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Of the many Hindu temples, Anipandi Sitivigniswara Alayar is visually the finest, with a
magnificent gopuram that's decorated with a riotous festival of intertwined god figures.
Batticaloa Market MARKET
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Lloyds Ave)
Stock up with tropical fruit as well as gifts for back home, like spoons made from coconut
shells and palmyra palm jaggery (raw sugar) in laid-back, hassle-free environs.
Imperial Saloon SHRINE
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Trinco Rd; 8.30am-8.30pm, to 1pm Sun)
Consider a haircut and head massage (Rs 400) at this utterly bizarre salon, a monument to
kitsch. Every inch is covered in decorative painting, fake flowers, sequins, filigree, stained
glass or tinsel garlands, and at the back of the salon, up towards the faux-sky ceiling, is an
interfaith shrine, from where Durga, Mary and the Buddha keep an eye on things.
St Anthony's CHURCH
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; St Anthony's St, Puliyanthivu)
The vaguely Mexican-looking, earth-toned St Anthony's is one of the most eye-catching
churches in Puliyanthivu.
Sri Lanka Diving Tours DIVING
( 077 061 5205, 031-371 7451; www.srilanka-divingtours.com ; Navalady; Mar-Sep)
This professional dive school specialises in wrecks, and Batticaloa has a world-class one:
the HMS Hermes, a British aircraft carrier that was sunk by Japanese bombers in 1942.
This dive is for tec divers only (the five-day certification course, for very advanced divers,
is also offered here), but there are several other dives in the area for those less advanced.
Two dives cost US$70; it's US$120 for tec dives. The dive school also operates a guest-
house here, but rooms are seriously overpriced.
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