Holy Places - Churches, Mosques and Tempels |
There are several churches, mosques, hindu and buddhist temples around Haputale. All of them shall find a place. Just send me your photos and the coordinates. There is also a big number of Kovils you can find at every junction, under big trees ans special spots. Some of them will be mentioned here too.
Nested
in the Bosom of the Hills
Dimitri Fernando
"Sitting on a hill above the town are St Paul´s Catholic Church, and a short distance away, St Andrews Anglican Church. This quaint green-roofed church, boasts a beautiful stained glass of the children coming to Jesus. In its cemetery, can be seen ornate gravestones of many of the English planters and their family members who used to come to the church. A notable grave is that of Walter Stanley Senior, the writer of the beloved Hymn for Sri Lanka. "
Haputale
1. Churches
St. Andrews Church (Above New Bus Stand)
St. Paul Church (Welimada Temple Road)
Assembly of God Church (Welimada Temple Road)
2. Buddhist Temples
Buddhist Main Temple Welimada Road (1 km)
Pankatiya Hospital Buddhist Temple (Bandarawela Road, 1 km)
Buddhist Shrine, Colombo/Welimada Road (near old Mosque)
3. Hindu Temples
Hindu Main Kovil, Colombo Road
Hindu Kovil - Tamil College
Kurunchi Sri Muthumari Amman Temple (Dambatenne Road, km 1)
Surangamuni Kovil (Eastside Above Haputale)
4. Mosques
Old Mosque from 1946 (Colombo Road)
New Mosque (Dambatenne Road opp. Tamil College)
Blackwood
Hindu Kovil
Conmatuwa Upper Devision
Church
Dambatenne
Road Kovil (Dambatenne Road, km 8)
Hindu Kovil (km 9)
Pathani Amman Kovil (km 9.5/dispensary)
Samimale Rock Temple (250 m above tea fabric)
Glenanore
Hindu Kovil (behind Teafabric)
Hindu Kovil. In the Valley, an excellent, quite place for meditation.
Golconda
Hindu Kovil
Ganesha Kovil
Kahagalla
Hindu Kovil
Kelburne
Hindu Kovil
Pitaratmalie
1. Church
2. Hindu Kovil
Sherwood
Hindu Kovil
Thotulagala
1. St. Anthony´s Church
2. Thotulagala Road Kovil (3,5 km)
Thotulagala
Main Kovil
Kali Kovil
Thotulagala Kovil near No. 10 - shortcut to Sigiriya Village Bungalow
Wiharagala
Hindu Kovil
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