Women in Need
Women in Need is an office in Maruthady, Jaffna, Northern Province. Women in Need is situated nearby to the government office Office of the Provincial Director-Department of Animal Production & Health Northern Province, as well as near Chief Minister’s Secretariat-Nothern Province.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 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 1 km southwest of Women in Need.
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 1¼ km north of Women in Need.
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 740 metres west of Women in Need.
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.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 4 km north of Women in Need.
Women in Need
- Type: Non-governmental organization
- Category: office
- Location: Maruthady, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.66321° or 9° 39′ 48″ northLongitude
80.02741° or 80° 1′ 39″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M27G+7XOpenStreetMap ID
way 571565406OpenStreetMap feature
office=ngo
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