Neervely is a village located in

Jaffna Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. 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 mo ...

, Sri Lanka. It is located 8 km from Jaffna along the Point Pedro road.

History

An ancient limestone Buddha (believed to be from pre-Christian to 6th century CE) was found here and is now in the Jaffna Museum. An ancient well, stone pillars etc. have been found at this so far un-excavated site. The ancient Buddhist place-name is cited as "Neelavaella" (Archaeo. Dept. file EC/B/N/56 folio 73 ) and in several historical websites .

Education in Neervely

* Attiar Hindu College, Neervely was established in 1929. * Hindu Tamil mixed school, Neervely South. * Ramupillai vithyalayam, Neervely West. * Four other schools

Places of Worship

* Neervely Kanthaswami Temple * Neervely Arasakesari Pillaiyar Temple * Neervely Vaikaal Tharavai Pillaiyar Temple

Agriculture

Especially Banana, paddy and other vegetables etc. Neervely has Sri Lanka's leading big banana market too.

Industries

Building construction, wood and metal works

Bank robbery

On March 25, 1981, militants of the

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...

and

Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) is an Eelam Tamil organisation which campaigned for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka during 1972-1987 which later accepted the December 19th proposals. ...

robbed a bank van of Rs. 8. 1 million rupees near Neervely. This was the last joint operation between LTTE and TELO.

References

External links

* http://www.neervely.ca {{SriLanka-geo-stub Villages in Jaffna District Valikamam East DS Division