Here, what in the area of Jafna, you can admire:
Fort Jafna
Fort Japhne is located in the central part of the city, of course, on the coast. It looks like the same as Fort Galle or Matara, however, traces of destruction are more obvious here. The fortress in 1618 built Portuguese. In connection with numerous wonders attributed to the statue of the Virgin Mary, located in one of the churches inside the fort, Fort Japhne was named the fortress of the miracle of Our Lady Jafanapatao (Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora Dos Milagres de Jafanapatão). 40 years after the base, the fortress was successfully captured by the Dutch - they were expanded and strengthened. In 1795, Fort switched to the power of the British - and so until 1948.In a large military forteer with military buildings on the territory of serfs, Fort Japhne After finding a country of Independence, became the head of the Sri Lanka army (Ceylon's army initially). During the Lankan Civil War, the fortress turned out to be in the siege several times, and from 1986 to 1995 the Fort was under the control of Tamil-Ilama).
Today, in the territory of Fort, the residence of the governor, the House of Queen (the former official residence of the President Sri Lanka in Japhne), police offices and several buildings of the Portuguese era. There is also a small museum (free for visits). The walls (probably, this is the most impressive part of the complex) and many buildings are slowly repaired, but many churches and other parts of the set of past years have left irrevocably. At the inspection of the fort will not leave a lot of time, but this is in any case the "Mast Si" of the city, plus from there you can admire the great views of the city and the ocean.
Temple Malvar
Temple Malza Kandasvami Kovil (or Murugan Kohl) is one of the most significant Hindu temples in Jafne. It is located in the field of Malter (Naler), which is 10 minutes drive from Fort Japhne. The temple is dedicated to the Mirugan (or Scand) deity, the leader of the gods and God of war in Hinduism. This idol was donated to the temple in the 10th century of our era Queen Chole, the Tamil state in the south of India, which arose in the 2nd century n. e. The first Hindu temple in the capital of the Kingdom of Jafna, and it was built in 948. However, he was destroyed after the conquest of Jafna Sinhalean state and then destroyed in the middle of the 15th century.The second (although some historians assure that something was the third) the temple was erected in just 17 years after this incident, not far away, and this time he was surrounded by the walls - so the temple was already more similar to the fortress. At the beginning of the 17th century, when the local fought by the Portuguese, the temple was used as a military fortification, but it was still destroyed by the enemies. During the Dutch domination at the site of the second temple, the Christian Church was erected, and a small Hindu temple was laid nearby. On the site of the first temple of Muslims built a mosque.
True, the mosque later demolished on the orders of the Dutch, and in a historic place built the fourth temple - we can see it today. Initially, the temple of the stone had only two halls. A 33-meter five-story carved gopuram was added later (a gate tower with bright sculptures and carvings) with a clock. The main value of the temple is the same statue of the war of war. In the southern part of the religious complex you can see the pond and the statue of God Scanda already in another embodiment, and in North - the garden.
The complex is huge, and the ceremony passing there is just amazing. All this is very different from Buddhist temples, if you have already had the honor to be in them. The temple is open only during worship, so it is necessary to double-check when it is open to slip inside. That is, after 15:50. To go inside, strong sex representatives will have to remove their shirts / t-shirts; There are no such rules to women. It is not allowed to photograph, but still all quietly, so as not to get caught, try to take pictures.
Nagapushany Amman Kovil
Ancient Hindu temple is located on the shore of the regiment on the island of Ninate. He is dedicated to Parvati (Shiva Spouse). In the Temple House of the house, four gopuram 6-7.5 meters high and the highest gopuram highly 33 meters high.
The church is extremely important for the Tamil people, and its existence and importance mentioned in the oldest Tamil literature. The current structure was erected from 1720 to 1790, after the ancient structure was destroyed by Portuguese in 1620. Today, the temple attracts about 1000 visitors per day and about 5,000 visitors during the Hindu festivals. To get to the island and the temple, you need to sit on the ferry (always overflowing and some kind of shaky and gnaens, but what to do!). The church is amazingly beautiful, gopuram bright, and 10,000 sculptures!
Temple of Nagadip Puran Vihar
The ancient Buddhist temple is one of the sixteen or seventeen sacred Buddhist shrines. There is a temple as well on the island of Ninate (and, not far from the temple of Nagapushani Amman Kovil). According to the modern history, Gautama Buddha visited the temple five years after enlightenment - he arrived here in order to resolve the dispute between the two enemy nagging (snipe-like mythical creatures in Hinduism and Buddhism), - Chulodara and Muddle. Naturally, the goal was achieved. The temple complex is very clean and recently renovated.
Temple of Dambacola Potun Sangamitta
Buddhist temple is a 25-minute drive from the center of Japhne to the northwest. This temple is much less popular than, for example, the church is low. It is known most of all the fact that Theri Sangamitta (Sister Ashoki, the ruler of the Mauriev Empire in the 3rd century, arrived in the 3rd century) and brought the seedlings of the sacred tree of Bo from India. Stay in the temple before sunset - they, sunsets, on this part of the peninsula are very beautiful!
Military Base Elephant Pass
The military base of the "elephant trail" is at the entrance to the peninsula, in a strategically important point with the same name. During the civil war, the base was a place of repeated battles. Where are the elephants? And despite the fact that there was a brother here, the place of which is now hung up the dam. This ferrod crossed on elephants. Near the base you can see two monuments. The first is a bulldozer crushed by an explosion.
The monument is dedicated to Halasaka Gamini, who rushed under the bulldozer with grenades, in order to stop the suicide-boring terrorist, moving towards the base. Next to the monument we see three stella with the description of the feat. A little north of the dam is located a complex of unity Sri Lanka - a small complex, in the center of which you can see your hands holding Sri Lanka in the palms.
