Neervely

Neervely
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Northern
District	Jaffna
DS Division	Valikamam East
Area Government Office	Kopay
Named for	water around
Population (2011 est.)
• Total	50,000
Time zone	0530

Neervely is a village located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is located 8 km from Jaffna along the Point Pedro road.

An ancient limestone Buddha (believed to be from pre-Christian to 6th century CE) was found here and is now in the Jaffna mueum. An ancient well, stone pillars etc. have been found at this so far un-excavated site. The ancient Buddhist place-name is cited as "Neelavaella" (Archaeo. Dept. file EC/B/N/56 folio 73 ) and in several historical websites .

Especially Banana, paddy and other vegetables etc.

Neervely has jaffna's 2nd big banana market too.

Building construction, wood and metal works

On March 25, 1981 militants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization robbed a bank van of Rs. 8. 1 million rupees near Neervely. This was the last joint operation between LTTE and TELO.

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