Beside the main deity there are many other deities which include Dakshina Moorthy, Lord Ganesh, Thiruvambadi Kannan, Nāga, Shasta, Keezhtyar Kovil Subrahmanyan.
Koneswaram temple, Chola-Pallava-Pandya rock cut black granite megalithic Shiva temple of Trincomalee, also known from medieval period as Thirukonamalai Konesar Kovil and Dakshina Kailasam
The koil in Tamil Nadu and kovil of Ceylon has a long history and has always been associated with the ruler of the time.
Nevertheless both armed and unarmed silambam have featured in Tamil films such as Thevar Magan, Silambattam, Jagan Mogini, Kovil, Padagotti, Rickshawkaran, Kuti Puli and Enga Ooru Paatukaran.
He was shot dead by unknown gunman while attending the New Year prayers at Kotahena, Sivan Kovil around 10:35 local time (05:05 GMT) and later succumbed to his injuries at the Colombo General Hospital along with one Hindu pilgrim who was too attending to the prayers.