Occupied in turn by Portuguese,Dutch, French (quite briefly) and British. Sri Lanka’s grand and beautiful natural harbor, Trincomalee, lies on its north-east coast. lt can still command by sea power (surface and submarine) and air power (land based or carrier launched) the vast littoral of the Indian Ocean on three continents. Naturally, hegemonists, neo-imperia lists of all stripes continually eye it.
Swami Rock stands on the eastern precipice of Fort Frederick (Dutch). An ancient Hindu shrine it seems
once stood there which the Portuguese razed. And then a phallu fell from the shrine down into the sea.Since retrieved by adorns the temple on Swami Rock where thousands of devotees come to worship it.
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