Thirunelvely
Thirunelvely is a suburb in Thirunelvely West, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Northern Province. Thirunelvely is situated nearby to the village Kokkuvil, as well as near Kalviyankadu.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nallur Kandaswamy temple and Kokkuvil Hindu College.
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.
Kokkuvil Hindu College
School
Kokuvil Hindu College is a provincial school in Kokkuvil, Sri Lanka. During colonial times, Christianity had a great influence on people and education was in the hands of Missionaries.
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 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 3½ km southwest of Thirunelvely.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kokkuvil and Nallur.
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.
Inuvil
Village
Photo: T.kiresan, Public domain.
Inuvil is a town in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, about 5 miles north of the city of Jaffna. It is located on the Jaffna-Kangesanthurai road. This road divides the town into two parts East Inuvil and West Inuvil. Inuvil is situated 3½ km north of Thirunelvely.
Thirunelvely
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Thirunelvely West, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.68938° or 9° 41′ 22″ northLongitude
80.02757° or 80° 1′ 39″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M2QH+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 11247764276OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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