Varuthalaivilan
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Varuthalaivilan வருத்தலைவிளான் |
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 Varuthalaivilan
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| Coordinates: 9°47′0″N 80°2′0″E / 9.78333°N 80.03333°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| District | Jaffna |
| DS Division | Valikamam North |
Varuthalaivilan (Varuththalaivilan or Varuthalaivillan) (Tamil: வறுத்தலைவிளான் or வருத்தலைவிளான் or வர்த்தலைவிளான்) is a small town or village in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka.
It is situated along the Vallai–Tellippalai-Arali road between Tellippalai and Kadduvan. The Varuththalaivilan village Grama Sevaka (GS) division J/241 is located in the Valikamam North Division. The village is close to the Palaly Military Base adjoining Jaffna Airport at Palaly.
During the Sri Lankan Civil War, since 1990 the village has come under the high security zone and in 1990 the village was completely evacuated by the army. The inhabitants were permitted to return to some areas in April 2015.
The village has a traceable history of about 300 years. Maruthadi Vinayagar temple in Varuththalaivilan is about 300 years old and an Amman temple further north of the Vinayagar temple said to be even older. A pond and a large Terminalia arjuna tree (Maruthamaram) and a large banyan tree near the temple make a good landmark. The temple is highly revered by not only the people from the village but also from the people from neighboring villages.
According to word of mouth passed down by ancestors of the village, it was founded by few families about few hundred years ago and expanded into more than hundred families. Most of the families are interrelated and familiar with one another.
The village has been mainly an agricultural village but due to modern education initiated by the American Ceylon Mission in the early eighteen hundreds resulted in producing large number professionals. More details of American Ceylon mission is available at Yale University library web site.
Varuthalaivilan American Mission Tamil mixed school was established by Vinasithampy Thamppipillai in 1866 and it was functioning at the village until June 1990. The school building was located in the middle part of the village.
Varuthalaivilan youth league was kicked off in early 20th century. It owns a playground and Varuthalivilan community center which is located adjacent to cancer home but currently damaged
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