Abstract:
Literatures have attained an important role in the culture of ethnic groups.
Literature is necessarily and significantly important to the growth of the ethnic
groups. In Tamil literature society, various types of literatures have appeared from
time to time and have exposed the characteristics of the people. The “kanaki
Valukkurai” is founded as a Tamil literature in Batticaloa region in Sri Lanka.The
characteristics of main goddess Kannaki has been illustratively identified by this
book. In this scenario this study has attempt to find the characteristics of Kannaki
which was not written by other various literatures related to Kannaki. This study
was done by research method and used “Kannaki Valakkurai” as primary sources
