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Discover Chankanai in Sri Lanka

Chankanai in the region of Northern Province is a town located in Sri Lanka - some 195 mi or ( 314 km ) North of Colombo , the country's capital .

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Local time in Chankanai is now 01:06 AM (Friday) . 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: Viramanikkatevanturai, Velanai West, Velanai East, Vasavilan, and Trincomalee. When in this area, you might want to check out Viramanikkatevanturai . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Chankanai ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Jaffna Town: Travel Video of Northern Tamil, Sri Lanka (யாழ்ப்பாணம்)

6:32 min by migrationology
Views: 49555 Rating: 4.89

Visit: migrationology.com for more travel tips and street food! Jaffna is the northern capital of the Tamil area of Sri Lanka. Not long ago it was the center of the Sri Lankan civil war, but today Jaf ..

Sri Lanka : Jaffna in a minute

1:57 min by Henk Groenen
Views: 6921 Rating: 5.00

Jaffna is on the northern tip of the Sri Lanka island. It was here that the problems were 10 years ago between Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan Goverment. But now it is a peaceful town. ..


Tilko Jaffna City Hotel

0:51 min by Kanapathipillai Rajenthirakumar
Views: 1621 Rating: 3.00

Star level hotel in SriLanka, Northern Province in Jaffna. ..

Highway Srilanka-Jaffna.AVI

3:12 min by Navaratnam Manikaran
Views: 625 Rating: 4.20

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Interesting facts about this location

Chankanai

Chankanai or Changanai is a town located 12 km north-west of the city of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Popular market known as Chankanai Chanthai (in Tamil Chankanai Market) is located in there. It is so popular, immigrant community in Toronto, Canada has opened a market with the same name in their new country.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.75 79.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Jaffna District, Populated places in Northern Province, Sri Lanka

Sandilipay

Sandilipay is a town located 10 km from the City of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The original name of Sandilipay is Kalvalai. At this location on July 24, 1983 number of ethnic Tamil civilians were shot and killed by Sri lankan Army. It is the Home of : 1. Seerani naaga poosani Ambaal Temple 2. Jaffna's one and only river, Valukkai aaru.

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Located at 9.75 79.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Jaffna District, Populated places in Northern Province, Sri Lanka

Batticotta Seminary

The Batticotta Seminary was an educational institute founded by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM)'s American Ceylon Mission at Vaddukodai, in the Jaffna Peninsula north Sri Lanka in 1823. It was closed in 1855. The reason for such a decision being that it was not successful in the mission of its founding namely, conversion of Hindus to Christianity. Sir Emerson Tennent judged the Batticotta Seminary equal in rank with many European universities.

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Located at 9.73 79.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: 1823 establishments, American Ceylon Mission, Christianity in Sri Lanka, Evangelicalism, Jaffna District

Vaddukoddai

Vaddukoddai (also spelt Vattukkottai, Vatukotai, Vattukotai) is small but important town in the minority Sri Lankan Tamil dominated Jaffna peninsula of Sri Lanka. It became prominent with the founding of Asia’s first modern university level collegiate known as Batticotta Seminary by the American Missionaries from New England in 1823.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.73 79.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Jaffna District, Populated places in Northern Province, Sri Lanka

Alaveddi

Alaveddi is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Northern Province.

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Located at 9.77 80.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Populated places in Northern Province, Sri Lanka