Raja Theater
Raja Theater is a theater building in Grand Bazaar, Jaffna, Northern Province. Raja Theater is situated nearby to the movie theater Raja Theatre, as well as near the Hindu temple Vaitheeswara Kovil.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jaffna Teaching Hospital and Jaffna Public Library.
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 450 metres south of Raja Theater.
Jaffna Public Library
Library
Photo: Anton 17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jaffna Public Library is located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is one of Jaffna's landmarks, and is run by the Jaffna Municipal Council. The library was built in 1933 and is Sri Lanka's second main public Library, only rivalled by Colombo Public Library During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts. Jaffna Public Library is situated 1 km south of Raja Theater.
Jaffna Fort
Ruins
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jaffna Fort is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 1618 under Phillippe de Oliveira following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. The fort is located near the coastal village of Gurunagar. Jaffna Fort is situated 1 km south of Raja Theater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nallur and Kokkuvil.
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.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 3½ km north of Raja Theater.
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 4 km east of Raja Theater.
Raja Theater
- Type: Theater building
- Categories: commerce, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Grand Bazaar, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.67028° or 9° 40′ 13″ northLongitude
80.01136° or 80° 0′ 41″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M2C6+4GOpenStreetMap ID
way 539028385OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercial
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