Point Pedro and surroundings

The light house at the coastal village of Point Pedro marks the Northernmost point of Sri Lanka. West of Point Pedro is the coastal village of Velvettiturai, which for long decades, had been a stronghold of the petty local smugglers and the landing point of illegal immigrants from South

India. Until about three decades ago the illegal immigrants called “Kallathoni” from the state of Tamil Nadu of India, found Velvettiturai, a convenient shore. 5km south of the lighthouse, at the northern end of the Manalkadu Desert is the village of Vallipuram, which unearthed the famous ancient Vallipuram gold foil of inscriptions. Vallipuram, once a principal city of Jaffna peninsula is home to the second largest Hindu Kovil in the country. The shrine is one of the very few in Sri Lanka dedicated to God Vishnu.