Places to visit in Northern Province, Sri Lanka
8 places to visit in Northern Province, Sri Lanka, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Nallur Kandaswamy Temple, Delft Island, Jaffna Fort and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Northern Province volume.
1 Famous place to visit · 7 Hidden gems
Famous places to visit in Northern Province (1)
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Nallur Kandaswamy Temple
The great Murugan temple of Jaffna, where the god is worshipped in the main sanctum in the form of his divine spear, the vel. Other shrines hold him as Shanmugar, as Muthukumaraswami and with his consorts Valli and Deivayanai.
Hidden gems in Northern Province (7)
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Delft Island
A flat island in the Palk Strait off Jaffna, reached by ferry. Unlike its neighbours it carries a Dutch name on Admiralty charts, and it is known for its wild ponies, coral stone walls and an old baobab tree.
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Jaffna Fort
A fort built by the Portuguese in 1618 near the coast at Jaffna and named for Our Lady of Miracles. The Dutch took it in 1658 and expanded it, and a British garrison held it from 1795 until 1948.
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Jaffna Public Library
One of the landmarks of Jaffna, a library first built in 1933 and once among the largest in Asia, holding over 97,000 volumes and manuscripts. It is run by the Municipal Council and was renovated with new buildings in 2001.
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Nagadeepa Purana Viharaya
An ancient Buddhist temple on Nainativu island, among the sixteen holiest Buddhist shrines in Sri Lanka. Tradition says the Buddha came here five years after his enlightenment to settle a dispute between two warring Naga kings.
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Nagapooshani Amman Temple
A Hindu temple on the island of Nainativu, one of the 51 Shakta pithas, dedicated to Parvati as Nagapooshani and Shiva as Nayinaar. Its eastern gopuram rises about 33 metres, and the 16 day festival in June or July draws over 100,000 pilgrims.
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Naguleswaram Temple
One of the oldest Hindu shrines of the north, and the northernmost of the island's Pancha Ishwarams of Shiva, at Keerimalai near Kankesanthurai. Beside it lie the Keerimalai Springs, whose mineral rich water is believed to heal.
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Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu
A Roman Catholic shrine to Mary in Mannar District with more than 400 years of history. It is the holiest Catholic shrine on the island, revered by Tamil and Sinhalese Catholics alike and visited by Buddhists, Hindus and Protestants too.
Collecting in Northern Province
What are the best places to visit in Northern Province?
LOQAH lists 8 places in Northern Province. The best known include Nallur Kandaswamy Temple, Delft Island, Jaffna Fort, Jaffna Public Library and Nagadeepa Purana Viharaya. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Northern Province?
8, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Northern Province?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Northern Province before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Northern Province and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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