Neervely is a village located in
Jaffna
Jaffna (, ; , ) is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a Jaffna Peninsula, peninsula of the same name. With a population o ...
,
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 is located 8 km from Jaffna along the Point Pedro road.
Neerveli is located in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka in the Valigamam East Region on point pedro Road next to Koppai North. Surrounded by water on all four sides. Contains water sources and fields. It is an agricultural village and famous for its banana plantation. It is rich in limestone. Nilavari well is located 4 km north of Neerveli. When Rama came to Sri Lanka water flowed to pierce Ambal's land. Rama and Anumar's entourage drank water from it. It is 180 feet tall. In course of time it became a big well. It also has many tourist centers like Pokkani. This is history evidence from "history of neervely "
.
Education in Neervely
*
Attiar Hindu College, Neervely was established in 1929.
* Hindu Tamil mixed school, Neervely South.
* Ramupillai vithyalayam, Neervely West.
* Four other schools
Places of Worship
* Neervely Kanthaswami Temple
* Neervely Arasakesari Pillaiyar Temple
* Neervely Vaikaal Tharavai Pillaiyar Temple
Agriculture
Especially Banana, paddy and other vegetables etc.
Neervely has Sri Lanka's leading big banana market too.
Industries
Building construction, wood and metal works
Bank robbery
On March 25, 1981, militants of the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; , ; also known as the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization, that was based in the northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eela ...
and
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) is a Sri Lankan Tamil political party and former militant group. Initially, the TELO campaigned for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in northeastern Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1987, until ...
robbed a bank van of Rs. 8. 1 million rupees near Neervely.
This was the last joint operation between LTTE and TELO.
References
External links
* http://www.neervely.ca
Villages in Jaffna District
Valikamam East DS Division
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