Kallady () is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
within the
Batticaloa District
Batticaloa District ( ; ) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government A ...
of Eastern province of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
. It lies north of
Batticaloa
Batticaloa (, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu'', ; , ''Maḍakalapuwa'', ) is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the Batticaloa District. The city is the seat of the Eastern Univers ...
city. As part of ongoing
Sri Lankan civil war, the Kallady village has military installments.
2004 Tsunami
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 struck with an epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known in the scient ...
affected the village resulting in major loss of life and property. It has the
Samādhi
Statue of a meditating Rishikesh.html" ;"title="Shiva, Rishikesh">Shiva, Rishikesh
''Samādhi'' (Pali and ), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, is a state of meditative consciousness. In many Indian religious traditions, the cultivati ...
of
Swami Vipulananda
Swami Vipulananda (; 27 March 1892 – 20 July 1947), also known as Vipulananda Adigal, was a Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu social reformer, literary critic, author, poet, teacher and ascetic from the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. Vipulananda was an e ...
a noted social reformer
Batticaloa fishermen tell Prince Charles of their woes
Daily Mirror (English)
File:Kalladi Beach 1.JPG
File:Kalladi Beach 2.JPG
File:Kalladi Beach 3.JPG, Kallady beach
Education
The ''RKM Shivananda National School'' is located here.
See also
* The American Batticaloa Development Fund, new coconut plantation after 2004 tsunami
References
External links
RKM Shivananda National School
www.kallady.com
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Villages in Batticaloa District
Manmunai North DS Division