Manipay

Manipay மானிப்பாய்
—  Town  —
Manipay
Coordinates: 9°43′0″N 80°0′0″E / 9.716667°N 80°E / 9.716667; 80
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Northern
District	Jaffna
DS Division	Valikamam South‐West

Manipay or Maanippaai (Tamil: மானிப்பாய்) is an affluent 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 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 village also contains churches and Hindu temples.^[2]

Manipay is often referred to as the Colombo 7 of Jaffna as much of the Tamil community which had historically lived in the elite Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo originally hailed from Manipay.

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 Deshamanya V. Manicavasagar, James T. Rutnam and The Honourable Justice Siva Selliah among numerous others.^[4] Many People here are known to wear Komanums

References

1. ^ Yaalpaana Charithram by A.Mutthuthambipillai, p.123,Tamil Mann Publication.
2. ^ Medical & Scientific Tamil Pioneer
3. ^ http://www.jaffnaroyalfamily.org/ponnambalam.php
4. ^ www.tissanayagam.com

External links

• Map of Manipay

Coordinates: 9°43′N 80°00′E / 9.717°N 80°E / 9.717; 80