The original kovil combined key features to form its basic Dravidian temple plan, such as its thousand-pillared hall—"Aayiram Kaal Mandapam"—and the Jagati. Regarded as the greatest building of its age for its architecture, elaborate sculptural bas-relief ornamentation adorned a black granite megalith, while its multiple gold-plated gopuram towers were expanded in the medieval period. It was one of three major Hindu shrines on the promontory, and it stood prominently on the cape's highest eminence, with a colossal gopuram tower.
The journey for pilgrims in the town begins at the opening of Konesar Road and follows a path through courtyard shrines of the compound to the deities Bhadrakali, Ganesh, Vishnu Thirumal, Surya, Raavana, Ambal-Shakti, Murukan, and Shiva, who preside at the promontory's height. The annual Koneswaram Temple Ther Thiruvilah festival involves the Bhadrakali temple of Trincomalee, the Pavanasam Theertham at the preserved Papanasuchunai holy well, and the proximal Back Bay Sea surrounding Konesar Malai.
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