Pillaiyar Temple
Pillaiyar Temple is a Hindu temple in Maruthady, Jaffna, Northern Province. Pillaiyar Temple is situated nearby to the Hindu temple Nallur Pillayar Kovil, as well as near the community center Nallai Aatheenam Cultural Hall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nallur Kandaswamy temple and Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
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.
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 2 km southwest of Pillaiyar Temple.
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 1¼ km southwest of Pillaiyar 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. Ariyalai is situated 2½ km southeast of Pillaiyar Temple.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 3 km north of Pillaiyar Temple.
Pillaiyar Temple
- Type: Hindu temple
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Maruthady, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.67466° or 9° 40′ 29″ northLongitude
80.02875° or 80° 1′ 44″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M2FH+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 287300209OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
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