Comprehensive site devoted to the deity of Kataragama and his cult in Sinhala, Sanskrit and Tamil sources including images of the deity, research articles & news.

TAMIL NADU HOME PAGE The Tamil Calendar The Tamil calendar is a derivative of the old Hindu solar calendar and is based on the sidereal year (i.e. the time taken for one revolution of the Earth around the sun, or the mean time taken by the sun to return to the same position relative to the background of the fixed stars in the sky). In contrast, most other languages of India (Telugu, Hindi) use ...