LankaWeb – Portuguese ruined Jaffna: History Professor Tikiri Abeyasinghe

Source: Daily News Archives HISTORY: Today, the Tamil-speaking Jaffna peninsula in north Sri Lanka is a bastion of orthodox Shiva worshipping Hindus. But historians say that during Portuguese rule in the 17th century, it was entirely Catholic. The fascinating story of how and why Jaffna became Catholic en masse, and why it reverted to Hinduism […]