Passaiyoor East

Passaiyoor East is a locality in Jaffna, Northern Province. Passaiyoor East is situated nearby to the locality Columbuthurai West, as well as near Chundikkuli.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Mary’s Cathedral and Jaffna Public Library.

St. Mary’s Cathedral

Church

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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 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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nallur and Ariyalai.

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.

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.

Kokkuvil

Village

Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 6 km north of Passaiyoor East.

Passaiyoor East

Type: Locality
Location: Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.6488° or 9° 38′ 56″ north

Longitude

80.034° or 80° 2′ 3″ east

Elevation

9 metres (30 feet)

Open location code

6MX2J2XM+GJ

GeoNames ID

11989463

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