Sandilipay
Sandilipay is a town located 10 km from the City of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The original name of Sandilipay is Kalvalai.[1] At this location on July 24, 1983, a number of ethnic Tamil civilians were shot and killed [2] by the Sri Lankan Army.
It is the home of :
- Seerani naaga poosani Ambaal Temple
- Jaffna's one and only river, Valukkai aaru.
Prominent people born or lived in Sandilipay
- Patkumam Sinnapodi - chief secretary, North-East Provincial Council
- Ambalavaner Sivanandan - author, director of the Institute of Race Relations, London
- Parameswaran Shunmugam - chief accountant, Health Ministry, Eastern province
- Vinodhan Kumarasamy - attorney at law - SLFP Organiser.
- Rajendram Rajanayagam - postmaster (pettah, CTO, Wellawatta); living in Denmark; broadcaster, Christian Radio Denmark trt radio (1997/2001)
- V.N.Mathialagan broadcaster, radio /TV; Radio Ceylon /SLBC Rubavahini, Toronto, Canada.
- Manickam Muthar - principal (J/Navaly Maha Vidyalayam), English teacher(J/Skanda Varodaya College, J/Manipay Memorial English School, J/Manthuvil Tamil Maha Vidyalayam), scoutmaster (J/Skanda Varodaya College)
See also
- List of attacks attributed to the Sri Lankan military
References
- ↑ Yaalpaana Charithram by A.Mutthuthambipillai, p.123,Tamil Mann Publication
- ↑ "INDICTMENT AGAINST SRI LANKA". TamilNation. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
Coordinates: 9°45′N 79°59′E / 9.750°N 79.983°E