Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman
Temple – Connectivity
The Temple is located at about
28 Kms from Kayts, 35 Kms from Jaffna Bus Stand, 36 Kms from Jaffna, 36 Kms
from Jaffna Railway Station, 52 Kms from Jaffna Airport, 268 Kms from Trincomalee
and 429 Kms from Colombo. Devotees can take any local bus heading to
Kurikaadduvaan from Jaffna (Route 776), and then they have to take a short
ferry to Nainativu Island. The bus trip from Jaffna to Kurikaadduvaan would
take approximately one hour.
The last ferry to Nainativu for
the day would leave usually at 6:00 p.m. from the Kurikaadduvaan Jetty. If you
are planning to return to the city of Jaffna on the same day, you should start
early in the morning from Jaffna, and make sure you are at the Kurikaadduvaan Jetty
(or pier) by 10:00 a.m., the latest. For those who would want to participate in
the noon poojas (prayers) of the Nagapooshani Amman Temple, would be advised to
be at the Kurikaadduvaan Jetty before 9:00 a.m., as there could be a long delay
sometimes due to overcrowding.
The ferry to Nainativu would
take about 15 minutes. On approaching Nainativu, your boat may, first proceed
to a jetty opposite the Buddhist temple if there are any Buddhist pilgrims.
Pilgrims to the Buddhist temple would get off the boat at that jetty.
Thereafter, your ferry would proceed to the jetty opposite the Nagapooshani
Amman Kovil which would be the final destination for the launch, and the
remaining passengers on your launch would get off there.
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