Kurukkalmadam

Kurukkalmadam is a village in district Batticaloa of Sri Lanka. It is located about 25 km south east of Batticaloa and located in Kaluwanchikudy-Manmunai South D S at about 5 Km north of town Kaluwanchikudy. Its earlier name was Guruandhar, signifying Gurudhanagar, which in Pubjabi means a city of Guru. The old name of Batticaloa was Matia Kullam. Guru Nanak visited Sri Lanka in the early sixteenth century and recent research shows he reached Batticaloa by ship.[1][2]

Karakkulmadam
village
Coordinates: 7°35′14.49″N 81°46′51.82″E
CountrySri Lanka
StateEastern Province
DistrictBatticaloa
DSKluwanchikudy-Manmunai South DS
Population
 • Totalm
 • Summer (DST)(UTC+5.30)

Ashok Kumar Kainth [3] excavated a stone carving here in which is contained the name of First Sikh Guru Nanak.

Historical significance

It is believed that in approximately 1511 AD Sikh guru Guru Nanak may have come here and stayed for some months and five trees constituting two Banyan, one Peepal, one Neem, one Reetha etc. of Guru Nanak period still exist here.

References
  1. "Guru Nank in Ceylon blog by S S Modi". Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. Harbans Singh(ed) , "Perspectives on Guru Nanak", Patiala 1999, containing a paper by S. Karunaratna titled " Guru Nanak and Ceylon"
  3. Ajit_daily_report retrieved on 22-07-2013 at 0930 hours UDC
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