Kopay
Kopay is a Sri Lankan town about 4 km from the city of Jaffna along Point Pedro road. An agricultural town consisting mainly of vegetable farms, paddy fields and coconut gardens.- Type: Locality
- Description: town in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Kopai”, “Kopai South”, “Kopay South”, and “Koppay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nallur Kandaswamy temple and Inuvil railway station.
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 southwest of Kopay.
Inuvil railway station
Railway station
Inuvil railway station is a railway station in the village of Inuvil in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the north with the capital Colombo. Inuvil railway station is situated 4 km northwest of Kopay.
Urumpirai Saiva Tamil Vidyalayam
School
Urumpirai Saiva Tamil Vidyalayam is a provincial school in Urumpirai, Sri Lanka. Urumpirai Saiva Tamil Vidyalayam is situated 3 km north of Kopay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kokkuvil and Nallur.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 3 km west of Kopay.
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 southwest of Kopay.
Urumpirai
Village
Urumpirai is a town in Northern Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It is located 9 km from Jaffna. Urumpirai is situated 3½ km north of Kopay.
Kopay
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Tamil—“Kopay” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Копай”
- Catalan: “Kopay”
- Cebuano: “Kopay”
- Dutch: “Kopay”
- Irish: “Kopay”
- Japanese: “コパイ”
- Swedish: “Kopay”
- Tamil: “கோப்பாய்”
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