Gurunagar

Gurunagar is a village in Reclamation West, Jaffna, Northern Province and has about 7,000 residents. Gurunagar is situated nearby to the village Passaiyoor, as well as near Ariylai South West.

Places of Interest

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

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 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 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.

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. Nallur is situated 2½ km northeast of Gurunagar.

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 3½ km east of Gurunagar.

Kokkuvil

Village

Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 5 km north of Gurunagar.

Gurunagar

Type: Village with 7,000 residents
Category: locality
Location: Reclamation West, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.65416° or 9° 39′ 15″ north

Longitude

80.01706° or 80° 1′ 1″ east

Population

7,000

Open location code

6MX2M238+MR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4559339592

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

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