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The Periyaaru river originates from Pattipadi, Yercaud and is fed from many small streams along the way as it flows westwards. It creates the Kiliyur waterfalls at Kiliyur before reaching the Vattakaadu Eri weir. The river then continues to flow westwards, before joining the Sarabanga river.
Kiliyur Falls is a waterfall on the Periyaaru river in the Servarayan hill range in the Eastern Ghats, Tamil nadu, India. The waters overflowing the Yercaud Lake fall 91 m (300 ft) into the Kiliyur Valley. [1] People need to walk down 200–250 steep steps from the nearest road to reach this waterfall. [citation needed]
It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. [1] Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus. [1] [2] Nallur is also famous for being the historical capital of the old Jaffna Kingdom and birthplace of renowned philosopher and theologian, Arumuka Navalar. [3] [4]
It is located in the Shevaroy hills in the Eastern Ghats. [3] The total extent of Yercaud taluk is 382.67 km 2 (147.75 sq mi) including reserve forests. [4] It is situated at an altitude of 1,515 metres (4,970 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in Yercaud is the Servarayan temple, at 1,628 m (5,342 ft). [5]
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It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most populous city . [ 1 ] Jaffna is approximately ten kilometres (six miles) from Kandarodai which served as an emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical antiquity .
Nallur, Jaffna, a town in the district of Jaffna, Sri Lanka; See also. Nellore, Andhra Pradesh This page was last edited on 12 October 2024, at 09:48 (UTC). Text ...
Kankesanthurai suburb has many fishing villages and Grama Niladhari (village officers) and is a northern part of Valikamam, one of the three regions of ancient habitation on the Jaffna peninsula, located on the peninsula's northern coast, 12 miles from Jaffna city, 85 miles from Mannar and 155 miles from Trincomalee.