Manipay
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| Manipay மானிப்பாய் |
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  Manipay
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| Coordinates: 9°43′0″N 80°0′0″E / 9.716667°N 80°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| District | Jaffna |
| DS Division | Valikamam South‐West |
Manipay or Maanippaai (Tamil: மானிப்பாய்) is a town in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka. The original name of Manipay is Periya pulam.[1] It was a mission location when the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) came to Sri Lanka in the 1800’s. Dr. Samuel Fisk Green founded the Green Memorial Hospital in 1864 in this village. It was also known as Manipai. There are number of schools in the village, some of which were founded by ACM. The village also contains churches and Hindu temples.[2]
Manipay is often referred to as the Colombo 7 of Jaffna due to the fact that much of the Tamil community that has historically lived in the elite Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo 7 originally hailed from Manipay.
[edit] Famous Manipay Residents
Manipay has historically been the home or ancestral home of many significant individuals in Sri Lankan History. The town also housed a large number of powerful mudaliyars from the British colonial period. Such notable individuals include: Mudaliyar E. Nannithamby, father-in-law of Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan and Mudaliyar Namasivayam, father-in-law of Ponnambalam Arunachalam[3]. Other prominent personages hailing from Manipay who lived in the capital, Colombo, include: Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG, The Honourable Justice V. Manicavasagar and The Honourable Justice Siva Selliah among numerous others.
[edit] References
- ^ Yaalpaana Charithram by A.Mutthuthambipillai, p.123,Tamil Mann Publication.
- ^ Medical & Scientific Tamil Pioneer
- ^ http://www.jaffnaroyalfamily.org/ponnambalam.php
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Coordinates: 9°43′N 80°00′E / 9.717°N 80°E
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