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Sangarathai Destination Guide

Discover Sangarathai in Sri Lanka

Sangarathai in the region of Northern Province is a place located in Sri Lanka - some 194 mi or ( 312 km ) North of Colombo , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Sangarathai

Local time in Sangarathai is now 04:17 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Colombo " with a UTC offset of 5.5 hours. Depending on your mobility, 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 discovered 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 Sangarathai ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

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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The Road to Jaffna - FLC 4

1:27 min by srilankaunitesmedia
Views: 389 Rating: 5.00

Sri Lankan Youth Across the Island and Around the World are Gathered in the Great City of Jaffna ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.73 79.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 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 2 km away
Tags: Jaffna District, Populated places in Northern Province, Sri Lanka

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.

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Located at 9.75 79.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Jaffna District, Populated places in Northern Province, Sri Lanka

Navaly church bombing

The Navaly Church bombing was the bombing of The Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Navaly or Navali in the Jaffna peninsula in Sri Lanka by the Sri Lankan Air Force. It is estimated that at least 125 civilians, who found refuge from the fighting inside the church, have died as a result of this incident. The victims included men, women and children

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.72 79.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: 1995 in Sri Lanka, Aerial bombing in Sri Lanka, Civilian massacres in Sri Lanka, Human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, Mass murder in 1995, Mass murder of Sri Lankan Tamils, Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lankan government forces attacks in Eelam War II

Navaly

Navaly or Navaaly is a town in the Jaffna District of Sri Lanka and it is located about 8 km from Jaffna.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.72 79.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Jaffna District, Populated places in Northern Province, Sri Lanka