Chiviyateru West
Chiviyateru West is a locality in Ariyalai Center West, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Northern Province. Chiviyateru West is situated nearby to the locality Chundikkuli, as well as near the town Ariyalai.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nallur Kandaswamy temple and St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Nallur Kandaswamy temple
Hindu temple
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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.
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 railway station
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jaffna railway station is a railway station in the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is one of the busiest in the country, linking the north with the capital Colombo.
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.
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.
Chiviyateru West
- Type: Locality
- Location: Ariyalai Center West, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.663° or 9° 39′ 47″ northLongitude
80.0366° or 80° 2′ 12″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
6MX2M27P+5JGeoNames ID
1249070
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