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76 கால ஆராய்ச்சி note that the present Kandy Perahena always begins in the month of ADI (July–August) as stated in the Tamil classical poem Silappatikaram. This common worship of Pattini-Devi by both the Sinhalese and the Tamils appears to have engendered a certain amount of religious and cultural fellow — feeling between the two communities. The classical name Pattini-Devi is largely in use among the Sinhalese and the Tamil name Kannaki or Kannaki Amman among the Tamils. T. Sadasiva Ayyar, Vasantan Kavi-t- tirattu, Int. pp. 16-17. 7. Ceylon traditions agree that king Gajabahu returning from South India with the insignia of the goddess, dedicated temples to the goddess and thus inaugurated the cult of Pattini in Ceylon. Gajabahu has ever since become a national hero. —M.D. Raghavan, The Pattini cult as a Socio-Religious Institution, Ethnological Survey of Ceylon, No.3, p.1. 8. கலைக்களஞ்சியம், தொகுதி 6, ப. 746. 9. கலைக்களஞ்சியம், தொகுதி 6, ப. 543.