Kandarodai (,
Kadiramalai or
Kandurugoda - literal Sinhala translation of
Kadiramalai ) a small hamlet and archaeological site of
Chunnakam town is a suburb in
Jaffna District,
Sri Lanka. Known as
Kadiramalai (from
Kudiramalai) in the ancient period, the area served as a famous
emporium city and capital of Tamil kingdoms in the
Jaffna peninsula of
North Eastern Ceylon from
classical antiquity. Located near a world famous port at that time, Kandarodai was the first site the Archaeology Department in Sri Lanka excavated in the Jaffna peninsula.
