Pandatharippu or Pandaththarippu or Pandaththeruppu () is a village in the northern
Jaffna District
Jaffna District ( ''Yāḻppāṇam Māvaṭṭam''; ''yāpanaya distrikkaya'') 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 ...
of
Sri Lanka
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. It is located approximately 20 km from
City
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of
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 ...
. It is also spelled "Pandathirippu". It was a mission location when the
American Ceylon Mission
The American Ceylon Mission (ACM) to Jaffna, Sri Lanka started with the arrival in 1813 of missionaries sponsored by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). Although they had originally planned to work in Galle, the Briti ...
(ACM) came to Sri Lanka in the 19th century. Dr.
John Scudder John Scudder may refer to:
* John Scudder (builder) (1815–1869), American builder
* John Scudder (physician) (1889–1971), American physician and blood specialist
* John Scudder Sr. (1793–1855), American medical missionary to India
* John A. S ...
founded the
Asia
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’s first western medical center in this village. It was also known as ''Panditeripo'' in ACM documents. There are number of schools some which were founded by ACM and Churches and Hindu Temples in the village.
Jared Bell Waterbury
Jared Bell Waterbury (August 11, 1799-December 31, 1876) was an American minister and author.
Waterbury was born in New York City, August 11, 1799. He graduated from Yale College in 1822. He spent upwards of two years in the Princeton Theologica ...
(1870) ''Memoir of the Rev. John Scudder, M.D.: Thirty-six Years Missionary in India'', Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, retrieved 7/19/2007
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References
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Villages in Jaffna District
Valikamam South West DS Division