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Madakalapuva(මඩකළපුව) i.e, 'muddy lagoon' in Sinhala, Mattakkalappu (மட்டக்களப்பு in Tamil) and Batticaloa in English, is the provincial capital of the eastern province of Sri Lanka. It is also the seat of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka. It is on the east coast, 69 m. South by South East of Trincomalee, situated on an island. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ...
Eastern Province is a province of Sri Lanka. ...
Sinhalese or Sinhala (සිංහල, ISO 15919: , pronounced ], earlier referred to as Singhalese) is the mother tongue of the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka. ...
Tamil ( ; IPA ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamils in India and Sri Lanka, with smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. ...
Modern Batticaloa City The city has five main divisions. - Pullianthivu:Seat of many government department and offices, schools, banks religious places, General Hospital, Weber Stadium and Shops.Nowadays many NGO offices including ICRC, UN, UNICEF, WORLD VISION etc.are located also.
- Koddamunai: Schools,Banks,Sri Lanka Telecom regional office for East,Shops and many government offices are located. Two bridges called Perya Palam and Puthuppalam are connects Pulianthivu island with Koddaminai land mass.
- Kallady: Here there are many Government buildings and private industries, schools, hospitals and Eatern University Medical Faculty. Kallady Lady Manning bridge (the longest bridge in Sri Lanka) connects Kallady and Arasay.
- Puthur: This is where the domestic airport of Batticaloa is located.
Geography
Batticaloa Bridge and the Sunset Batticaloa district is divided into two sections by a lagoon. They are called Ezhuvan Karai or East coast and Paduvan Karai and West coast. Tamil people in these two sections differ in caste and are called Vellalar and Karaiyar, the latter being at the coast. Farmers live inland around the Kokaddicholai area. Kaththankudi is a suburb south of Batticaloa.Batticaloa mainly populated by Tamil Hindu's. Many ancient dams, irrigation tanks, and abandoned villages from ancient times exist in this region. This also near [jungle] areas.
Climate Batticaloa is one of three warmest cities in Sri Lanka; the others are Trincomalee and Vavuniya. The dry season in Batticaloa runs from March to November and the monsoon season runs from December to February. Batticaloa is regarded as part of the "dry zone" of Sri Lanka. Trincomalee District Map Trincomalee (Tamil: (Thirukonamalai, hist: Sirigonakanda); Sinhala: (Thirikunamalaya)) is a port city on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka, about 110 miles northeast of Kandy. ...
Vavuniya District. ...
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Average and high temperatures {listtable}} Jan - 28.9C(32C) Feb - 30.3C(33C) Mar - 32.7C(35C) Apr - 33.1C(36C) May - 34.7C(39C) Jun - 36.3C(45C) Jul - 35.5C(42C) Aug - 35.0C(38C) Sep - 34.4C(37C) Oct - 34.0C(36C) Nov - 33.4C(34C) Dec - 31.6C(33C) here C is degrees Celsius. The average annual rainfall is 14m (551in.); the average temperature 26.9C or 80.4°Fahrenheit. The MKS system as well as Celsius degrees are used in Sri lanka. For other uses, see Celsius (disambiguation). ...
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Educational institutions The first educational institution established in Batticaloa was St.Michael's College, founded in 1872. Other noteworthy intitutions are: Cecilias Convent, Hindu College, St.Vincent Girls High School, Methodist Central College, and Shivananda Maha Vidyalayam. The Eastern University of Sri Lanka(EUSL), located in Chenkaladi 12 km north of Batticaloa, was founded in 1980. Its development has been inturrupted by the civil war. It is the cultural and economic focal point of the district of Batticaloa and extends its influence towards Trincomalee as well. St Michaels College is a boys school in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka which was started in 1872. ...
The Eastern University of Sri Lanka is a university situated in the eastern province of Sri Lanka, Batticaloa. ...
Trincomalee District Map Trincomalee (Tamil: (Thirukonamalai, hist: Sirigonakanda); Sinhala: (Thirikunamalaya)) is a port city on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka, about 110 miles northeast of Kandy. ...
Religious institutions There are many Hindu temples in an around Batticaloa. Sri Thakkaiyageswara Kovil, Vaivy Road, Batticaloa, and Sivan Kovil, Navatkudha are important from a devotional point of view. The Mandur (மண்டூர்) temple is in the southern end, while the Mamangeshwarar temple is in the western-most edge at Muhaththuvaram (முகத்துவாரம்). The latter is a historic harbour and ancient Buddhist shrine, mentioned in the "Dhathu Vamsa". While the Dagaba and shrine in the Dutch Fort is the oldest (1st century CE), Mangalaramaya is a well known modern Buddhist temple in Batticaloa. The Colany Mosque, and the Kodddamunai Dharga and Madrasa are two note worthy Muslim institutions. There are a large number of mosques in the region [1]. Batticaloa is also well endowed with many christian churches of many denominations. St. Mary's Catholic Church (Co-Cathedral) hit the news when the Member of parilament, Joseph Pararajasingham was gunned down there in December 2005. Joseph Pararajasingham was a Sri Lankan politician known for his pro-Tamil Tiger views who represented the Tamil National Alliance party in the Sri Lankan Parliament. ...
Economic activities Rice and coconuts are the two staples of the district, and steamers trading round the island call regularly at the port. The lagoon is famous for its "singing fish," supposed to be shell-fish which give forth musical notes. The district has a remnant of Veddahs or wild men of the wood. Prior to the Sri Lankan civil war, there were large scale shrimp farms as well as fish and rice processing activities. Currently the economic activities are related to trading due to the effect of the civil war. Combatants Military of Sri Lanka Indian Peace Keeping Force Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders Junius Richard Jayawardene (1983-89) Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989-93) Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993-94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994-2005) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-present) Velupillai Prabhakaran (1983-present) Strength 111,000[1] 11,000[1] The Sri...
Transport Batticaloa is the terminus of a Broad gauge branch railway of the Sri Lanka Government Railway network. For other uses, see Gauge. ...
Sri Lankan Government Railway (former CGR – Ceylon Government Railway) is a key department of Sri Lankan Government under Ministry of Transportation with a great history begins 1858. ...
Demography Batticaloa is on the East coast, 314 km from Colombo. The population of 515,707 consists mainly of Tamils, Muslims, Sinhalese, Euro-Asian Portuguese Burghers and indigenous Vedda population. Earlier census data show more Sinhalese than today; but their population, as well as the Muslim population has decreased with the rise of the LTTE which engaged in ethinic cleansing against non-Tamil groups. The civil war in Sri Lanka has also led to many Sinhalese, Muslims and even Tamils to move to the south. Map of Colombo with its administrative districts Coordinates: , District Colombo District Government - Mayor Uvaiz Mohammad Imitiyaz (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) Area - City 37. ...
Sri Lankan Tamils also known as Eelam Tamils, Ceylonese or Ceylon Tamils and Jaffna Tamils are today a trans-national minority, and are Tamil people from Sri Lanka. ...
A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ...
Language(s) Sinhala Religion(s) Theravada Buddhism, Christianity, small groups of atheists, agnostics, Muslims, others Related ethnic groups Indo-Aryans, Dravidians, Veddahs, Bengalis The Sinhalese are the main ethnic group of Sri Lanka. ...
The Portuguese Burghers are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka, of mainly Portuguese, Tamil, and Sinhalese descent. ...
The Wanniyala-Aetto, or forest beings (This is the name they call themselves; the commonly known name is Veddahs in Sinhalese) are an indigenous people of Sri Lanka, an island nation in the Indian Ocean. ...
Combatants Military of Sri Lanka Indian Peace Keeping Force Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders Junius Richard Jayawardene (1983-89) Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989-93) Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993-94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994-2005) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-present) Velupillai Prabhakaran (1983-present) Strength 111,000[1] 11,000[1] The Sri...
Thus the 1981 census gave a figure of 10,646 Sinhalese, while the 2000 census records only about 150 Sinhalese. Similarly, the 76,000 Moors in 1981 has reduced to about 47,000 in the 2000 census. By contrast, the Tamil population of about 234,000 in 1981 has increased to about 353,000 by the year 2000.
The District of Batticaloa itself consists of several administrative divisions, which are: Manmunai North, Manmunai West, Manmunai South West, Manmunai South & East Pattu, Manmunai Pattu, Koralai Pattu North, Porativu Pattu, Kattankudy, Eravur Pattu, Eravur Town, Koralai Pattu and Koralai Pattu West. Some 515,707 persons (50.9% female) were recorded in the 2000 census, constituting 128,689 familes. Religion based statistics in the year 2000 are: Hindus 68%, Christians 5.9%, Molsims 25%, with a small numbers of Buddhists and others [Source: Department of Census & Statics, Sri Lanka]. These figures became evn more polarized towards Hindus during the LTTE occupation which came to an end in 2007 (see Eelam War IV). LTTE is an acronym or initialism for: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Known for their guerilla warfare forcibly killing every other independent groups aiming for seperate state. ...
Combatants Military of Sri Lanka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders J.R. Jayawardene Velupillai Prabhakaran Eelam War IV is the name given to the fourth phase of armed conflict between the Sri Lankan military and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. ...
According to the 2001 census, the total population was 486,447. Of which 6,345 were Sinhalese, 362,431 Ceylonese Tamil, 727 Estate Tamil, 114,111 Moor, 2,696 Burgher and 21 Malay. [1]
History -
Main article: History of Eastern Tamils How did the name originate? There are several versions of the origin of the name "Madaklapuva" (Sinhala), and "Mattakalapu" in Tamil. In analysing this, S. Caseichetty in The Ceylon Gazetter , 1834, explains the etymology of the Tamil word as arising from the Sinhala, which means "muddy lagoon". Fr. S. Gnanaprakasar has given a similar analysis. The word "Kallappu" does not exist in the Madras or Winslow Tamil lexicons, or in any Chankam literary sources. Madakalapuva was a part of the "Digamadulla" province of the pre-christian kingdom of Ruhuna which existed until the rise of the strong unified government of Parakramabahu. Other theories are found in contemporary Tamil writings. Thus, according to "Mattakalapu Manmium" a book about the history of Batticaloa by F.X.C.Nataraja the name "Mattakalapu" is claimed to have two possible origins. Since the honey production from the forests around the lagoon was very large, the people are said to have named the town in Tamil as "Mattu Kalpu (Thenaru Kallakum Nadu)" which literally means "The land of confluence of honey river". The word lagoon is claimed to be "Kallappu"in Tamil, but this is not supported by Tamil lexicons. Another legend, which contradicts the previous one is that a group of people called Mukkuva from Estern India reached their destination at the forests around the lagoon. It is claimed that he Mukkuvas gave the name "Kallpu-Mattam" which was called "Matta-Kallappu", indicating the destination of Mukkuva's voyage and the water is flat. These legends have no serious academic backing but have some interest as folk lore. Parakramabahu is a common name belonging to seven familially unrelated Kings of Sri Lanka. ...
Mukkuvar also Mukkuva are a social group or caste primarily a fishing community, living in the coastal districts of Kerala, south Tamil Nadu in India and also in Sri Lanka. ...
The batticaloa fort was built by the Portuguese in 1628 and was the first to be captured by the Dutch (18 May 1638). It is one of the most picturesque of the small Dutch fort of Sri Lanka, it’s situated in an island, still in good condition. Near Batticaloa the Portuguese had a tiny fort at Tanavare (there is a map of it but no remains) There is a 1st century CE Buddhist Dagaba inside the Dutch fort.
Early History The earliest historical artifacts are a dagaba and Chatra from the Ruhuna kingdom of King Kavantissa (1st century BC), found in the Dutch fort built in the seventeenth century CE. Many archeological sites dating to pre-christian times have been found in this region. Thus Lankavihara, Roththei (Roththa) temple, Kinnaragala, Rahathgala (Shanthamalai), Veheragalkanda (Pulukunai), eluvamulla(Pullumuilai), and Taaththon Kovil, are some sites identifed and listed by the Government archaeological survey. Many towns of the area show toponymic evidence, as well as evidence from stone inscriptions, of ancient sites related to 'Seruvavila' and other Buddhist shrines of the area. Thus "Eravur' is derived from "Serapura", where, on muting the 'S' and modifying 'pur' → 'vur', i.e., standard transformations well accepted by linguists, we are lead to its current name: "Eravur" Although a large number of ancient historical sites have been identified, archaeological excavations and detailed studies have been very limited. A map of the buddhist sites in the eastern coastal belt near Batticaloa and extending towards Trincomalee has been given in a "Buddhist Times" publication.[2]
History after the fall of Polonnaruwa With the decline of the Rohana sub-kingdom and the defeat of Polonnaruwa, coming with the rise of Chola power, i.e., from about the 13th century CE, these regions became wild. The many irrigation works (tanks etc., which exist even today) became home to malaria( see History of Sri Lanka). In the meantime, the eastern coastal region remained less affected by Malaria and began to be occupied. Thus sea faring people who had began to settle down along the coast since the Anuradhapura times, circa 6th Century CE began to flourish. The forests continued to be dominated by the Veddha population which claimed kingship ("cross-cousins") with the Sinhala kings of Kandy. [3] The second most ancient of Sri Lankas kingdoms, Polonnaruwa was first declared the capital city by King Vijayabahu I, who defeated the Chola invaders in 1070 CE to reunite the country once more under a local leader. ...
The second most ancient of Sri Lankas kingdoms, Polonnaruwa was first declared the capital city by King Vijayabahu I, who defeated the Chola invaders in 1070 CE to reunite the country once more under a local leader. ...
The Cholas were the most famous of the three dynasties that ruled ancient Tamil Nadu. ...
The recorded History of Sri Lanka boasts of 25 chronicled centuries. ...
Anuradhapura, ( in Sinhala), is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, world famous for its well preserved ruins of the Great Sri Lankan Civilization. ...
The Wanniyala-Aetto, or forest beings (This is the name they call themselves; the commonly known name is Veddhas or Veddas in Sinhalese) are an indigenous people of Sri Lanka, an island nation in the Indian Ocean. ...
"Mukkuva" or "Mutkuhar" are claimed to be one of the first such coastal people[citation needed] who migrated form India. The name of the villages and towns in Batticaloa are claimed to still hold evidence[citation needed] of these settlers, although no inscriptions, buildings etc., exist from these relatively primitive fisher communities. A fisher group of people called "Thimilar" who migrated from India are said to have set up fortifications in "Thimilathivu". The Mutkuhar gained the help of another Indian migrant group called "Pattaniar" (traders) and defeated the Thimilar who settled in "Verukal"(Veheragala), an ancient village near the Batticaloa-trincomalee boarder. The names of some villages are claimed to be associated with this war. A village near modern Batticaloa called "Sathurukondan" (Sathurukandavila), which literally means ambushed, is an example."Santhiwelli" (Kandavaella in Sinhala) is claimed to be the place where the Mukkuva Warriors came back to clebrate vitory. The resting place of the Warriors is claimed to be"Vantharoomoolai" (Vanduramulla). The Eastern University of Sri Lanka is located in Vantharoomoolai. The place where the Mutkuhar Pattaniar built a fortress to prevent the re-immigration of Thimilar isclaimed to be "Eravur". (In Tamil 'not to immigrate' means "Kudyeramal thaduthal" and "oor" means village, but this does not explain the "era" suffix. See .
According to Marina Azeez, [4], Moors who headed for the Eastern Sri Lankan coast, circa 11th century CE, arrived in Kathankudy (Kaduruduva) near Batticaloa. Today, Kathankudy claims the largest number of mosques per square kilometre in the world. Many Muslims of Madakalapuva are descendents of Moor refugees settled there by King Senerat 1n 1626, when they were expelled by the Portuguese from the south-west maritime region.[5]
In 1942, during World War II, Royal Navy Ships HMS Hermes and HMS Vampire were stationed near Batticaloa. Both these ships came under Japanese Aerial attack and were sunk. Some of the remnants of HMS Hermes still remain at around 9 nautical miles off Baticaloa.
Place in the current civil war The Batticaloa is claimed by Tamils organization like the LTTE as part of their Tamil Homeland, Tamil Eelam. The city has witnesses countless murders, rapes, mass massacres and wholesale disappearance of civilians, especially after Black July and the subsequent Sri Lankan civil war.[citation needed] Batticaloa is the primary focus of attention of Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, better known as Karuna Amman, a former LTTE commander who broke away from the main organization in 2004. The LTTE claims that "Karuna" feared disciplinary action from the leadership for financial and personal malpractices. Karuna operates his own political(Not yet recognised as a political party eventhough an application was submitted three years before) & military group, the Tamil-Eala Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal, TMVP. At first the LTTE attempted to eliminate the TMVP on its own and demanded that the Sri Lankan government not interfere. Subsequently, the LTTE called for the elimination of TMVP as part of the ceace-fire agreement. However, TMVP claimed to be a political party and asked for protection from attacks from the LTTE. It had no real option except to covertly collaborate with the government forces and function as a paramilitary group of the Sri Lankan Army. Thus the TMVP (referred to as the Karuna Group) and is strongly opposed to the LTTE. The division between the Yalpanam-Vanni Tamils and the Mattakkalapu Tamils is deep seated, involving caste as well as forms of Hindu worship. The Jaffna Tamils have considered themselves to be superiror to the Batticaloa Tamils. The conflit between Batticaloa Tamils led by Karuna and the LTTE has some parallels with the conflict between the Mukkavas and the Thamilars. The Muslims, another Tamil-speaking group, and yet have suffered ethnic clensing in the hands of the LTTE, commencing with the murder of 140 Muslims during prayer[6] The Muslims tend to be bilingual and are often in the cross-fire of the war. In a series of battles which began with the confrontation at Mavil aru (Mavil Oya) and Sampur (Somapura), Vaharai (Vihare) in August 2006, the Sri Lankan military in July 11, 2007, ousted the Tamil Tigers from their last stronghold of Thoppigala (Batticaloa province) in Eastern Sri Lanka.[7] The LTTE defeat is considered to be a major blow to the Tiger regime which now controls only the Vanni area of northern Sri Lanka. qq This article is about Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. ...
Area of Sri Lanka claimed for Tamil Eelam Political status Unrecognized state Languages Tamil (de facto official) English Capital Trincomalee[1][2] (claimed) Kilinochchi (effective) Independence (from Sri Lanka) No official declaration Area 19,509 km² claimed[3] Population (of claimed area) 3,162,254 (2001)[4] Currency Sri Lankan...
1990 Batticaloa massacre also known as Sathurukondan massacre is an infamous massacre of 180 or 184 refugees including infants from 3 villages close to Batticaloa by the LTTE personnel on September 9, 1990. ...
Location of Sri Lanka Black July is the commonly used name of the pogroms starting in Sri Lanka on July 23, 1983. ...
Combatants Military of Sri Lanka Indian Peace Keeping Force Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders Junius Richard Jayawardene (1983-89) Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989-93) Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993-94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994-2005) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-present) Velupillai Prabhakaran (1983-present) Strength 111,000[1] 11,000[1] The Sri...
Karuna Amman was the second highest commanding officer of the LTTE who broke away due to Tigers attacks on civilians in Batticaloa, corruption within LTTE and the recruitment of child soldiers. ...
LTTE is an acronym or initialism for: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Known for their guerilla warfare forcibly killing every other independent groups aiming for seperate state. ...
Tamileela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (Tamil: தமிழீழ மகà¯à®•à®³à¯ விடà¯à®¤à®²à¯ˆà®ªà¯à®ªà¯à®²à®¿à®•à®³à¯, English: Tamileela Peoples Liberation Tigers) is a political party and paramilitary group formed in 2004 by break-away LTTE Military Head of Batticaloa district V. Muralitharan (Colonel Karuna). ...
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2004 Tsunami The town was also one of the worst hit during the Tsunami of Dec 26, 2004. The water rose up to 4.7 meters ( 15 feet ) within 90 minutes of the beginning of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. For other uses, see Tsunami (disambiguation). ...
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See also The Portuguese Burghers are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka, of mainly Portuguese, Tamil, and Sinhalese descent. ...
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Maps Detailed map of Batticaloa and Sri Lanka
References This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Encyclopædia Britannica, the eleventh edition The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ...
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- ^ Strategic importance of Pulianteevu (Kotidoova) fort, built by Wimaladharmasuriya, King of Kandy, see Arasaratnam',Ceylon J. History & Social Sciences, vol.6,#1
- ^ History of Batticaloa in Tamil
- ^ Mattakkalappu Poorva Sariththiram History of Batticalao in Tamil
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