Pathirakali Amman Temple

The Pathirakali Amman Temple is a Hindu shrine in Trincomalee on the east coast of Sri Lanka, dedicated to Bhadrakali, a fierce form of the goddess Kali. It forms the Kali temple of the ancient Koneswaram compound. Tamil tradition counts it among the eighteen Maha Shakti Peethas, marking the place where the goddess's waist fell.

Pilgrims visited before the eleventh century, and the Chola emperor Rajendra I enlarged the shrine early in that century, leaving an inscription on the premises. Together with Koneswaram it takes part in the annual Ther Thiruvillah procession.

When the Portuguese destroyed the Koneswaram complex between 1622 and 1624 and built a fort from its rubble, some of the original idols were installed in a new temple built in 1632, while the Amman shrine continued to be venerated as the seat of the peetha.