Kilinochchi and Mannar and Vavuniya

These towns are all situated in the northern province of Sri Lanka. Kiliinochchi is an agricultural community and has a few water tanks built in ancient times for the irrigation of paddy fields. Mannar is a larger town that has a landscape dotted with many mosques, temples and churches, most notably the iconic Ketheeswaram temple. Vavuniya, which lies further inland, was often called the gateway to Vanni, Sri Lanka’s Northern Province.