Jaffna District
Jaffna
Maruthady

Nallur Kandaswamy temple

The Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil is a , located in , , 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.
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  • Type: Hindu temple
  • Description: Hindu temple in Nallur, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Nallur Kandaswamy Devasthanam” and “Nallur Kandaswamy Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jaffna railway station and Gnanams Hotel.

Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the city of in northern . Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is one of the busiest in the country, linking the with the capital . is situated 1½ km southwest of Nallur Kandaswamy temple.

Hotel
is a hotel in the city of in northern . The 32 room hotel is located in the heart of the city on Clock Tower Road, near Jaffna Hospital. is situated 2 km southwest of Nallur Kandaswamy temple.

School
Holy Family Convent is a national school in , . The school was established in 1845 and consists of both a Tamil and an English convent. is situated 2 km southwest of Nallur Kandaswamy temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nallur and Kokkuvil.

Town
is an affluent suburb in , . It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. is most famous for Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus.

Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern city of . is situated 3 km northwest of Nallur Kandaswamy temple.

Village
Photo: T.kiresan, Public domain.
is a town in the of Sri Lanka, about 5 miles north of the city of . It is located on the Jaffna-Kangesanthurai road. This road divides the town into two parts East and West . is situated 5 km north of Nallur Kandaswamy temple.

Nallur Kandaswamy temple

Latitude
9.67458° or 9° 40′ 29″ north
Longitude
80.02964° or 80° 1′ 47″ east
Open location code
6MX2M2FH+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 454472584
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q2607851
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Nallur Kandaswamy temple” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “নল্লুর কন্দস্বামী মন্দির”
  • Chinese: “納魯爾坎達薩米神廟”
  • Hindi: “नल्लूर कन्दस्वामी मंदिर”
  • Japanese: “ナルア・カンダスワミ寺院”
  • Malay: “Kuil Nallur Kandaswamy”
  • Polish: “Nallur Kandaswamy”
  • Russian: “Кандасвами”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nallur Kandaswamy”
  • Sinhala: “ආගමික සාහිත්‍ය”
  • Sinhala: “නල්ලූර් කන්දස්වාමි කෝවිල”
  • Tamil: “கந்தசாமி கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “நல்லூர் கந்தசாமி கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “நல்லூர் கந்தசுவாமி கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “நல்லூர் கந்தசுவாமி கோவில்”
  • Tamil: “நல்லூர் முருகன் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “நல்லூர்க் கந்தசுவாமி கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “நல்லூர்க் கந்தசுவாமி கோவில்”
  • Telugu: “నల్లూరు కందస్వామి దేవాలయం”
  • Ukrainian: “Кандасвамі”

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