Photos from Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

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Nallur Kandaswamy Koviil, glowing in the dusk light

Exterior of Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil as devotees go in to puja

Some of the birds on the causeway

We passed these men on the way to and from Jaffna.

Hindu girl, very excited about a festival she was involved at a temple that evening

The Hindu temple next to the hotel.

Mayalsian Cafe, an old traditional cafe in the market area, Jaffna city

The golden-ochre coloured Nullur Kandaswamy Kovil, an enormous Hindu temple

One of the many minute Christian Churches which dotted the shoreline at Point Pedro

A colourful Christian cross on the beach, Point Pedro

Another one of the tiny Christian churches in Point Pedro

Fishermen at the tip of the peninsula

Priest performing Puja in Hindu temple

Interior of Hindu temple on the peninsula

Street scene, Jaffna city

Vibrant gateway at a Hindu temple on the peninsula

Jaffna market

Our first view of the Nailur Kandaswamy Kovil

malayan cafe - thosai with chutney and sambar

dinner with tamil family - eggplant curry

dinner with tamil family - fish curry

malayan cafe - ulundu vadai and coconut chutney

dinner with tamil family

jaffna fort

naga pooshani amman kovil

naga pooshani amman kovil

jetty on nainativu island

nallur kandaswamy kovil

naga pooshani amman kovil

naga pooshani amman kovil

ferry terminal punkudutivu island

harry hotel paratha dinner

lakeside at nuwarawewa string hopper breakfast

point pedro

naguleswaram shiva temple

point pedro

tobacco crop

Prière

Femmes hindous

Temple tamoul

Temple tamoul 2

Automutilation

Temple perdu

Tuk tuk in Jaffna

Vache sacrée en sieste

Pyramide

Night Pujab

Train to Jaffna

Camion de transport

Jaffna 241

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The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa...more history

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