Jaffna (Yaalpanam)

Jaffna is located in the nothern part of the Sri lanka.The city is surrounded by Lagoon to its west and south, Kokkuvil and Thirunelveli to the north, and Nallur to the east. The temperature is highest in the months of April - May and August – September. The temperature is coolest in December – January.

City is surrounded by lots and lots of traditional Hindu temples and also catholic Churches. Jaffna, is like a village but you wont say as a village after you look at the university campus and colleges.

YES, they have very big university campus, even colleges too. I also like to tell about the houses. Most of the houses have beautiful garden infront, some they even have Neem tree,coconut tree,plantain,pomogranate,.... and backside you will find a well(they use well water for drinking purposes). I found lot of similarities between jaffna and kerala.

school

Jaffna college

The model of houses,fence,temples and also the food habit resembles Kerala. Here in jaffna they wont prepare a food without coconut; if you look at kerala instead of coconut they use coconut oil. Most of us know in kerala puttu is famous; same way in Jaffna also..

Maavittapuram temple

We were able to see some of the
important places around Jaffna. Keerimalai,Maavattapuram,Casorina beach, Nainatheevu,Nallore,thirunelveli. First we went to Maavattapuram, famous for its Murugan temple a very old temple.


Nagaboosani amman temple

Nainatheevu a small island off the coast of Jaffna Peninsula. It is home to the Buddhist shrine NagaVihare and Hindu shrine Nagaboosani Amman temple. Boat service is available to go there. It will take 20mins. You can enjoy the sea ride.

Nallur Kandaswamy temple, the present temple was constructed during 17th century during the Dutch colonial era. The temple has the main entrance facing the east. It has the Dravidian architecuture style at the main entrance. The temple hosts the Car festival every year which is quite famous here.