Point-Pedro and Katcovalam, village scenes, Sri Lanka.

House on the Puloly road.

P{onit-Pedro town.

Palmyra seeds buried in the sand to make 'Panangkilangu' T - 'Kottakilangu' S.

Playing in the sand in a house in Katcovalam, Point-Pedro.

The village life and practice of centuries past goes on.

Point-Pedro, Thumbalai, to Vallipuram, Sri Lanka.

This old road which led to Maruthankerny by bus in the 1950s is tarred. This leads to the real old outback in the Jaffna Peninsula. These would have been thriving communities when 'Singai-nagar' (Vallipuram) was the capital of Jaffna nearly two millenia ago.The last picture shows the turnoff to Katcovalam.
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