Vairavar Kovil

Vairavar Kovil is a Hindu temple in Koddady, Jaffna, Northern Province. Vairavar Kovil is situated near School Park, as well as near Uthaya Tharakai Community Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Jaffna Teaching Hospital and Jaffna Public Library.

Jaffna Teaching Hospital

Hospital

Jaffna Teaching Hospital is a government hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in the Northern Province and the only hospital in the province controlled by the central government in Colombo. Jaffna Teaching Hospital is situated 770 metres southeast of Vairavar Kovil.

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 1¼ km south of Vairavar Kovil.

Jaffna Fort

Ruins

Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jaffna Fort is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 1618 under Phillippe de Oliveira following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. The fort is located near the coastal village of Gurunagar. Jaffna Fort is situated 1 km south of Vairavar Kovil.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nallur and Kokkuvil.

Nallur

Town

Photo: Gane Kumaraswamy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 3 km north of Vairavar Kovil.

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. Ariyalai is situated 4½ km east of Vairavar Kovil.

Vairavar Kovil

Type: Hindu temple
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Koddady, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.67187° or 9° 40′ 19″ north

Longitude

80.00843° or 80° 0′ 30″ east

Open location code

6MX2M2C5+P9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3556547072

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: School Park and Uthaya Tharakai Community Center.

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