Paranthan and Elephant Pass, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA4EdnyESxQ

Kilinochchi and Paranthan, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

The fallen water-tank.

Entering Paranthan.

Murikandy to Kilinochchi, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

Tesla cafetaria, Murikandy.

On the A9 Highway to Kilinochchi.

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The fallen water tank, Kilinochchi.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_PNJhp2oKI

Passing Kokavil, Murikandy, on the A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

The Kokavil TV transmitting station.

Railway lines - the old track awaiting reconstruction.

The historic Murikandy Pillayaar Temple. Most of the travelers on this ancient road would stop here and break a coconut to the God Pillayaar, to protect them on their onward journey. The tradition is very much active even now.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q67cUtCTY8

Earlier Video of 'Poosai' at the Murukandy Pillayar Temple:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5n5nHuaWr0

Mankulam to Kokkavil, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

Houses nearing completion.

Concrete 'sleepers' inside the railway work-yard.

Old and newly-constructed houses.

The A9 Highway.

Mankulam to Kokkavil, A9 Highway and rail track under construction, Sri Lanka.

A9 Highway past Mankulam.

Work going on on the railway bund.

Concrete railway sleepers awaiting laying on the track.

Progress on the railway line.

Coming into Mankulam, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

The highway

Work on the railway line

The railway bund

Cattle, egrets and the board warning cattle crossing near the Mankulam sign  board

On the approaches to Mankulam, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka

Approach toMankulam, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

Towards Mankulam, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

Well paved roads are a hall mark of this part of the A9 Highway in this area.
Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQUp4aclgrQ&list=UU1dqepitfAJwrQWLD-gZ3NA&index=1

Towards Kanagaraayan Kulam, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.

The road stretches on.

A farmer working his field.

Paddy fields.

The endless-looking arrow-straight highway greets the motorist. It was so in the old days too but now there are no large trees on either side of the road-wa and the highway is much wider and the smaller twists and turns have been straightened out. 

A9 Highway, past Puliyangkulam, Sri Lanka.

'Carpetting' of the highway in progress.

'Sleepers' piled uo in rows for the railway line.

A roadside Hindu temple.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYAWDEg0D94

Omanthai to Puliyangkulam, A9 Highway, Sri Lanka.