Iyanar Kovil
Iyanar Kovil is a Hindu temple in Columbuthurai East, Jaffna, Northern Province. Iyanar Kovil is situated nearby to the cemetery Thundi Hindu Cemetry, as well as near New St. Joseph Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Mary’s Cathedral and Nallur Kandaswamy temple.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Church
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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 2 km west of Iyanar 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 3 km northwest of Iyanar Kovil.
Jaffna Public Library
Library
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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 3½ km west of Iyanar Kovil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ariyalai and Nallur.
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.
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. Nallur is situated 3 km northwest of Iyanar Kovil.
Navatkuli
Town
Navatkuli is a town in Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is located about 6.5 km from Jaffna. Navatkuli consists of three grama niladhari divisions in the Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat: Navatkuli West, Navatkuli East, and Kaithady Navatkuli. Navatkuli is situated 5 km east of Iyanar Kovil.
Iyanar Kovil
- Type: Hindu temple
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Columbuthurai East, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.65089° or 9° 39′ 3″ northLongitude
80.04122° or 80° 2′ 28″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M22R+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 577989614OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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