Back again!!!! We are still on the Day One:

It was mid afternoon, very hot outside since we were traveling, the breeze made gave us a cool feeling. Our next stop was at a very old farmers market. There weren't many sellers as well few buyers. We just roamed around the market and came outside. My aunt went back again to buy some vegetables.

We went through the back of the farmers market and end up in front of the Hanuman Temple. We were just in time for the afternoon closing pooja.

Hanuman Temple - Maruthanamadam

There was a new Vishnu temple beside this one, look very beautiful and still in the construction mode.

Vishnu Temple - Maruthanamadam

After worshinping the Vishnu we headed towards Selvasannithy ( Lord Murugan Temple ). On the way we pass the Zonal Education Office ( Valigamam ) , The Jaffna University Faculty of Arts ( Fine arts ) and we stop by the Jaffna College Institute of Agriculture.

Zonal Education Office

Faculty of Arts ( fine Arts )

On the way we stopped at a small temple. I was told that "We cannot bypass this elephant head god ( pillaiyar ), we have to stop and worship him before we travel ahead." ( I didn't have enough time to verify about it ). At last, we reached the Selva Sannithy Murugan Temple at Thondamanaru where is a river thondamanaru beside it. We worshiped, walked around and had meals there. Later my friend wanted to get her palm read by an astrologer. It created a quite a spectacle for the people around.

Selva Sannithy Murugan Temple - Thondamanaarr

 Later that day, we visited Vallipuram Vishnu Temple. On the way we saw five branched palm tree which had one branch cut off due to its age and strong. We wanted to visit Sand beach where there was a church covered by the sand but due to time lapse we decided to return home.

 

On the way home, we visited Nilavarai Well which said to have bottom less end and which connected to Keerimalai pond beside Naguleswara Temple ( Shiva temple ). This is an ancient temple which undergone severe damages by different centuries, first the shrine was destroyed by the Portugese in 1620 and rebuild by local tamils in 1894. Then in 1983, it was occupied by the Sri Lankan Army and later in 1990 it was bombed by the Sri Lankan Air force during the war against Terrorism. Now again it was rebuilt in 2012. What an amazing story!!!!

Nilavarai pond ( bottomless pond )

Keerimalai ( mangoose hill ) Photos will be uploaded later.

 On the same day we have visited a small church and passed a Buddha temple which is in the state of construction. The place ( dhabakola patuna ) said to represent that Sangamitta king Ashoka's daughter (who came to spread Buddhism ) has landed in this place.