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The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The capital of the district is Mannar , which is located on Mannar Island .
Mannar: 7 September 1973: Ancient rampart and moat [4] Mannar baobab tree: Pallimunai: Mannar: 28 January 1955 [5] Mannar fort: Mannar: 11 April 1974 [6] Mannar Island Lighthouse (old) (Urumalai light house) Urumalai: Talaimannar Village South: Mannar: 25 March 2016: Old light house [2] Mundanputti doss house: Mundanputti: Manthai West: 17 May ...
Mannar (Tamil: மன்னார், romanized: Maṉṉār, Sinhala: මන්නාරම, romanized: Mannārama, formerly spelled Manar) is the main town of Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is governed by an Urban Council.
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History of Mannar District (1 C, 3 P) P. People from Mannar District (1 C, 3 P) Politics of Mannar District (2 P) Populated places in Mannar District (2 C) S.
Mannar Island, an island within the district; Mannar Bridge, a bridge connecting the island to the mainland; Mannar, Sri Lanka, a large town on the island; Mannar Electoral District, an historical electoral district between 1947 and 1989; Mannar line, railway line which runs onto the island via a separate bridge
The Kingdom of Tambapaṇṇī was founded by Prince Vijaya, the first Sinhalese King, and 700 of his followers after landing in Sri Lanka in an area near modern-day Mannar, which is believed to be the district of Chilaw. [11] It is recorded that Vijaya made his landing on the day of Buddha's death. [12]
In 1945 Fr. Antoninus, O.M.I. using ancient maps of Mannar from Survey Department find the site known to local residents as Paddi Theravai (open plain of Patti) about half a mile west of the 2nd mile post on Mannar- Talaimannar Rord to be the location of Patim. Excavation carried out by Fr. Antoninus in that location found ruins of a Church, a ...