Nelliady

	Nelliady Nelliady is a town in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. This is the one of the busiest towns in Jaffna district. After many coastal areas of Sri Lanka were devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami many people settled further inland, in towns including Nelliady. Main Spots * Nelliady Public Market * Nelliady Bus Stand * Karaveddy Main Post Office * Karaveddy Divisional Hospital Education Schools in or near Nelliady include Nelliady Madhya Maha Vidyalayam (Nelliady Central College), Sacred Heart College, Vigneswara College, Uduppiddy American Mission College and Gnanasariyar College. Religion Tadangan Puliyadi Murugan Temple Pillayar Temple Kali Temple Gnana Vairavar Temple Kalayan Thoddam Sri Muththu Kumarasuvami St.Antony's Church Towns in Jaffna District Vadamarachchi South West DS Division {{NorthernLK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nelliady Madhya Maha Vidyalayam Nelliady Central College ( ta, நெல்லியடி மத்திய கல்லூரி ''Nelliyaṭi Mattiya kalloori'', also known as Nelliady Madhya Maha Vidyalayam) is a provincial school in Nelliady, Sri Lanka. History The school was founded in 1921. It was promoted to Madhya Maha Vidyalayam status in 1946. The school, like most schools in the north and east of Sri Lanka, was severely affected by the Sri Lankan Civil War. The school was the site of Sri Lanka's first suicide attack on 5 July 1987 when Captain Miller drove a small truck laden with explosives into the Sri Lankan Army camp at the school. See also * List of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka The following is a list of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The province is divided into 12 education zones which are sub-divided into 33 education divisions. There are around 1,000 schools in the province. 11 schools are national schools ... References External links Nelliady Madhya Maha Vidyal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nelliady Public Market Nelliady is a town in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. This is the one of the busiest towns in Jaffna district. After many coastal areas of Sri Lanka were devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami many people settled further inland, in towns including Nelliady. Main Spots * Nelliady Public Market * Nelliady Bus Stand * Karaveddy Main Post Office * Karaveddy Divisional Hospital Education Schools in or near Nelliady include Nelliady Madhya Maha Vidyalayam Nelliady Central College ( ta, நெல்லியடி மத்திய கல்லூரி ''Nelliyaṭi Mattiya kalloori'', also known as Nelliady Madhya Maha Vidyalayam) is a provincial school in Nelliady, Sri Lanka. History The school ... (Nelliady Central College), Sacred Heart College, Vigneswara College, Uduppiddy American Mission College and Gnanasariyar College. Religion Tadangan Puliyadi Murugan Temple Pillayar Temple Kali Temple Gnana Vairavar Temple Kalayan Thoddam Sri Muththu Kumaras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Karaveddy Main Post Office Karaveddy is a town located 7 km from the City of Point Pedro, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. In local Tamil Language it translates to ''Coastal Strip'', although it is few km from the coast. Karaveddy Pradeshya Sabha is the administrative office for this region. Main town area of Karaveddy is called as Nelliady. Karaveddy is the birthplace of many popular personalities like V.K.Sittampalam, the first Sri Lankan Postmaster general, P. Kandiah, the first and only Communist Member of Parliament elected to represent Point Pedro electorate, M. Sivasithamparam, M.P for Uduppiddy & Nallur and the Deputy Speaker of Sri Lankan Parliament, S. Sivagnanasundaram, the Editor of "Chiriththiran" magazine, Prof. K. Sivathamby, Ceylon's (Sri Lanka) famous grapes vineyard owner, V.S.Thamotharampillai and many others. Anton Balasingham, the Political Adviser of the LTTE, lived during his childhood and early youth in Karaveddy. "Karavai Velan Kovai" is an ancient literary work dedicated to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Karaveddy Divisional Hospital Karaveddy is a town located 7 km from the City of Point Pedro, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. In local Tamil Language it translates to ''Coastal Strip'', although it is few km from the coast. Karaveddy Pradeshya Sabha is the administrative office for this region. Main town area of Karaveddy is called as Nelliady. Karaveddy is the birthplace of many popular personalities like V.K.Sittampalam, the first Sri Lankan Postmaster general, P. Kandiah, the first and only Communist Member of Parliament elected to represent Point Pedro electorate, M. Sivasithamparam, M.P for Uduppiddy & Nallur and the Deputy Speaker of Sri Lankan Parliament, S. Sivagnanasundaram, the Editor of "Chiriththiran" magazine, Prof. K. Sivathamby, Ceylon's (Sri Lanka) famous grapes vineyard owner, V.S.Thamotharampillai and many others. Anton Balasingham, the Political Adviser of the LTTE, lived during his childhood and early youth in Karaveddy. "Karavai Velan Kovai" is an ancient literary work dedicated to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long established groups include the Moors, the Burghers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake And Tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. It was an undersea megathrust earthquake that registered a magnitude of 9.1–9.3 , reaching a Mercalli intensity up to IX in certain areas. The earthquake was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma Plate and the Indian Plate. A series of massive tsunami waves grew up to high once heading inland, after being created by the underwater seismic activity offshore. Communities along the surrounding coasts of the Indian Ocean were devastated, and the tsunamis killed an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. The direct results caused major disruptions to living conditions and commerce in coastal provinces of surrounded countries, including Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Towns In Jaffna District A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, ''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic ''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]