Education

The first Sri Lankan school providing free education was established in Puttur. Hon Malzawarajar Kandiah established the J/Sri Somaskanda College (யா/ஸ்றீ சோமாஸ்கந்த கல்லூரி), originally a Hindu based college in Puttur. This was during the period when fee-charging Christian schools were dominant all over Sri Lanka during the British colonial rule

British Ceylon

British Ceylon refers to British rule prior to 1948 of the island territory now known as Sri Lanka.-From the Dutch to the British:Before the beginning of the Dutch governance, the island of Ceylon was divided between the Portuguese Empire and the Kingdom of Kandy, who were in the midst of a war for...

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Landmarks

The Sivan Kovil, many Hindu establishments, the American mission run hospital and the now free American Mission (Protestant) school, the pioneering J/Sri Somaskanda College are some of the landmarks of Puttur. there is an area in puttur called Vatharavaththai. To that area drinking water going from the Annachaththirim-Puttur through the pipes for (6-9Km).
this water supply scheme started by former president Hons S.Piremadasa in late 70's.

Festivals

The annual poongawanam festival (பூங்காவனம்) held in friendly competition between Puttur Sivan Kovil (புத்தூர்) and the neighbouring Avarangal Sivan Kovil (ஆவரங்கால்) were the climax of activities before the Sri Lankan Civil War

Sri Lankan civil war

The Sri Lankan Civil War was a conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka. Beginning on July 23, 1983, there was an on-and-off insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , a separatist militant organization which fought to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil...

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