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Jaffna market (In Tamil "Periya Kadai") is located in the heart of the Town Center next to the central Bus Stand and near to the Jaffna Fort. This is an old building with many make shift shops. Here you can buy everything including locally produced vegetables, fruits and household commodities. Moreover, it is located in walking distance for the visiting local and foreign tourists from their hotels to this public market. This market place is maintained by the Jaffna Municipal Council. Shops in this market used to open around 6:00 am in the mornings and will stay opened till 6:00 pm in the evening. During the festival season like Pongal, Tamil New Year, and Deepavali, it used to kept open till 8.00 pm in the night. Take note that most of the Shops used to be closed on Sundays and holidays in this Jaffna Market..
In this market you can buy fresh vegetables and frsh fruits that are produced in the Northern district. In addition high land grown vegetables and fruits that are brought by the Lorries too are available at resonable price. Also you can find handcrafts products like baskets, bags, caps and many other products that are good for to take as souvenirs back to your home.
You too can buy them to taste those products that are popular here for their unique taste. Katpagam Palmyrah Shops (Palmyrah Development Board, Sri Lanka Government Organization) has its sales outlet in Wellawatte, Colombo - 6 too. You can buy most of the Jaffna related food stuff and kitchen utilities over her at reasonable price.
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Here you can buy traditional Jaffna kitchen tools, appliances and gadgets for Yarlpanam (Jaffna) foood preparation such as ural, ullakai, Ammi, iddiyappa ural and many other items. They are made with wood, stone, clay and cast iron. These are very popular to make slow cooking of Yalpanam food recipes. In addition, Iddiyapppa-thattu, Iddiyappa ural, Puttu Kulal, Murukku achchu and Neeththupeti are popular ones here in this market place.
