Jaffna
Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is located in the most northern region of the island of Sri Lanka. The Jaffna peninsula is almost an island itself connected to the main island over an causeway at a Place called “Ali Mankada” or Elephant Pass in English. This was so named since this was indeed the route used by elephants to travel between the peninsula and the main island in the ancient past. The peninsula itself is a number of islands connected though causeways.
The peninsula has a history dating back to the pre christian times with the port of Dambakola patuna in the northern sea being one of the major ports of Sri Lanka connecting India. According to Mahawansa, the great chronicle of Sri Lanka, In 250 BC the sapling from the original Sri Maha Bodhi was brought to Sri Lanka though the port of Jambukola Patuna now called the Dambakola Patuna.
Jaffna was a predominatly a tamil area with a small minority of Singhalese and Muslims until 1970’s. Eth...
The peninsula has a history dating back to the pre christian times with the port of Dambakola patuna in the northern sea being one of the major ports of Sri Lanka connecting India. According to Mahawansa, the great chronicle of Sri Lanka, In 250 BC the sapling from the original Sri Maha Bodhi was brought to Sri Lanka though the port of Jambukola Patuna now called the Dambakola Patuna.
Jaffna was a predominatly a tamil area with a small minority of Singhalese and Muslims until 1970’s. Eth...
