Vannarpannai North West
Vannarpannai North West is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Northern Province.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kokkuvil Hindu College and Nallur Kandaswamy temple.
Kokkuvil Hindu College
School
Kokuvil Hindu College is a provincial school in Kokkuvil, Sri Lanka. During colonial times, Christianity had a great influence on people and education was in the hands of Missionaries.
Nallur Kandaswamy temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Thivagaranp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil is a Hindu temple, located in Nallur, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The presiding deity is Murugan in the form of the divine spear vel in the sanctum, the primary shrine, and in other forms, namely, Shanmugar, Muthukumaraswami, Valli Kanthar with consorts Valli and Deivayanai, and Dandayuddhapani, sans consorts in secondary shrines in the temple.
Jaffna Public Library
Library
Photo: Anton 17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jaffna Public Library is located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is one of Jaffna's most notable landmarks, and is run by the Jaffna Municipal Council. The library was built in 1933 and is Sri Lanka's second main public Library, only rivalled by Colombo Public Library During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts. Jaffna Public Library is situated 3 km south of Vannarpannai North West.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kokkuvil and Nallur.
Nallur
Town
Nallur is an affluent suburb in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus.
Jaffna
Photo: Gane Kumaraswamy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jaffna District is the northernmost region of Sri Lanka, and one of the oldest inhabited places on the island. It is populated mainly by Tamil speaking people.
Vannarpannai North West
- Type: Locality
- Description: place in Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Vannarpannai North, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Vannarpannai North West” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فانربني نورث ويست”
- Dutch: “Vannarpannai North West”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فانربنى نورث ويست”
- Persian: “ونرپنی شمال غربی”
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Highlights include Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil and Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
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