Passaiyoor
Passaiyoor also spelled Pasaiyur, is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into two village officer divisions whose combined population was 2,440 at the 2012 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: suburb in Jaffna, Northern, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Pasaiyur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Mary’s Cathedral and Jaffna Public Library.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Ghostface Buddha, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna located in Gurunagar, a suburb of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The cathedral is also known locally as Periye Kovil.
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 2½ km northwest of Passaiyoor.
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. Nallur Kandaswamy temple is situated 3 km north of Passaiyoor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ariyalai and Nallur.
Ariyalai
Town
Photo: உமாபதி, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ariyalai is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into eight village officer divisions whose combined population was 10,750 at the 2012 census.
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. Nallur is situated 3 km north of Passaiyoor.
Navatkuli
Town
Navatkuli is a town in Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is located about 6.5 km from Jaffna. Navatkuli consists of three grama niladhari divisions in the Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat: Navatkuli West, Navatkuli East, and Kaithady Navatkuli. Navatkuli is situated 6 km east of Passaiyoor.
Passaiyoor
- Category: suburb
- Location: Passaiyoor East, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Tamil—“Passaiyoor” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Пасаийор”
- Cebuano: “Passaiyoor”
- Swedish: “Passaiyoor”
- Tamil: “பாசையூர்”
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