Ariyalai Community Centre Park

Ariyalai Community Centre Park is a park in Ariyalai South West, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Northern Province. Ariyalai Community Centre Park is situated near the pitch Ariayalai Communtiy Centre Play Ground, as well as near the town hall Ariyalai South West Garama Nilathari Office.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

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 1½ km west of Ariyalai Community Centre Park.

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 2 km northwest of Ariyalai Community Centre Park.

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 2 km west of Ariyalai Community Centre Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ariyalai and Nallur.

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.

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.

Jaffna

Photo: Gane Kumaraswamy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jaffna District is the northernmost region of Sri Lanka, and one of the oldest inhabited places on the island. It is populated mainly by Tamil speaking people.

Ariyalai Community Centre Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Ariyalai South West, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.65984° or 9° 39′ 35″ north

Longitude

80.03743° or 80° 2′ 15″ east

Open location code

6MX2M25P+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 383328567

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ariayalai Communtiy Centre Play Ground and Ariyalai Community Centre.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Muslim Meat Shop and Little Chutty Montessori.

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