Pirappankulam Mahamari Amman Kovil

Pirappankulam Mahamari Amman Kovil is a Hindu temple in Ariyalai Centre, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Northern Province. Pirappankulam Mahamari Amman Kovil is situated nearby to Ariyalai Sub Post Office, as well as near the railway station Punkankulam.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nallur Kandaswamy temple and St. Mary’s Cathedral.

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 2 km northwest of Pirappankulam Mahamari Amman Kovil.

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 2 km west of Pirappankulam Mahamari Amman 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 3 km west of Pirappankulam Mahamari Amman 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.

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.

Pirappankulam Mahamari Amman Kovil

Type: Hindu temple
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Ariyalai Centre, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.6594° or 9° 39′ 34″ north

Longitude

80.04123° or 80° 2′ 28″ east

Open location code

6MX2M25R+QF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 580273979

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

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