Rasavinthoddam Gnana Viravar Kovil
Rasavinthoddam Gnana Viravar Kovil is a Hindu temple in Aththiyadi, Jaffna, Northern Province. Rasavinthoddam Gnana Viravar Kovil is situated nearby to the Hindu temple Aththiyadi Pillaiyar Temple, as well as near Sub Post Office Aththiyadya.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jaffna railway station and Nallur Kandaswamy temple.
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 330 metres south of Rasavinthoddam Gnana Viravar Kovil.
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 northeast of Rasavinthoddam Gnana Viravar Kovil.
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 1¼ km southwest of Rasavinthoddam Gnana Viravar Kovil.
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. Ariyalai is situated 3 km east of Rasavinthoddam Gnana Viravar Kovil.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 3½ km north of Rasavinthoddam Gnana Viravar Kovil.
Rasavinthoddam Gnana Viravar Kovil
- Type: Hindu temple
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Aththiyadi, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.66827° or 9° 40′ 6″ northLongitude
80.02204° or 80° 1′ 19″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M29C+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 569288816OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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