Nilavarai Bottomless Well is an underground water well located in Puttur. It is famous among the people as a water source that never dries up.
Nilavarai Well and Archaeological Ruins N ilavarai Well (Sinhala: නිලාවරේ ළිඳ හා පුරාවිද්යා නටඹුන්) is an old underground water well located in Navakkiri village in Puttur in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. This ancient well which has been identified as an archaeological monument is also known by the locals as the Nilawarai Bottomless Well . The well is famous among the people as a water source that never dries up, not even during severe droughts. Presently, the water of this well is pumped out and used for irrigation purposes. Formation of the Well The Jaffna peninsula is mainly underlain by hard, well-dissolvable Lower Miocene Limestone (Mikunthan et al., 2013; Panabokke & Perera, 2005). Although the porosity of the Miocene Limestone is low, some macro-pores, channels and large cavities can be developed in this layer through the dissolving of the limestone (Joshua et al., 2013). The water can accumulate in these pores, channels, and cavities and serve as shallow aquifers. The water from precipitation percolates downwards thr…
