The port city, Trincomalee on the east coast of Sri Lanka is located on a peninsula, which splits the inner and outer harbors. Trincomalee derives from an Anglicized version of the word in Tamil ‘Tirukonamalai’ meaning “lord of the sacred hill”; it’s a hill to be found in the end of a natural land formation that looks a lot like an arc. Trincomalee is considered as a very consecrated place by both the Tamil and Sinhalese. Its ambiances have equally Hindu sites as well as and Buddhist sites of ancient importance. In that era, it has been said that King Mahasena has ordered to destroy the Sivan Temple to build a Mahayana temple on top of it. In spite of these historical rivalries amongst the two tribal groups started by kings like Mahasena who is a Theravada Buddhist have maintained a extraordinarily peaceful connection with the Hindus.
This is one of the major cities where Tamil is spoken at large scale. The city is well-known for lodging Sri Lanka’s leading Dutch fort. It is home to a most important Sri Lankan Air Force base and naval bases in Sri Lanka.
The Trincomalee Bay offers security and is openly reachable to any type of sea crafts in any weather. The shorelines are used for frivolous purposes such as fishing, surfing, whale watching and scuba diving. The beautiful city boasts a top score as world’s fifth largest natural harbor in the map. It isn’t quite colonized a whole heap and is less urbanized. Nevertheless it is used as a viable seaport.
Trincomalee always has key tourist attraction such as hot springs, whale watching, World War 2 Cemetery, the bay, Pillaiyar Kovil, Fort Frederick, etc… There are seven hot springs in Kanniya on your way to Trincomalee which are surrounded by a tall wall, each of which is yet again bounded and enclosed by smaller walls to structure the wells. The finest season in trinco for whale watching is February, March or April. Mostly on other days throughout seasonal times you’ll be able to catch to see dolphins in the early morning until October.
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