Navaly (Tamil: நவாலி ; Sinhala: නවලි), also transliterated as Navali, Navaaly or Navaali is a town in the Jaffna District of Sri Lanka and it is located about 6 km from Jaffna, in the northwest of the peninsula of the same name.
There are many famous places in the town, for example: Navaly kalaiyoodai amman koovil, St. Peter's Church.
On 9 July 1995, during the Sri Lankan Civil War, the village church was bombed by the Sri Lankan Air Force.
It is estimated that 125 civilians were killed.
[1] Navaly is divided into three sections: This Northern Province, Sri Lanka location article is a stub.