Mannar, Sri Lanka.

Location

Mannar is located 325 north of Colombo

Reaching Mannar

The regular route to Mannar from Colombo is via Anuradhapura and Madwachchiya.

Mannar District

Mannar district of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka consists of an area that is part of the mainland and Mannar island, the largest islet in the country. The road to Mannar is through the dry zone region of Sri Lanka. While the landscape in Mannar district varies from wooded jungles to paddy fields and palm trees.

Mannar Island

Mannar Island, a dry, barren peninsula located in the district of Mannar, though called an islet, is in fact a peninsula formed in a shape of a tongue. At Talaimanar, the westernmost tip of the island, it is almost connected to the Dhanuskodi, the easternmost tip of peninsula of Southern India by a reef of corals submerged in the Palk Straits.

Apart from the thin strip of land that joins the peninsula to the mainland, Mannar island is also connected by the causeway over the shallow waters forming a 3 km stretch of A14 Madawachchiya --Talaimannar main road

The small fishing port of Mannar is located on the southeastern shore.

Mannar Island has been known historically by names of "Manthei", "Mathota", "Mahathiththa", "Mahaputu" "Mawatuthota". Mannar.

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