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In this 62nd Video, ROUNDS TUBE describes about NEGOMBO MURUGAN TEMPLE, SRI LANKA. Negombo Tamil: நீர்கொழும்பு, is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the west coast and at the mouth of the Negombo Lagoon, in Western Province, 38 km from Colombo via Colombo-Katunayake Expressway. Negombo is one of the major commercial hubs in the country. Murugan Temple has about 20 feet Murugan statue. The A3 main road from Colombo, goes through Negombo, extends to Jaffna, and Trincomalee via Anuradhapura. Negombo is connected with some of the B grade roads, and there is a good road network in and around Negombo City. There are many Hindu temples (Kovil) in Negombo: Kali Amman temple, Ganapathi (Pillaiar) Temple, Kamachchi Amman Temple, Muththumari Amman Temple, Murugan ( Kandaswami ) Temple, Karumari Amman Temple etc. The Negombo Downtown Station is close to the central Bus Terminal Complex. Negombo is the closest major city to the Bandaranaike International Airport. Please click the free subscri

In this 61st Video, ROUNDS TUBE describes about the Sangupiddy Bridge, JAFFNA, SRI Lanka. Sangupiddy Bridge is a road bridge which is built across the Jaffna lagoon. The distance from Jaffna to this bridge is – 24.2 km ( 24 minutes travel ) . This bridge notably connects the Sangupiddy village in Kilinochchi district with Karaitivu Island in Jaffna district. The bridge was formally opened on 16 January 2011. Construction was carried out by a Sri Lankan Company - Access Engineering with in 8 months. The two lane bridge is 288m long and 7.35m wide. It consists of a steel girder structure and an ante steel deck system sitting on a reinforced cement concrete structure with pile foundations. The bridge costs approximately 69 crores in INR. The bridge is part of the A32 Jaffna-Mannar highway. The only road connection between Jaffna Peninsula and the mainland was at Elephant Pass, prior to construction of this bridge. Spanning a length of three kilometres, it is said that the route via Sa