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During the 16th century Roman Catholicism was introduced to many areas in the maritime provinces of Sri Lanka and it is reported that the Portuguese missionaries built a great number of churches in those areas. The chronicles such as Paulo da Trindade’s “Conquista Spiritual Do Oriente” and Fernào de Queiroz’s “The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon” provide an extensive list of Portuguese missionary churches that were built by the first half of the 17th century.
From Chunnakam we headed towards Chankanai. Once one proceeds few hundred meters towards Karainagar, one would come across an Old Dutch church on the left hand side of the road. This is now an archeological site.