Things to do in Vavuniya
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Royal Park Garden Restaurant
The cosy garden here is a great place for dinner when the weather’s not unbearably hot: attractive twinkling lights and little pavilions nestle amid ornamental trees. The Rs 180 mushroom paneer masala (mushroom and unfermented cheese curry) is richly delicious, and there’s tasty soup for Rs 60. No prices on menus.
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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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Sinbon
Unusually, local women feel confident enough to come to this modern cafe unchaperoned for coffee (Nescafé Rs 40), cakes or ice-cream sundaes (Rs 80). It’s ideal for passing the time when you’re waiting for a bus. Next door is an air-conditioned supermarket.
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Rose Garden Restaurant
This is a big, excellent-value, party-hall restaurant. Food of widely varying styles includes a spicy tom yam goong (Thai shrimp soup) that lacks lemon grass but is generously full of shrimps for a mere Rs 80.
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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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Pulley’s Balmoral
Food here is good value. Diners bring their own booze (until the place gets licensed).
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