Kovil is the Sri Lankan name of the Hindu temple. Since so many Tamils live in Jaffna you can see there few nice kovils. Nallur Kandaswamy kovil is the must for the traveller visiting Jaffna. Its yellow-and-orange gopura (gate) you will see from the distance. At the entrance few priests were waiting. -If you want to go inside take off your shoes and your shirt! Wow! In my travellers career I visited thousands of different temples. Very often they asked me to take off the shoes (one my pair was even stolen) but top-less was never required! Well, I did and entered just to recognize that this requirement does not apply to the ladies… So bad! We are discriminated here, gentelmen! They do not allow to take pictures inside. There are rows of ormate columns and chapels, where they put offerings. Intresting!
I saw also Jaffna fort – quite huge and picturesque stronghold built during colonial period. I did not see fort pictures in the net so far so we will have one more premiere on Gs.
In the afternoon I took a tranin back to Anuradapura (3 h, 500 rs) and crowded bus onward to Kandy (4h -190 rs) It was already dark when we reached Kandy…
