Things to do in Jaffna, LK
Jaffna Archaeological Museum is located in Jaffna. Use our Jaffna route planner to add Jaffna Archaeological Museum and other attractions to your Jaffna vacation plans.
Jaffna's suburb Nallur served as the capital of the four-century-long medieval Jaffna kingdom. Prior to the Sri Lankan civil war, it was Sri Lanka's second most populated city after the commercial capital Colombo. The 1980s insurgent uprising led to extensive damage, expulsion of part of the population, and military occupation.
Gateway - Jaffna is located at 347 Kasthurier Road, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. More information on this place.
Gnana Vairavar Temple is Shiva temple located at Vaddukoddai,Northern Province. Significance. Devotees visit this temple to seek fulfillment of the following:-
* Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. * It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district. * Prior to the Sri Lankan civil war it was Sri Lanka's second most populated city after the commercial capital Colombo.
Jaffna Fort (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணக் கோட்டை, translit. Yāḻppāṇak Kōṭṭai; Sinhalese: යාපනය බලකොටුව Yapanaya Balakotuwa) is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1618 under Phillippe de Oliveira following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. The fort is located near Karaiyur.
Ancient Kadurugoda Viharaya (Kantarodai) is one of the very few Buddhist sites remaining in Jaffna today. The site was discovered in 1917 by the Magistrate P.E. Pieris where he reported that bricks from this site is being carried a way by cart loads by the residents around the area for building of houses.
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The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1716. 22 July 2011. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1739. 30 December 2011. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications" (PDF).
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St. Mary's Cathedral, Jaffna St. Mary's Cathedral (Tamil: புனித மரியன்னை பேராலயம், translit. Puṉita Mariyaṉṉai Pērālayam; Sinhalese: ශාන්ත මරියා ආසන දෙව් මැදුර Śānta Mariyā Āsana Dev Mædura) is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna located in Gurunagar, a suburb of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka.
Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name.
During colonial times Jaffna was Ceylon's (Sri Lanka) second largest city. Post-independence the city was overtaken by the growth of settlements near Colombo. But even in 1981 Jaffna was the largest city outside the
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Tamil: நல்லூர் கந்தசுவாமி கோவில் Sinhalese: නල්ලුරුව ස්කන්ධ කුමාර කෝවිල) is one of the most significant Hindu temples in the Jaffna District of Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It stands in the town of Nallur.
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DUTCH AND PORTUGUESE REMAINS IN NORTHERN SRI LANKA. JAFFNA. The Portuguese built the fortress Nossa Senhora dos Milagres in 1560. Jaffna was the last place in Portuguese hands in Ceylon. They lost it in 1658. The Dutch strengthened the fort around 1680. The old Dutch fort of considerable size with its ramparts, bastions and gateways was still in a good state of preservation before the civil war.
Urelu is a small village of Jaffna, Northern Province. The venue is nearly 10km apart from Jaffna town in the North east direction.The pokkanai water spring is one of the gift and wonder of Urelu village.
Ruins of foundation of the Cankilian Thoppu, which is away from the current Cankilian Thoppu, and considered as another facade of the palace. The construction of the Royal Palace has been ordered by Cinkai Ariyan Cekaracacekaran.
You can see a stature of King Sangili near Nallur Kovil, Jaffna –Point Pedro road. This is not so far from Nallur Kovil. If you walk few hundred meters towards the road, you can see the place where his palace was located. Sankilian Thoppu . Sankilian Thoppu Main Entrance of the location, where the Palace was located.
Glistening in the sun, this gold-hued statue was first erected in 1974. It portrays Cankili II, the last king of the Jaffna Kingdom (he died in 1623). During the war the statue was removed.
Subramaniam Park Jaffna : It was built in the 1950s by Jaffna Urban Council.
Monuments, Statues, Obelisks, Monument Buildings, Memorial Buildings in Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
With a population of 88,138, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th largest city. Jaffna is approximately six miles (9.7 kilometres) from Kandarodai which served as an emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical antiquity.
The following is a list of Hindu temples in Sri Lanka Central Province. Sri Muthumariamman Temple, Matale. Seetha Amman ... Vairavar Temple, Kulathady, Jaffna;
Vaitheeswaran Koil or Pullirukkuvelur is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Lord Shiva, located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Shiva is worshipped as Vaidyanathar or Vaitheeswaran meaning the "God of healing" and it is believed that prayers to Vaitheeswaran can cure diseases.