Kovil

Kovil: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this temple: Open, normal crowd · Very crowded today · Festival / special day · Closed today.

Best time to visit Kovil

Season: Year-round; festival days and Karthika masam (Nov) draw the biggest crowds.

Busiest days: Weekends, festival days and Karthika masam (Nov).

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Kovil — distance from nearby cities

• From Nuwara Eliya (LK): about 14 km by road (11 km straight line) · directions · more places near Nuwara Eliya
• From Ella (LK): about 26 km by road (21 km straight line) · directions · more places near Ella
• From Kandy (LK): about 57 km by road (45 km straight line) · directions · more places near Kandy
• From Ratnapura (LK): about 78 km by road (63 km straight line) · directions · more places near Ratnapura
• From Dambulla (LK): about 130 km by road (104 km straight line) · directions · more places near Dambulla

Coordinates: 6.97104, 80.88700. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Kovil

• Heritance Tea Factory · attraction · Nuwara Eliya · ~8 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Bomburu Ella Waterfall · waterfall · Nuwara Eliya · ~8 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Hakgala Botanical Garden · sanctuary · Nuwara Eliya · ~11 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Seetha Amman Kovil · temple · Nuwara Eliya · ~12 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Hakgala Peak · viewpoint · Nuwara Eliya · ~13 km · Must-see
• Moon Plains · attraction · Nuwara Eliya · ~13 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Lover's Leap Waterfall · waterfall · Nuwara Eliya · ~14 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Lake Gregory · lake · Nuwara Eliya · ~15 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Bogoda Wooden Bridge · viewpoint · Badulla · ~16 km · Must-see
• Pidurutalagala · viewpoint · Nuwara Eliya · ~16 km · Must-see
• Victoria Park · park · Nuwara Eliya · ~16 km · Well liked · Must-see
• Japan Peace Pagoda · Buddhist site · Nuwara Eliya · ~17 km · Must-see
• Single Tree Hill · viewpoint · Nuwara Eliya · ~17 km · Well liked · Must-see
• Conical Hill · viewpoint · Badulla · ~17 km · Must-see
• The Eagle’s View Point · viewpoint · Nuwara Eliya · ~18 km · Well liked · Must-see
• Kikiliyamana · viewpoint · Nuwara Eliya · ~20 km · Must-see
• Thotupola Kanda · viewpoint · Nuwara Eliya · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery · Buddhist site · Badulla · ~23 km · Highly rated · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Kovil

Other temples near Kovil

• Seetha Amman Kovil · temple · Nuwara Eliya · ~12 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Shri Bhakta Hanuman Temple · temple · Nuwara Eliya · ~32 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Sri Maha Kataragama Devalaya - Kandy · temple · Kandy · ~57 km · Well liked · Must-see
• Sri Muthumari Amman Kovil · temple · Matale · ~79 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Sellakatharagama Purana Ganapati Kovil · temple · Monaragala · ~94 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Dewalaya · temple · Monaragala · ~98 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• ஸ்ரீ சிந்தாயாத்திரைப் பிள்ளையார் ஆலயம் · temple · Ampara · ~137 km · Must-see
• Sri Venkateshwara Maha Vishnu Moorthy Kovil · temple · Colombo · ~140 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Maha Kali Amman kovil · temple · Colombo · ~141 km · Highly rated · Must-see
• Sri Ponnambalavaneswarar Kovil · temple · Colombo · ~142 km · Highly rated · Must-see

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