St.Therasa’s Catholic Church

St.Therasa’s Catholic Church is a church in Maruthady, Jaffna, Northern Province. St.Therasa’s Catholic Church is situated nearby to the library British Council, as well as near the pond Narikkundu Kulam.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nallur Kandaswamy temple and St. Mary’s Cathedral.

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. Nallur Kandaswamy temple is situated 1 km north of St.Therasa’s Catholic Church.

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. St. Mary’s Cathedral is situated 1 km southwest of St.Therasa’s Catholic Church.

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 1 km west of St.Therasa’s Catholic Church.

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 4 km north of St.Therasa’s Catholic Church.

St.Therasa’s Catholic Church

Type: Church
Categories: building and religion
Location: Maruthady, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.66496° or 9° 39′ 54″ north

Longitude

80.02852° or 80° 1′ 43″ east

Open location code

6MX2M27H+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 383297790

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

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