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There are several Hindu temples which are called Kovils in Colombo. On Sea Street in Pettah are the Kathiseran Temples dedicated to the war god Skanda. Built of South Indian granite is the Sri Ponnambalam-Vaneswaram temple, in Koch-chikade, three km north of Fort. In Colombo 10 the Sri Bala Selva Vinayagar Moorthy temple is devoted to Shiva and Ganesh. Other important temples are the Shiva Subramania Swami temple on Slave Island and the Sri Muthumariamman temple in Colombo 13.
- The Gangarama Temple
- St. Peter’s Church
Two famous and starkly contrasting mosques in Colombo are the red and white candy striped Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque dating to 1909 and the gray and more traditional Memm Harnafi M mosque at Dr C.W.W Kannangara Mawatha.