Nilavarai () is a location in the
Jaffna District,
Sri Lanka. It is popular for a natural underground
Water well
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(Called Nilavari Bottomless well) where the water never gets depleted and it serves the irrigation of the neighbouring fields.
There is another natural
Water well
A well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. T ...
in the
Jaffna District by the name
Idikundu (Idi-kun-du).
See also
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Casuarina Beach
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Keerimalai
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Kantharodai
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Nallur (Jaffna)
Nallur ( ta, நல்லூர்; si, නල්ලූර් ) is an affluent suburb in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sac ...
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Naguleswaram temple
Keerimalai Naguleswaram temple ( ta, கீரிமலை நகுலேஸ்வரம் கோயில்), historically known also as the Thirutambaleswaram Kovil of Keerimalai, is a famous Hindu temple in Keerimalai, located north of Ja ...
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Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil
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Nainativu
Nainativu ( ta, நயினாதீவு ''Nainatheevu'', si, නාගදීපය ''Nagadeepa''), is a small but notable island off the coast of Jaffna Peninsula in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The name of the island alludes to the f ...
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Neduntheevu
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Idikundu
References
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Villages in Jaffna District
Valikamam East DS Division