• Karaitivu (Tamil: காரைதீவு, romanized: Kāraitīvu; Sinhala: කාර දිවයින Kãra Divaina) is an island off the coast of Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka...
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  • Karaitivu (Tamil: காரைதீவு) may refer to Karaitivu (Ampara), a town in Ampara District, Sri Lanka Karaitivu (Jaffna), an island in Jaffna District, Sri...
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    Sangupiddy Bridge (category Bridges in Jaffna District)
    a road bridge across Jaffna Lagoon in northern Sri Lanka. It connects Sangupiddy in Kilinochchi District to Karaitivu in Jaffna District. It is one of...
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    Casuarina Beach (category Landforms of Jaffna District)
    Casuarina Beach is in Karainagar, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Jaffna. The Casuarina Beach in Karainagar is also called...
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  • 1985 anti-Tamil violence in Karaitivu refers to the organised violence directed at the Tamil civilian population of Karaitivu, Ampara by Sri Lankan Muslim...
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    scholars identify Naga Nadu with the Jaffna Peninsula, and Manipallavam with Nainativu. Other scholars identify Karaitivu as Manipallavam. Senarath Paranavithana...
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    eastern parts of the islands. The most prominent islets are west of the Jaffna Peninsula in the Northern Province. Many of these islands were given Dutch...
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  • Velanai Central College in Velanai, Sri Lanka Vipulananda Central College, Karaitivu Weera Keppetipola Central College, Akuramboda, Matale District Wellawa...
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    Chavakachcheri, Jaffna, Kodikamam, Kopay, Navatkuli and Pallai. The ground sump at Kaddudai will pump water, via transmission mains, to Karaitivu and Velanaitivu...
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  • This is a list of Archaeological Protected Monuments in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. "Protercted Monument List 2012-12-12" (PDF). Department of Archaeology...
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    Karainagar (category Towns in Jaffna District)
    காரைநகர்) (pronounced Kaarai-Nagar) is located 20 km from Jaffna, Sri Lanka, on the Karaitivu (Island). In Tamil, it means the many karai trees but also...
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  • Akkaraipattu Sivan Temple, Natpiddimuani, Kalmunai Sivan Temple, Vedduvaikkal, Karaitivu Sivan Temple, Vinayagapuram, Thirukkovil Sivapuram, Kalmunai Sri Ampalathady...
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    anti-Tamil pogrom in Karaitivu - organised violence by Muslim mobs and security forces, which targeted the Tamil population of Karaitivu in 1985. 1985 Trincomalee...
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  • Gulf of Mannar near Silavaturai, the town shares a history with nearby Karaitivu Island, the ancient port town of Mannar and the Ketheeswaram temple. Kudiramalai...
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    astronomer. Ambalavanar was born in 1865 in Karainagar on the island of Karaitivu in northern Ceylon. He was the son of Kanthappar Subramaniar and Paravathy...
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    and a population of 1,061,315, making it the least populated province. Jaffna is the capital city of the province. Between 1988 and 2006, the province...
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  • This continued in the 1960s with the deployment of the Sri Lankan Army in Jaffna, who were reported to have molested and occasionally raped Tamil women....
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  • these two incidents, those displaced from the temple sought refuge at the Karaitivu Maha Vidyalayam School. On July 3, the military once again rounded up...
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    including Puvagu (modern Pungudutivu), Mininak (Maninaga), and Kara (modern Karaitivu). The inscription states that Nissankamalla visited these islands during...
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    Kalawaanchikudy Eruvil Kallaaru Thurai Neelavanai Kalmunai Veeramunai Karaitivu Akkaraipatru Kolavil Pattimedu Thambiluvil Vatrapalai Pungudutheevu Vannaangkulam...
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    Fort Hammenhiel (category Archaeological protected monuments in Jaffna District)
    islands of Kayts and Karaitivu of Jaffna Peninsula in Northern Sri Lanka. The Portuguese built the fort, to guard the entrance to the Jaffna peninsula, in the...
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    Kapputhoor Veli, Karainagar, Karaveddy, Karampanthoor, Karanthai Vaddavaan, Karaitivu, Karunkandalvannakulam, Kayts, Kerudavil, Kea Thoovu, Kilinochchi, Kokavil...
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    Hulanuge, Lahugala, Pottuvil, Komari, Thirukovil, Akkaraipattu, Oluvil, Karaitivu, Kalmunai, Periyakallar, Chettipalayam, Arayampathy, and Kattankudy. Bus...
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    Kalawaanchikudy Eruvil Kallaaru Thurai Neelavanai Kalmunai Veeramunai Karaitivu Akkaraipatru Kolavil Pattimedu Thambiluvil Vatrapalai Pungudutheevu Vannaangkulam...
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    west of the Bay of Bengal coast. It lies between the towns of Ampara and Karaitivu along the A31 road. It is surrounded by paddy fields and it is renowned...
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    AB016 Jaffna - Kankesanturai 18.5 AB017 Jaffna - Manipay - Karainagar 27.21 AB018 Jaffna - Palali 17.3 AB019 Jaffna - Pannai - Kayts 19.31 AB020 Jaffna -...
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  • ISBN 978-955-9447-04-7. "35th anniversary of Tamil Conference victims held in Jaffna". TamilNet. 11 January 2009. Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam (1994). S.J.V.Chelvanayakam...
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  • government, erupted between Tamils and Muslims living in the Kalmunai-Karaitivu area, causing Ashraff to re-locate to Colombo. Controversially, Ashraff...
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  • ISBN 978-955-9447-04-7. "35th anniversary of Tamil Conference victims held in Jaffna". TamilNet. 11 January 2009. "Asia Report N°134 - Sri Lanka's Muslims: Caught...
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  • March 2008 and are therefore not due until 2012. Elections to two LAs (Jaffna MC & Vavuniya UC) were previously held on 8 August 2009 and are therefore...
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