Pandarikulam

Pandarikulam (Vavuniya-03 or official designation 214E), (; ) is a suburb of Vavuniya in northern Sri Lanka.
The village was previously known as "Karunkaliyadithoddam" () because of the Ebony trees in the area.
Pandarikulam is one of a number of villages that surrounded Vanuniya which have been annexed by the town as it expanded. Pandarikulam is located away from the centre of Vavuniya.
Location.
Pandarikulam is located away from Vanuniya. It is bordered to the north by Kurumankadu, to the east by Vairavarpuliyankula, to the west by Ukkulankulam, and to the south by Pandarikulam South.
History.
After the death of King Pandara Vanniyan in 1803, the place fell under the Kingdom of Kandy, until its eventual absorption by the British Empire as a protectorate following the Kandyan Convention of 1815.
Historical Place.
Pandarikulam Muthumari Amman Kovil is an Hindu Temple in Pandarikulam. This temple was built in 1522AD. This is the Largest & Biggest Hindu Temple in Vavuniya District.