It is located on the (A3) main road that connects the city of Negombo with Chilaw town.
Even today, Rodi women travel from villages in the northwest province to the famous temple dedicated to Lord Shiva at Munneswaram, near Chilaw, for the annual festival during July and August.
Annual International Conventions are held at Irumbuliyur in Chennai, India, Kottarakara in Kerala India, Kokkavila, Chilaw in Sri Lanka, Ohio, USA and in Toronto, Canada.
Pires mentioned several Tamil cities of Ceylon he visited on his travels in the manuscript, including Kali, Nigumbo, Celabão and Tenavarque, home to the renowned temple complex of Tenavarai.
Various buildings in Chilaw have been named after Srikuradas Charles Shirley Corea and Harindra Corea who represented the town as members of parliament.
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Both Shirley Corea and Harindra Corea have represented the people of Chilaw in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
In 1940 he became a Crown Counsel and went on to joinin the judicial service as an acting Magistrate in Chilaw in 1943.
He practised in Chilaw and extended his much sought legal carrier in Kuliyapitiya, Puttalam, Anuradhapura, Mannar, Vavuniya and Maho; once he was retained in a case to defend the late Mr. Eddie Jayamanne husband of the famous Sri Lankan actress, Rukmani Devi and personalities from the world of Sri Lankan cinema in a Madras Court, in India.