okanda, tamil, உகந, small, hamlet, eastern, coast, lanka, within, ampara, district, known, shrine, dedicated, hindu, deity, murugan, known, ukanthamalai, murugan, kovil, surfing, pilgrims, from, eastern, province, northern, province, stop, over, murugan, templ. Okanda Tamil உகந த is a small hamlet in the eastern coast of Sri Lanka within the Ampara District It is known for its shrine dedicated to Hindu deity Murugan known as Ukanthamalai Murugan Kovil and for surfing Pilgrims from the Eastern Province and the Northern Province stop over at the Okanda Murugan temple on their Murugan Pada Yatra voyage to Kataragama temple in the Southern part of the island 1 Okanda உகந த VillagePond in front of Ukanthamalai Velayuda Swami TempleOkandaCoordinates 6 39 0 N 81 46 0 E 6 65000 N 81 76667 E 6 65000 81 76667CountrySri LankaProvinceEasternDistrictAmparaEtymology EditOkanda is a corruption of the verb Ukantai meaning to sit for at this holy site Lord Murugan and others sat down ukantar and rested References Edit Harrigan Patrick Ukanta Malai Velayudha Swami Shrine Okanda Retrieved 2 September 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Okanda amp oldid 869483804, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
