Manipay or Maanippaai ( Tamil : மானிப்பாய் ) is a town in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka . The original name of Manipay is Periyapulam . It was a mission location when the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) came to Sri Lanka in the 19th century. 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 104-year-old Manipay Hindu College and the 53-year-old Manipay Hindu Ladies College , both High Schools, are prominent. The village also contains Hindu temples and churches. The Manipay Maruthady Pillaiyar Temple stands out.
4-905: Manipay is often referred to as the Colombo 7 of Jaffna as much of the Tamil community who had historically lived in the elite Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo originally hailed from Manipay. 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 . Other prominent personages hailing from Manipay who lived in
8-431: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Colombo 7 Cinnamon Gardens ( Sinhala : කුරුඳු වත්ත Kurundu Vaththa , Tamil : கறுவாத் தோட்டம் ) is an affluent neighbourhood in Colombo , Sri Lanka located 3 kilometers south-east from Colombo's centre. Cinnamon Gardens is named from the former cinnamon plantation in this area. In the year 1789, there were 289 acres (1.17 km ) of cinnamon trees in
12-595: The capital, Colombo, include: Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva , KCMG , The Honourable Justice Deshamanya V. Manicavasagar , James T. Rutnam , Nagalingam Shanmugathasan and The Honourable Justice Siva Selliah among numerous others. Velakkai Pillaiyar Temple is a Hindu Temple located in Manipay. The temple is dedicated to Lord Skanda and his elder brother Ganesha. 9°43′N 80°00′E / 9.717°N 80.000°E / 9.717; 80.000 This Northern Province, Sri Lanka location article
16-542: The gardens. At present, Cinnamon Gardens is the location of the Prime Minister's Office , Independence Hall , Colombo Town Hall and National Museum as well as numerous foreign embassies and high commissions , located down streets lined with fine trees and mansions that are home to the country's elite. It is also the location of the Colombo Department of Meteorology and its observatory. Cinnamon Gardens
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