Best places: Historical landmarks in Inparsiddy, Sri Lanka

Partially renovated fortress constructed in 1600s, popular for water & sunset views.

This monument of martyred Tamil king Cankili II atop a horse is a city landmark.

👍👍 Elephantpass or "Alimankada" in Jaffna is a site of great historical significance. I was thoroughly impressed by the museum, which provided detailed explanations of the events during the civil war. The outdoor exhibits, including tanks and military equipment, added to the immersive experience. If yo...

👍👍 🙂 Definitely check this place out on your travels through Jaffna! 🙌 A massive and beautiful statue of Lord Hanuman. He plays a large part in the Ramayana (Hindu mythology/ Indian epic.) King Ravana of Sri Lanka flew to India and kidnapped Lord Rama's wife (Sita.) After this, Rama wanted to get to...

😐 Beautiful view of the coast with a small beach. The lighthouse is managed by the sri lanka navy. The height of the light house is around 30 meters. There are stairs to climb the lighthouse but only halfway since the stairs are corroded. Point pedro is marked with a red color letter box.

The Jaffna kingdom was centered around this city before it was destroyed by the Portuguese.

👍👍 Better to have some knowledge of Tamil language if you visit this area. Google translation helped me. Friendly people. Nice place to visit.

Built in 1875, this restored clock tower in the city's center is one of Jaffna's oldest landmarks.

👍👍 superb location to visit. the upper place of the fort has good view with 2 side pond

😐 Main junction in A9 for main bus routes like Jaffna / Kandy / killinochi. They also have few food stalls and other necessary amenities around. Busy place at present buses are limited due to fuel scarcity. They are two types of buses CTC (Gov) and private buses. Mostly CTC buses are on time and don...

👍👍 Ancient lighthouse which is located near the Kankesanthurai beach. You can visit here at any time you want. No access to reach the top. You have do photo shoots around this place.

Protected ruins of a building constructed during Dutch rule of Sri Lanka & a historical landmark.

👍 It would have been nice to see this looked after to get a sense of what is at least available now. Worth a visit if you are around the area but not so much to see as of yet due to poor maintenance.

👍👍 Elephant Pass Elephant Pass which is situated in the entrance of the Jaffna Peninsula in Nothern Province, Sri Lanka is also called as Alimankada in Sinhala as it was a main crossing of elephants. It was a main military base in civil war. On the memento of Elephant Pass which represents the unity of...

👍👍 பிரித்தானியர் ஆட்சிக்காலத்தில் இக் கலங்கரை விளக்கு அமைக்கப்பட்டதாகும்... இரவு நேரங்களில் இக்கடற்பகுதியால் வரும் கப்பல்களுக்கும், கடற்றொழிலாளர்களிற்கும் சிறந்த வழி காட்டியாக இருந்துள்ளது. இங்கு அவர்களால் அமைக்கப்பட்ட விடுதியில் அமரர்கள் கிருஷ்ணபிள்ளை விசாலாட்சி (இராமாசி) தம்பதியினர் பணிக்கமர்த்தப்ப...

😐 Ancient people's tried time relax area.