Nallur Divisional Secretariat
Nallur Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional administrative unit of the Jaffna District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 68,000 residents
- Description: Divisional Secretariat in Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Nallur” and “Nallur Division”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nallur Kandaswamy temple and St. Mary’s Cathedral.
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.
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. St. Mary’s Cathedral is situated 3½ km west of Nallur Divisional Secretariat.
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. Jaffna railway station is situated 3½ km west of Nallur Divisional Secretariat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jaffna and Nallur.
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.
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.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 6 km northwest of Nallur Divisional Secretariat.
Nallur Divisional Secretariat
- Category: Divisional Secretariat of Sri Lanka
- Location: Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Nallur Divisional Secretariat” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nallur Division”
- Sinhala: “නල්ලූර් ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසය”
- Swedish: “Nallur Division”
- Tamil: “நல்லூர் பிரதேச செயலாளர் பிரிவு”
- Tamil: “நல்லூர் பிரதேசச் செயலாளர் பிரிவு”
- Ukrainian: “Наллур (підрозділ окружного секретаріату)”
- Ukrainian: “Наллур”
- Urdu: “نالور ڈویژنل سیکریٹریٹ”
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