Sokkar Cafe
Sokkar Cafe is a café in Nallur South, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Northern Province which is located on Kovil Road. Sokkar Cafe is situated nearby to the Hindu temple Kailasanathar Kovil Kailasapillayar Temple, as well as near the outdoor gym Power Gym.- Type: Café
- Cuisine: coffee shop
- Address: 175/6 Kovil Road, Nallur, Jaffna, 40000
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nallur Kandaswamy temple and Jaffna railway station.
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 550 metres northeast of Sokkar Cafe.
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 southwest of Sokkar Cafe.
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 south of Sokkar Cafe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nallur and Jaffna.
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.
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
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 Sokkar Cafe.
Sokkar Cafe
- Category: building
- Location: Nallur South, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.67038° or 9° 40′ 13″ northLongitude
80.02692° or 80° 1′ 37″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M2CG+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 539019243OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=cafeOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
cuisine=coffee_shop
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