11/03/2023
BATTICALOA TOURISM
Batticaloa is a town situated in the Eastern region of Sri Lanka. It is located on the east coast, 69 miles south by south-east of Trincomalee, and is arranged on an island. Rich in distinct culture, traditions, lush nature Batticaloa has plenty to offer to people planning a visit at this place! It is also the perfect place to grasp the Tamil lifestyle. The slow-paced town, which makes it best to refresh oneself from the stress of everyday lifestyle!
10 Most spectacular places to visit in Batticaloa
If you’re out exploring the spectacular beauty of Sri Lanka, and you find yourself in the Batticaloa, here are some places you must visit to make it a vacation worth remembering.
* Batticaloa Fort
* Batticaloa Lagoon
* Kallady Bridge
* Kallady Beach
* Kalkudah and Passikudah
* Batticaloa Lighthouse
* St Marys Cathedral
* Unnichchai Tank
* Hindu Temples
* Kattankudy Heritage Museum
1. Batticaloa Fort
Batticaloa fort also known as Dutch Fort is situated in the midst of wonderful greenery and tidal ponds, having numerous stories and contentment attached with it. It was initially constructed by the Portuguese in 1628.�Its impressive thick walls that hold much excellence and aesthetic esteem will most likely make you gaze with amazement. Inside the fort, an all-encompassing scenic perspective of the quiet tidal pond making the place more beautiful awaits the visitors.
2. Batticaloa Lagoon
Head over to the Batticaloa Lagoon in Sri Lanka, its an appealing tour for those in quest of adventures. Consisting Puliayantheevu Island, Bone Island, and Buffalo Island, the spectacular bridges which allow tourists to traverse the lagoon, like the Lady Manning Bridge, are fairly interesting attractions.
3. Kallady Bridge
Batticaloa lagoon is popular for its `Singing Fish’. Amid the time of April to September, a clear but faint melodic sound like plucked guitar ascends from the lagoon waters along the Kallady Bridge.�The ambiguous music is ascribed to a noise exuded from some type of marine life discovered in the lagoon. People plunge the end of an oar into the water and hold the opposite end to their ear to tune in to the music clearly.
4. Kallady Beach
Batticaloa is connected by bridge to a long, shoreline fringed peninsula that holds the Kallady neighborhoods. A few territories here have more shade than others. Kallady has an abandoned portion of beach that has ideally saved the tsunami proof all around. Kallady beach is a stunning shoreline on the east bank of Sri Lanka. Decent place to spend your evening in leisure and appreciate the dusk.
5. Kalkudah and Passikudah
Situated around 35 km. north of Batticaloa, the two exquisite seas sides of Kalkudah and Passikudah settle on either side of the palm-tipped Kalkudah cliff. The twin bay shorelines, all around shielded from the monsoon by an oceanic reef make up a perfect spot for windsurfing, bathing, water skiing, sailing and so forth.
It is a standout amongst other known reef structures in the eastern bank of Sri Lanka and has also been intended as a Marine Sanctuary by NARA.
6. Batticaloa Lighthouse
This historic lighthouse isn’t open, yet you can see it as it puts up as one of the extraordinary places to visit in Batticaloa to capture some beautiful pictures. You can take a boat trip around the inlet to have an incredible perspective of this lighthouse.
7. St Marys Cathedral
One of the famous historical places to visit in Batticaloa among local Catholics. It is located in the middle of the town which is a very calm place, people can reach here in a really short time. This catholic church is more than 200 years old with unique architecture and built in blue color. Not like a church as you would view in Europe, though it is precisely a ‘Sri Lankan’ styled church.
8. Unnichchai Tank
Visitors can take a short ride over the countryside on the rented bicycles to reach Unnichchai tank. The route goes towards the lagoon from Batticaloa. The view en-route will be charming with a low forest extended over the lagoon. Unnichchai Tank is a classic area. A huge tank that waters most of the valley. The concrete structure of Unnichchai tank controls the waters of Unnichchai. The concrete work copies the stonework of ancients who planned and built this enormous tank.
9.KOCKKADDICHOLAI SIVAN KOVIL
Kokkadicholai Thaanthonrichcharar Kovil (also known as Kokkadicholai Thanthonrichcharam) is the most significant Shaivism Kovil located in Kokkadicholai, 15km southwest Batticaloa District of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.[1] It is also one of the oldest and five most important Kovils in Sri Lanka and it is believed to be one of the two Kovils in Sri Lanka to have naturally built Sivalingam. The chariot festival of the temple is held annually usually in the month of September.[2] One of the main chariots used in the festival was constructed with wooden sculptures in the 18th century.[
10. Kattankudy Heritage Museum
This exceptional new museum rushes deep into the history of Arab and Muslim traders provincially. Spread across three-storeys, it reveals a compelling tale about centuries of culture through displays, artifacts, models, recreations, etc. The English-speaking staff here will happily guide you around.
