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2. Taprobane Island (Weligama) - Wikipedia

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   Taprobane Island, originally called "Galduwa" [1] ("Rock Island" in Sinhalese), is a private island with one villa, located just off the southern coast of Sri Lanka opposite the village of Weligama. The island was renamed after the old Greek word for Sri Lanka by its owner Maurice Talvande (who styled himself as "Count de Mauny Talvande"), who ...

3. Poruwa ceremony - Wikipedia

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   The Poruwa ceremony appears to have existed in Sri Lanka before the introduction of Buddhism in the 3rd century BC. The Poruwa ceremony was a valid custom as a registered marriage until the British introduced the registration of marriages by Law in 1870.

4. Karaitivu (Jaffna) - Wikipedia

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   Extended in an area of 22.95 square kilometres (8.86 sq mi), the island is divided into nine village officer divisions whose combined population was 9,576 at the 2012 census. [ 2 ] Karaitivu is connected to Jaffna peninsula by a causeway and there is a ferry service from Kayts on the neighbouring island of Velanaitivu .

5. Katchatheevu - Wikipedia

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   The island was governed by British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1921. [3] Though the Indian government never controlled it, the island remained disputed until 1974 between India and Sri Lanka when India recognised Sri Lanka's sovereignty over the island. [4] [5] The island is located between Neduntheevu, Sri Lanka and Rameswaram, India and has ...

6. Galveston, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Galveston (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas.The community of 211.31 square miles (547.3 km 2), with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, [6] is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county.

7. Velanai Island - Wikipedia

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   Velanai Island (Tamil: வேலணை), also known as Leiden in Dutch, is a small island off the coast of Jaffna Peninsula in the north of Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are a number of villages within the island, such as Allaipiddy , Mankumpan, Velanai , Saravanai, Puliyankoodal, Suruvil, Naranthanai and Karampon .