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Manipay
Manipay or Maanippaai () is a town in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka. The original name of Manipay is Periyapulam. It was a mission location when the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) came to Sri Lanka in the 19th century. Dr. Samuel Fisk Green founded the Green Memorial Hospital in 1864 in this village. It was also known as ''Manipai''. There are number of schools in the village, some of which were founded by ACM. The 104-year-old Manipay Hindu College and the 53-year-old Manipay Hindu Ladies College, both High Schools, are prominent. The village also contains Hindu temples and churches. The Manipay Maruthady Pillaiyar Temple stands out. Manipay is often referred to as the Colombo 7 of Jaffna as much of the Tamil community who had historically lived in the elite Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo originally hailed from Manipay. Famous Manipay Residents Manipay has historically been the home or ancestral home of many significant individuals in Sri Lankan History. The town al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manipay Hindu College
Manipay Hindu College ( ''Māṉippāy Intu Kallūri'', ''Manipayi Hindu Vidyalaya'') is a provincial school in Manipay, Sri Lanka. The college was founded by A. V. Sangarapillai, father of Senator Sir Sangarapillai Pararajasingam. Motto, Vision and Mission Motto For God and Country Vision To develop good citizens with social adaptability multi disciplinary abilities. Mission Organising resources and opportunities effectively to attain optional dedicate stage in physical, mental, social and spiritual activities of students. Principals Houses The students are divided among four houses named Sambandar, Sundarar, Manikkar and Vakeesar. The houses are named from the four foremost Nayanars (or Nayanmars) of Tamil Hindu saints. An annual sport of athletics among these houses held in the middle of the first term. Old Students Association (OSA) Manipay Hindu College Old Students Association (OSA) was formed in 1917. The main purpose of the OSA was to keep former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Memorial Hospital
The Green Memorial Hospital is a non-profit hospital in Manipay, Sri Lanka. It was founded by Dr Samuel Fisk Green in 1848. It is a charitable hospital run by Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI). Education This hospital was the first medical school in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and was used by Dr. Green to train more than 60 locals as doctors during his 30-year tenure in Ceylon as part of the American Ceylon Mission. Green Memorial Hospital is the second oldest teaching hospital in South Asia. Patient care In the middle of the 20th century, it was a state of the art medical institution that served the rich and the poor alike. Due to the civil war, by 2004 the hospital was in a state of disrepair. It is no longer considered to be a premier medical institution in Jaffna Peninsula The Jaffna Peninsula (, or ) is a region in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is home to the capital city of the province, Jaffna, and comprises much of the former land mass o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velakkai Pillaiyar Temple
Manipay Velakkai Pillaiyar Temple is a temple in the town of Manipay, Jaffna, Sri Lanka devoted to the Hindu deity, Murugan. The temple was built by Gate Mudaliyar Sivakolundu of Manipay and has been kept in the hands of his descendants to this day. Revenue for the temple is relatively low as compared to other temples on the island considering its location in a relatively unpopulated area; consequently, its upkeep and festivities is mainly paid for by the trustees of the temple and their family members, all of whom are descendants of Mudaliyar Sivakolundu. Trustees See also *Hinduism in Sri Lanka *Manipay Manipay or Maanippaai () is a town in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka. The original name of Manipay is Periyapulam. It was a mission location when the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) came to Sri Lanka in the 19th century. Dr. Samuel Fisk ... Notes External links {{coord missing, Sri Lanka Hindu temples in Jaffna District Murugan temples in Sri Lanka G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manipay Hindu Ladies College
Manipay Ladies' College ( ''Māṉippāy Makaḷir Kallūri'', also known as Manipay Ladies' Hindu College) is a provincial school in Manipay, Sri Lanka. 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. 12 schools are national schools ... References External links Old Students' Association, Canada Provincial schools in Sri Lanka Schools in Manipay {{SriLanka-school-stub Hindu Colleges of Sri Lanka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Fisk Green
Samuel Fisk Green (1822–1884) was an American medical missionary. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He served with the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) in Jaffna, Sri Lanka during the period (1847–1873) when it was the British colony of Ceylon. During his tenure he founded the Sri Lanka's first medical hospital and school in what later became the Green Memorial Hospital in Manipay in the Jaffna peninsula. He translated and published over 4000 pages of medical literature from English to Tamil as part of his efforts to train doctors in their native language. He was personally responsible for training over 60 native doctors of whom majority had their instructions in Tamil. Early life Green was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to William E. Green and Julia Plimpton as the eighth of 11 children. After his secondary schooling, he was attracted to religion. In 1841 he went to New York City and joined the Protestant Episcopal Board of Missio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagalingam Shanmugathasan
Nagalingam Shanmugathasan (, 1920 – 8 February 1993) was a trade unionist and Maoist revolutionary leader in Sri Lanka. He was the General Secretary of the Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) Early life and family Shanmugathasan hailed from a family of modest means in the town of Manipay in Jaffna District. He began studying history at the University College Colombo in 1938, where he first came into contact with communist ideas and met supporters of the Communist Party of Great Britain who had returned from studying at Cambridge University. In 1939 he and two fellow students were suspended, but soon reinstated, from the university for distributing anti-imperialist flyers after the outbreak of World War II. Shanmugathasan gained notoriety among the students after this action and in 1940 won in the student election to become General Secretary of the University Union Society. The next year he was elected President of the Society. In the meantime, he was organising a group of Communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |