Vannarpannai Vaitheeswaran Temple () is a

Hindu temple A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Kovil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to Hindu deities, deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to who ...

in Vannarpannai,

Jaffna Jaffna (, ; , ) is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a Jaffna Peninsula, peninsula of the same name. With a population o ...

in northern

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. It was built by Vaithilingam Chettiar a business man during the Dutch colonial period. The temple was declared an archaeological protected monument in December 2011.

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* Hindu temples in Jaffna District Religious buildings and structures in Jaffna Siva temples in Sri Lanka Archaeological protected monuments in Jaffna District {{SriLanka-struct-stub