Mannar District (Tamil: மன்னார் மாவட்டம் Maṉṉār Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: මන්නාරම දිස්ත්රික්කය) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative...
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The Gulf of Mannar (/məˈnɑːr/ mə-NAR) (Tamil: மண்ணார் வளைகுடா) is a large shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean with an average...
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Mannar Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mannar...
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Mannar (Tamil: மன்னார், romanized: Maṉṉār, Sinhala: මන්නාරම, romanized: Mannārama, formerly spelled Manar) is the main town of Mannar District, Northern...
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Sri Lanka. The district covers the administrative districts of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya in the Northern province. The district currently elects...
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of Sri Lanka, is part of Mannar District, Sri Lanka. It is linked to the main island of Sri Lanka by a causeway and the Mannar Bridge, which carries the...
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List of Polling divisions of Sri Lanka (category Electoral districts of Sri Lanka)
covering both Jaffna District and Kilinochchi District, and Vanni, covering Mannar District, Mullaitivu District, and Vavuniya District. The first general...
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The following is a list of Tamil Hindu temples in Sri Lanka. Sri muthumari Amman thirukkovil, ayojanagama, kandy Sri Muthumari Amman Kovil, Mahaiyawa.Kandy...
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Eelam War IV (section Capture of Mannar District)
which was the last bastion of Tigers in the Mannar district. This marked the capture of the entire Mannar district by the Army which took eight months. On...
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District, together with Jaffna District and Mannar District, formed the new Northern Province. Vanni District was later renamed Mullaitivu District and...
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Adam's Bridge (category Landforms of Mannar District)
Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests...
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Mannar may refer to the following places: Mannar, Alappuzha, a town in Chengannur Taluk, Kerala Mannar District, one of 25 districts in Sri Lanka Mannar...
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Mannar Hospital is a government hospital in Mannar, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in Mannar District and is controlled by the provincial government...
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was the last bastion of Tigers in the Mannar district. This marked the liberation of the entire Mannar district by the Army which took eight months. Silawaturai:...
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1977 anti-Tamil pogrom (section Mannar District)
killed and the two younger sons were injured. P. S. Soosaithasan, M. P. for Mannar, claimed that the motive was not communal as the family had lived in the...
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Vanni (Sri Lanka) (redirect from Vanni District)
Sri Lanka. It covers the entirety of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya Districts, and most of Kilinochchi District. It has an area of approximately 7,650...
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The Mannar Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Vanni Electoral District, in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The winner of Mannar has matched...
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The Mannar line is a railway line in Sri Lanka. Branching off the northern line at Medawachchiya Junction, the line heads north-west through North Central...
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Provincial Council elections were held on 19 November 1988 to elect members to Sri Lanka’s North Eastern Provincial Council. The Indo-Lanka Accord signed...
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south-west of Vavuniya District near the district's border with Anuradhapura and Mannar districts. The site straddles the A14 Mannar-Medawachchiya road and...
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The archaeological heritage of Sri Lanka can be divided into three ages; Prehistoric (Stone-age), Protohistoric (Iron age), and historical period. The...
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Talaimannar (redirect from Talai mannar)
තලෙයිමන්නාරම) is a settlement in Sri Lanka located on the northwestern coast of Mannar Island. Sri Lanka's northern railway line was destroyed, disrupted or neglected...
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divided into five geographic provinces. Jaffna District, together with Mannar District and Vanni District, formed the new Northern Province. At the time...
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Bonda Mani (category People from Mannar District)
films in which he acted. Kedheeswaran was born on 19 September 1963 in Mannar District, Sri Lanka, where he was also raised. He was born as the fifteenth...
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killing of Tamils in Mannar town by the Sri Lankan Army Vankalai massacre, the killing of a family of 4 Tamils in Vankalai, Mannar district, in 2006 Madhu school...
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District Murunkan District Hospital, Mannar District Talaimannar District Hospital, Mannar District Valvettithurai District Hospital, Jaffna District...
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Palk Strait Bridge (category Bridges in Mannar District)
Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu (a state in Southern India) and Talaimannar on Mannar Island, an island off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. During the 2002-2004...
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north by Sivaganga District, on the northeast by Pudukkottai District, on the east by the Palk Strait, on the south by the Gulf of Mannar, on the west by...
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geographic provinces. Jaffna District, together with Mannar District and Vanni District, formed the new Northern Province. The district was colonised in 1936...
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Mannar Bridge is a road bridge in north-western Sri Lanka. It connects Mannar Island with the mainland and is the only road bridge to the densely populated...
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