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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