Kilinochchi District

Kalmadu Tank

Kalmadu Tank K almadu Tank , also known as Kalmadu Wewa or Kalmadu Kulam (Sinhala: කල්මඩු වැව, Tamil: கல்மடு குளம்) is a reserv…

Elephant Pass Fort

Elephant Pass Fort  (Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ බලකොටුව; Tamil: ஆனையிறவுக் கோட்டை) is a small colonial fort situated on the bank of Jaffna Lagoon near Elephan…

Kavutarimunai Vinayakar Temple

Kavutarimunai Vinayakar Temple (Tamil: கவுதரிமுனை ஆத்தி சிவன் கோவில்; Sinhala: කෞදරිමුනෙයි පුරාණ ශිව කෝවිල) is a ruined Hindu Kovil situated in Ka…

Jaffna Lagoon

Jaffna Lagoon (Sinhala: යාපනය කලපුව; Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணக் கடல் நீரேரி) is a semi-enclosed shallow water body located in the Northern Province in Sri …

Kilinochchi War Memorial

The Kilinochchi War Memorial (Sinhala: කිලිනොච්චි යුද ස්මාරකය) has been set up in the middle of Kilinochchi town, Sri Lanka.  The monument was er…

Elephant Pass War Memorial

The Elephant Pass War Memorial (Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ යුද ස්මාරකය) has been set up on the wayside of the Kandy-Jaffna highway (A9), near the Elephant P…

Manniththalai Siva Temple

Manniththalai Siva Temple (Photo credit: Vel Ramanan, Google Street View) Manniththalai Siva Temple (Tamil: மண்ணித்தலை ஆதி சிவன் கோவில்; Sinhal…

Pooneryn Fort

Pooneryn Fort (Sinhala: පුනරින් බලකොටුව; Tamil: பூநகரிக் கோட்டை) is a ruined fort located in Pooneryn (Tamil: Poonakary) in Kilinochchi District,…

Iranamadu Tank

Iranamadu Tank during the dry season I ranamadu Tank (Sinhala: ඉරණමඩු ජලාශය; Tamil: இரணைமடு குளம்) is one of the largest reservo…

Gamini Kularatna Memorial

Gamini Kularatna Memorial (also known as Hasalaka Gamini Ranaviru Smarakaya ) (Sinhala: හසලක ගාමිණී කුලරත්න ස්මාරකය) has been erected to commemora…

Kal Munai Old Survey Tower

Kal Munai Old Survey Tower (Photo credit: Tharindu Ranasinghe, Google street view) Kal Munai Old Survey Tower (Sinhala: කල්මුනායි පැරණි මිනුම්…