Arasapuram (Arisapuram) is a small farming community surrounded by jungle lying 12 km south of Pooneryn town. The route to this remote village lies 11 km before Poonaryn on the Mannar – Pooneryn road. A gravel road to the right with a direction board of the “Training School 66 Infantry Division Pooneryn” in Arasapuram. Travelling 4.2 km on this gravel road through the thick jungle will bring you to the Arasa Kulam tank. The Ruins known as Allirani Fort lie close to this tank as marked on the Google Map below.
According to legend Allirani (Alli Rani) is a princess from Malabar who ruled the eastern coast of the island including the pearl banks of Mannar. There are several folklore about this queen controlling this region but no firm evidence has been found.
Ruins found at Arasapuram are believed to be ruins of a fort of Queen Allirani by the locals. However, no formal archaeological excavation has been done on this site. These ruins most probably belonged to an ancient monastery built millennia ago.
These ruins were declared as a protected archaeology site by the government by the gazette issued on 25th March 2016 and describe as follows
hillocks of ruins at the place called Arisapuram Allirani Kotuwa to belonging to Arisapuram village situated in Grama Niladhari Division No. 65, Pallikuda in the Divisional Secretary’s Division, Punarin in Killinochchi District in Northern Province
The current status of these ruins is unknown. The marker on the Google Map below is marked based on the GPS coordinates assigned by the Department of Archaeology.
References
- ‘THE ANTIQUITIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 188)’ (2016) The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, 1960, p. 229.
Also See
Map of Allirani Fort in Arasapuram
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Travel Directions to Allirani Fort in Arasapuram
Route from Mannar to Allirani Fort in Arasapuram |
Though : Distance: 72 km Travel time: 1 hour 30 minutes Driving Directions : see on Google map |
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