Talk:Trincomalee

message: This is an article about trincomalee, not an article to see which ethnicity is more compassionate towards others or who is more cruel. Please refer to the following section from the article and see how ridiculous it sounds and give reasons as to the relevance of it to an article about trincomalee.
Sri Lankan Tamils consider this place to be sacred to them and are widely believed to be the indigenous people of the area. Trincomalee and its environs have many Tamil Hindu sites of historical importance. These sites are sacred to the Hindus and some Buddhists worship in these Hindu sites.
Even though King Mahasena demolished the Sivan Temple and built a Mahayana Buddhist temple on the hilltop the Hindus of this area maintain a good peaceful relationships with the minority Sinhala Buddhists living in the area. This was possible because Hinduism being a peaceful religion was tolerant and does not advocate violence even when the Buddhist committed disruptive acts.
Please reword the above or it will be removed as it lacks sources and its blatantly offensive one toethnic group. --203.167.243.169 (talk) 22:51, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: To the LTTE-rump editors in here

message: Trincomalee has declared as capital even before they loose the control over Jaffna. I corrected it.--Mayooresan 16:42, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Capital of Tamil Eelam

message: This article seems more biased... I think some one editing it in order to make a view like Trincomalee is a Sinhala area and Tamils have just jumped in after 13 th century. Anyhow I corrected and add some more information.--Mayooresan 06:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: More biased

message: The Cholas captured a large part of Sri Lanka in 993 CE and ruled over it until 1070 CE. They referred to their territory in the island as Eela-mandalam. This territory was divided into several vala-nadus which were in turn subdivided into nadu's. These were the Chola territorial divisions. The Chola governor in Sri Lanka was called "Ilankaiyar-kiraivan". The capital was at Jana-natha-puram, present day Polonnaruwa. 
 
What is today the Trincomalee district was divided into four vala-nadus i.e. Vikrama chola valanadu, Rajaraja valanadu, Rajendra chola valanadu and Vira-parakesari valanadu. A considerable tract of agricultural land in the district was dedicated for the upkeep of the Tirukoneswaram temple. On the other hand, the agricultural produce of five villages in Kottiyaram bay were dedicated to the upkeep of the Chola temple to Siva at Tanjore. This information duly cited merits inclusion in the text.W.M.K. Wijetunga, Sri Lanka and the Cholas, Sarvodaya Vishwa Lekha, Colombo, 2003--Dharman Dharmaratnam 16:57, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Cholas and Trincomalee 

message: Wiki Raja 20:08, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Dravidian civilizations

message: The idea that the Mahayana Buddhist ruins in Tiriyayi are distinctly Sinhala in architectural form is a distortion. There is more than enough evidence to indicate that they are of Pallava origin. South Indian mercantile communities who frequented this area patronised Mahayana Buddhism. Please read Professor Indrapala's book "The Evolution of an Ethnic Identity" for more details.  Nagadeepa (talk) 15:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Tiriyayi Mahayana Buddhist ruins

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thread_title:  POV tag 

message: A statement was added to the article to the effect that the first reference to Gokanna is in 510 B.C.  Are you sure that there's a source dating back to 510 BC which names the port as Gokanna?  On a quick check of my books, I can't find any reference to any sources on the history of Sri Lanka that're that old.  Are you perhaps thinking of later traditions (such as the one contained in the Mahavamsa which speak of the landing at Gokanna in around 510 BC?  If the latter, it's incorrect to say the first reference to Gokanna is in 510 BC - the reference dates from the 5th or 6th century A.D., when the Mahavamsa was written. I've tagged the date as being dubious, but feel free to remove the tag once you've fixed this issue. -- Arvind (talk) 21:07, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  510 BC 

message: Can anyone provide details on the population of the city? How many are sinhalese? tamil? other? mixed? Please research and add to the article. Also, is there no commercial port activity in Trincomalee at the moment? If not how far away is the port from opening to commercial trade? Also, Please add details of transport (including the railway line) to the article. 203.45.65.153 (talk) 14:42, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:   ethnic makeup? 

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thread_title: Copyright cleanup

message: I am sure there are Buddhist historical sites in Trincomalee, but the question here is specially about the Seruvila Mangala Raja Maha Viharaya. I found a UN site saying this landmark is in the location of the Village of Toppur, Koddiyar Pattu of Trincomalee District. See here. The only question now is how far does the city extend to as I am sure this article is about the urban city itself.--Blackknight12 (talk) 03:01, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for bringing some sanity to this dispute Blackknight12. Seruvila Mangala Raja Maha Viharaya is about 24km / 15 miles from Trincomalee City Hall. This is approximately the same distance BIA is from Colombo Fort. This map shows that urban limits of the city is the peninsula and northern environs. This map shows that the route between Trincomalee and Seruvila goes through Muttur (sea route) or Kinniya (land route). Muttur and Kinniya are towns in their own right.--obi2canibetalk contr 13:13, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Mmmm after reading these details I wounder if Trincomalee can acutely be called a city ? Cossde (talk) 15:10, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

text: I saw some maps that read the same thing so how ever big the Trincomalee town is the Seruvila Mangala Raja Maha Viharaya is on the other side of the bay. So I will remove that Seruvila Mangala Raja Maha Viharaya section.--Blackknight12 (talk) 01:09, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks.--obi2canibetalk contr 13:37, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buddhist historical sites 

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thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:Trincomalee]] 

message: Mention Percy B. Molesworth ? 94.30.84.71 (talk) 20:06, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Percy B. Molesworth 

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