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in there. Jaffna
College Institute of Technology, a polytechnic that is used for various vocational training requirements. and one more important secondary institute of education, Vaddu Central College
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that was founded as the
Batticotta Seminary. Jaffna College is one of the most famous colleges in Jaffna, and is the only private mixed school. Students come from areas such as Batticaloa and
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The name of the village suggests that at some point in its history it had a fortress in its midst, possibly from the
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in 1976 that articulated the view that minority Sri Lankan Tamils needed separation from rest of Sri Lanka to resolve their political problems.
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scriptures led to an important social transformation amongst the local Tamils because it began a process that led to a
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to be established within the small Jaffna peninsula (hardly 15 by 40 miles). The move by the seminary to study
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It became prominent with the founding of Asia’s first modern university level collegiate known as
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powers since 1621 has erased all evidence of a fort. The village became prominent during the
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temples at
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colonial period in Sri Lanka as it was chosen as location for one of the nine
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in Sri Lanka. The Jaffna
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466:Vaddu Subramania Vidyasalai
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201:Divisional Secretariat
57:Bhadrakali Amman Kovil
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726:Panguru Murugan Kovil
429:Vaddu Central College
119:Show map of Sri Lanka
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790:References
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316:Christians
314:and a few
302:Demography
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170:Sri Lanka
139:79°57′0″E
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353:Category
289:American
267:minority
263:වඩුකෝඩයි
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182:Northern
177:Province
136:9°44′0″N
34:වඩුකෝඩයි
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743:History
737:diocese
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368:Address
287:by the
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165:Country
371:Medium
359:Grades
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