Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited the famous Kandaswamy Kovil in Sri Lanka's Jaffna city on Friday. In pictures shared on social media, Sitharaman was seen amid a crowd of templegoers.

Sitharaman is in the country on a three-day visit. "Smt @nsitharaman visits Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil in Jaffna during her three-day official visit to Sri Lanka," her office posted on X. Nallur ...

Jaffna, Feb 25 (Daily Mirror) - The Sri Lanka Army has announced the granting of permission for the public to visit seven Hindu temples (Kovils) situated within the high-security zone under the ...

Jaffna, Sri Lanka, is one of just 5 Asian destinations on Lonely Planet’s 25 best places to travel in 2026 list ...

I didn't just visit Jaffna in Sri Lanka. I returned to it, like a forgotten verse in a prayer whispered by generations. The palmyra trees still stood like old soldiers, their fronds rattling like ...

The diocese stretches over nearly 4,400 square kilometers. As per 2024, the population of this particular region is 1,637,000 of which 267,650 are Catholics. Most of the people are Hindus. Tamils are ...

The dress code that is strictly followed by the Nallur Kandaswamy temple authorities for men devotees, and lack of flexibility in the timings of the temple apparently came in the way of the plan of ...

A protest promoting LGBTQ rights near the Nallur Kandaswamy Temple in Jaffna has drawn strong criticism from Geethanath Cassilingam, Chief Organizer of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) for the ...

Tamil families in Thaiyiddy were displaced in 1990 by the military. An area of six acres is now home to the Tissa Vihara Buddhist temple. Despite the end of the civil war in 2009, locals have not seen ...

This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2025 shows the seaside scenery in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Located in northern Sri Lanka, Jaffna is a coastal city heavily ravaged during a long-term civil war. Today people ...

Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil or Nallur Murugan Kovil is one of the most significant Hindu temples in the Jaffna district of Northern Province. The temple is a socially important institution for the Sri ...