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Discover Punaidi in Sri Lanka

Punaidi in the region of Eastern Province is a town located in Sri Lanka - some 142 mi or ( 229 km ) North-East of Colombo , the country's capital .

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Local time in Punaidi is now 08:22 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Colombo " with a UTC offset of 5.5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Vellai, Trincomalee, Toppur, Pallikudiyiruppu, and Pallikkudachchenai. When in this area, you might want to check out Vellai . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Punaidi ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Ullackalie Lagoon

Ullackalie Lagoon is a lagoon in Trincomalee District, eastern Sri Lanka. The lagoon is fed by a number of small rivers including Verugal Aru and Uppu Aru. It is linked to the sea by a narrow channel to the south. The lagoon's water is brackish. The lagoon is surrounded by evergreen forest and scrubland. The land is used for subsistence fishing. The lagoon has extensive mangroves. The lagoon attracts a wide variety of water birds including ducks and other shorebirds.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 8.37 81.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Lagoons of Sri Lanka, Trincomalee District

Verugal Aru

The Verugal Aru (Verugal River), literally "flood or that which overflows"; is a river on the island Ceylon that separates the Trincomalee and Batticaloa Districts. The famous Verugal Kandaswamy Temple lies on its banks. It flows through Verugal town, just north of Kathiraveli. The river reaches the Indian ocean on the eastern coast of the island just south of Trincomalee. The river also feeds the Ullackalie Lagoon.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 8.27 81.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Batticaloa District, Rivers of Sri Lanka, Trincomalee District

North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The North Eastern Province was one of the provinces of Sri Lanka. The province was created in September 1988 by merging the Northern and Eastern provinces. This merger was declared illegal by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 2006. The province was formally demerged into the Northern and Eastern provinces on 1 January 2007. The capital of the province was Trincomalee.

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Located at 8.25 81.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Foreign intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Provinces of Sri Lanka

Kathiraveli

Kathiraveli or கதிரைவெளி (Paddy Field in Tamil) is a town in Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. It is located about 75 km Northwest of Batticaloa.

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Located at 8.22 81.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Batticaloa District, Populated places in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

Battle of Providien

The Battle of Providien was the second in a series of naval battles fought between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren near India during the American Revolutionary War. The battle was fought on 12 April 1782 off the east coast of Ceylon, near a rocky islet called Providien, south of Trincomalee.

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Located at 8.25 81.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: 1782 in France, Conflicts in 1782, Naval battles involving France, Naval battles involving Great Britain, Naval battles of the East Indies Campaign