankulam Pillaiyar Temple on Kandy Road, Trincomalee
- Vyrutru Pillaiyar Temple on Kandy Road, Trincomalee
- Pillaiyar Temple in China Bay, Trincomalee
- Upparu Pillaiyar Temple in Trincomalee
- Kitulootra Pallaiyar Temple in Kanniyai, Trincomalee
- Kitulootra Murugan Temple in Trincomalee
- Barathipuram Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee
- Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee
- Mudalikulam Pillaiyar Temple in Pankulam, Trincomalee
- Ellai Kali Kovil in Pankulam, Trincomalee
- Pillaiyar Temple in Panmadawachchi, Trincomalee
- Papanasa Teertapillaiyar Temple in Trincomalee
- Sri Pathini Amman Temple in Neelapalai, Kilivetti
- Sri Kamakshi Ambal Temple in Jaffna
- Saiva Maha Sabha in Kurunegala
- Udupi Sri Muthuvinayakar Temple in Matale
- Sri Muthumari Amman Temple in Matale
- Muthuvinayakar Temple in Matale
- Sri Chithivinayakar Temple in Matale
- Sri Kadiresan Temple in Matale
- Sri Poobalakrishnar Ashram in Matale
- Sri Ganga Vinayakar Temple in Madulkelle
- Kurinji Kumaran Temple, Peradeniya
- Sri Muthumariamman Temple in Nawalapitya
- Atmajothy Nilayam in Nawalapitiya
- Athivinayakar Temple in Haldumulla, Haputale
- Sri Sivasubramanya Temple in Bandarawela
- Sri Kadiresan Temple in Badulla
- Hindu Temple in Malangama, Badulla
- Hindu Temple in Narangala, Badulla
- Kali Temple in Rockhill, Badulla
- Sri Poobalavinayakar Temple in Peliyagoda
- Sri Balaselvavinayakar Temple in Maradana, Colombo
- Sri Devi Karumari Amman Temple in Maligawatte, Colombo
- Venkateswara Mahavishnu Moorthy Temple in Dehiwala, Colombo
- Srimath Arunachaleswara Devasthanam in Colombo
- Ramakrishna Mission, Colombo
- Kandasamy Temple in Panadura
- Sri Subramanya Temple in Matara
- Hindu Pilgrims' Rest in Matara
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