Sights in Vavuniya
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Archaeological Museum
This museum is unlikely to impress if you’re arriving from the ancient cities, but some of the pinched-faced terracotta figures from Kilinochchi (4th to 5th century) are delightfully primitive, while the central hexagonal chamber has some fine 5th-to-8th-century Buddha statues in Mannar limestone.
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Madukanda Vihara
The quietly charming Madukanda Vihara is a Rs 100 three-wheeler ride from central Vavuniya, beyond the 3km post on the A29. It was reputedly the fourth resting point in the journey of the sacred Buddha tooth relic from Mullaittivu to Anuradhapura during the 4th-century reign of King Mahsen.
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Kandasamy Kovil
This photogenic Murugan (Skanda) temple has a very ornate, if faded, gopuram (gateway tower) and a gold-clad image in its sanctum.
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Sothida Niliyam Kovil
The town arcs around a quietly attractive tank that’s best observed from this tiled, shedlike Ganesh temple.
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