Manalkaadu and Vallipuram, off Point-Pedro, Sri Lanka.

Fire-wood carrier on the road to Manalkaadu.

'Lapwing' and 'Bittern' at Manalkaadu.

A school building in Manalkaadu.

The Indian Ocean at Manalkaadu.

An Egret at Manalkaadu.

Aalvaar Kovil, Vallipuram.

Click on the web-link below to see a video presentation of the photos taken by me on this trip done on the 22nd December 2013.

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Nagar Kovil, off Point-Pedro, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

A house in a paddy field.

'Great Egret' in a paddy field.

The road to the Kovil.

The renovated historic Kovil.

 I met the temple priest and inquired about the origin of this temple. He said it belonged to very ancient times, of the time of the 'Yakkar and Naagar'. A very pious Hindu recluse had been told in a dream to come to this place. When the recluse came here he saw a 'five headed cobra' under a tree. He had started a place of worship and it thrived with time. In the 1950s it drew large crowds. It was destroyed during the recent past and is now rebuilt.

Trees in the temple premises.

Fisherman's hut and fishing boats on the sea shore.

Please click on the web-link below to see a collection of the photos taken by me on this trip:-

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