My Village - Karaveddi
Sons & Daughters of the Soil....
V.K.Sittampalam (First SriLankan Postmaster General)
Chrithiran Sivagnanasundaram
Pon.Kandiah (First Tamil Communist M.P)
K.C.Nadarajah Q.C
Anton Balasingam
Sitta.Sittampalam ( President, T.E.S., Canada)
M.V.Krishnalvar ( "Koothu" actor )
K.S.Balachandran
Karavai Ponnian
Yoga Balachandran (writer and Media Personality)
Pandit. K.Veerakathy (KAVEE)
Poet. "Mannavan" Kanthappu
Do you know..?
Tamil Portions of the Sinhala film "Sarungalaya" (The Kite)
of Gamini Fonseka were shot in Karaveddi.
Mrs.Yoga Balachandran wrote the tamil dialoques and she is from Karaveddi.
I was offered a character as Brother in law of Gamini Fonseka in this film, but because of my shooting engagement in Pesalai for "Vaadai Katru" I missed this offer.
Chrithiran Sivagnanasundaram
First SriLankan Postmaster Generel of Ceylon,
Mr. V.K.Sittampalam sent his son to study Architecture in
India, but he spent his time in learning about Cartoon
sketching and returned as a Cartoonist to the dismay of his
father. Sivagnanasundaram also known as Sunder, Sivaji etc.
made readers to look forward to every issue of Thinakaran where his creation "Savari Thambar" appeared. He started "Sirithiran" a novel magazine to make the people laugh and think. Most of the characters in his cartoons were actual persons known to him in Karaveddi, his village.
Savarithambar, Sinnakuddi, Vicki etc.
Selva Sannithi Murugan is our salvation.
Karaveddi and its surrounding villages
celebrate Sannithi Murugan Thiruvila with
great enthusiasm.
Sannithi Murugan is called as Annathana Kanthan.
Some interesting pages...............
Karaveddy a small village..?
Sub Categories for Karaveddy (Vadamaradchi South West) - G.S.Divisions
Alvai
Alvai East
Alvai South
Aththai
Imayanan
Imayanan West
Kaddaively
Karaaveddy North
Karaaveddy South
Karaaveddy West
Karanavai
Karanavai Centre
Karanavai East
Karanavai North
Karanavai North West
Karanavai South
Karanavai West
Karaveddy Centre
Karaveddy East
Katputhu
Maththony
Nelliyady
Nelliyady East
Nelliyady North
Samarabahu
Thunnalai
Thunnalai Centre
Thunnalai East
Thunnalai South
Thunnalai West
Udupiddy
Udupiddy North
Udupiddy South
Valvetty
Valvetty Centre
Do You Know ?
Karaveddi, a small village in Jaffna district, is the birth place of many well known people - Professors, Politicians, Actors, Singers, Poets,
Directors, Writers....
The Poet "Nirvani" who wrote this poem is from my village Karaveddi.
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"Aththulu Vayal" comes in my short story "Engo Tholaivil" also.
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"Kiramathu Kanavugal" a radio serial written by me was broadcast for 6 months every week by S.L.B.C and well received by listeners.
This radio play was later released as Audio Cassettes(First time in SriLanka) and rebroadcast by many tamil broadcasting stations in Europe, Australia and Canada.
This play had Karaveddy as background and many land marks in and around our village are immortalised in this play.
Karaveddi can be named as village of temples. Vinayagar is our patron god.
Thachchan Thoppu Pillaiyar Temple
Kilavithoddam Pillaiyar Temple
Yakkaru Pillaiyar Temple
Kirai Pillaiyar Temple
Nunuvil Pillaiyar Temple....etc..
