Madurankuli

Madurankuli is a town and an actively operate to be a city level in the suburb of Puttalam. It is also known as Madurankuliya(මදුරන්කුලිය) in Sinhala and மதுரங்குளி in Tamil; it is abbreviated as "MDK". It is a fast developing city in North Western Province, Sri Lanka with well-connected by roads and railway network, situated between Puttalam and Chilaw (in the A3 Puttalam to Peliyagoda road) town. This city is located 114 km away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo, accurately in North Western region at 7°54'43" north of the equator and 79°49'49" east of the Prime Meridian with most greenery and river environments. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city with over 3,000+ people around including all religions - Buddhist, Hindu, Muslims, Christian, living together with prosperity and harmony.

Madurankuli මදුරන්කුලිය மதுரங்குளி
City
Madurankuli
Coordinates: 7°53′36″N 79°49′20″E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	North Western Province, Sri Lanka
District	Puttalam District
Police Division	Mundal Police Station
A.G.A Division	Mundalama Divisional Secretariat
City Acronym	MDK
Local Authority	Puttalam Pradeshiya Sabha
Area
• Total	43.3 km^2 (16.7 sq mi)
Elevation	2.7432 m (9.0000 ft)
Population
• Total	3,000+ Approximate
Demonym(s)	Madurankuliyan
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (SLST)
Postal Code	61270
Area Code	032

Madurankuli is a growing commercial and agricultural area, it is famous for trading activities and agricultural cultivation and exports of Coconuts, Copra, Salts, Oil, Prawn Farms, Fresh Vegetables, and much more. And it is relatively a good city for business industry investments, because most of the lands are unused and now they are being used for building factories, farms, agri-business, real-estate and some other business activities.

Schools & Educational institutions

While the education rate is growing at average pace, several developments are taking place in the government schools and private schools, Non-profit organizations and other international government help with some amount of funds to the orphanages centres and rural schools around in Madurankuliya. As the policy of the Sri Lankan government, all Sri Lankan government schools offer free education and the people in Madurankuliya also enjoy this free education via the national schools in the areas. However, compared to the developed areas in the island, it is notable that a relatively fewer number of students enroll into the G.C.E A/L classes.

National schools

• P/Madurankuli Adharsha Maha Vidyalaya, Madurankuli
• P/Kanamoolai Muslim Maha Vidyalayam, Kanamulla
• P/Puluthivayal Muslim Vidyalayam, Puluthivayal
• P/Virudhodai Muslim Maha Vidyalaya', Virudhodai
• P/Kadayamottai Muslim Central College, Kadayamottai (Prev. P/Kadayamottai Muslim Maha Vidyalayam)
• Madurankuli Model School, Madurankuli

Private schools and Other educational centres

• Al-Baas International School, Virudhodai
• MH School of Excellence,Sembetta or North Madurankuli
• Mercy Education Complex (Mercy), Madurankuli City

Mercy Education Complex is a Non-profit organization located in the town. The main objective is to provide formal education to orphans, enabling them to meet the challenges of life without developing any personality complexes. This is a dedicated facility for Orphans education. It is committed to provide low-cost health care and education facilities and humanitarian assistance whenever needed regardless of any race or religions. It relies upon charitable donations from Zakat House of the Govt. of Kuwait. Govt. of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Peshawar Medical College and individual donations.

University

There is no University is located in the town of Madurankuliya. The only nearby institute which offered tertiary level education is the Puttalam Study Centre of "The Open University of Sri Lanka" (OUSL) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා විවෘත විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය, Tamil: இலங்கை திறந்த பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a national university in Sri Lanka. It is unique within the Sri Lankan national university system for being the only university to offer programs of study leading to Certificate, Diploma, Degrees and Postgraduate degrees up to Ph. D. level through the distance mode learning.[1] The degrees awarded by the university are treated as equivalent to degrees awarded by any other Sri Lankan University under the preview of the University Grants Commission.

• Open University of Sri Lanka, Puttalam

ICT & other institutions

• Nena Sala, Kanamulla (closed)

Historic

The main water canal is The Dutch Canal from Negombo passes through two main bridges in Madurankuli. One is the Mallampitiya Bridge and other one is Manthamanthivu Bridge. It was constructed during the Dutch regime by Dutch People to promote business in the most coastline from Western Province to North Western Province. Still tourist can drive from Negombo can drive on boats from Negombo to Puttalam using the Dutch Canal.

Social Networks

You may find news and other updates from the official online Social Networks. You may also share your thoughts, reviews, photos and discuss here on Facebook page .For more information please contact:

• Facebook - www.facebook.com/madurankuli.sl

Villages

There are over 70+ villages in Madurankuli which belong to respective Pradhesiya Sabahs; since 2005 every village is being developed with modern culture and standard of living, such developments are mostly in roads, public library, water system, cultivation, electricity, information technology, telephony services, with faster internet/broadband services, and much more. However, the town and nearby villages still suffer from some level of poverty. In recently (2015) the area explored to drinking water issues within villages. It is also apparent that more development projects with careful feasibility study are needed.

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List of near Villages

1. Kadayamottai
2. Kanamulla (Kanamoolai)
3. Viruthodai
4. Rahmathgramam
5. Sameeragamam
6. Mukkuthoduwawa (Thoduwa)
7. Madeenapuram
8. Puluthivayal
9. Palasola
10. Kivula
11. Kurinjavattai
12. Maraika-Senai
13. Nallandholuva
14. Pubudugama
15. Manthamanthivu
16. Mihraajpuram
17. Mallampitiya
18. Kongonimulai
19. Elluchchenaimundal
20. Suriwayal
21. Unawelli Wewa
22. Unawelisedawatta
23. Tungichenai
24. Sundisena
25. Sinnasolle
26. Sembetta
27. Sandichena
28. Pookulam
29. Philips
30. Pattayama
31. Pallikundawayal
32. Meegaha
33. Karaditivu
34. Kallamaducenai
35. Elluchchenaimundal
36. Attaditivu
37. Attadithotem
38. Amurdalechchimi
39. Wlusumanapura
40. Suhadagama
41. Pansal Handhiye
42. Unaveli

Incidents & Remarks

• Holcim Lanka Ltd., the cement manufacturer located in Kallady utilized the road way transport in 2004 to ship heavy duty equipment from Thoduwawa Beach. The said carrier vessel then diverted from Colombo Harbour after examining the conflicts in transport from A9 Colombo-Puttalam road.
• Numerous accidents have been reported at the Railway cross from Thoduwawa Road (nearby Madurankuli Junction)
• Prominent Politician visited Madurankuli: Honorable ... M. H. M. Ashraff, Rauff Hakeem, Mahinda Rajapaksa
• Madurankuliya Wind Farm is a Wind Energy project name. Later it has been renamed as Narakkaliya Wind Farm. Located in Narakkaliya, bordering the Lakvijaya Power Station, in Narakkaliya, Puttalam, Sri Lanka.
• Once a year, a Heavy Rain leads to flooding mostly in Kanamulla, Kadayamottai, Viruthodai, Manthamanthivu, Rahmathgramam and other places.
• It's so awesome to experience a Misty morning once in a year with raining and dark clouds all day long.

Misty Morning in Madurankuil

Geography & Climate

Madurankuli
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     20     30 20     14     32 21     18     35 23     55     37 25     70     37 26     40     36 26     50     36 25     104     35 25     119     34 24     188     32 24     145     30 23     51     29 21 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.8     86 68     0.5     90 70     0.7     95 73     2.2     99 77     2.8     99 79     1.6     97 79     1.9     96 77     4.1     95 77     4.7     93 75     7.4     90 75     5.7     86 73     2     84 70 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

Climate

The climate of Madurankuli is tropical, with a marked dry season, and temperatures averaging between 20 °C in January to 31 °C in February and March. Generally, it experiencing warm weather throughout the year. The most of the areas are wetter, with almost 2000 mm of rainfall per year, overall the city and the nearby areas are relatively cooler than the coastline Mukkuthoduwawa. The monsoon season hits the North Western Province including reasonable rainfall in Madurankuli. During April to June can expect a rain with heavy flood affecting the residence and several business.

Average Rainfall for Madurankuli, Sri Lanka

Climate data for Madurankuli, Sri Lanka
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	30 (86)	31 (88)	33 (91)	34 (93)	34 (93)	32 (90)	32 (90)	32 (90)	32 (90)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	32 (90)
Average low °C (°F)	22 (72)	22 (72)	24 (75)	26 (79)	26 (79)	25 (77)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	24 (75)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	16 (0.6)	19 (0.7)	22 (0.9)	63 (2.5)	54 (2.1)	87 (3.4)	130 (5.1)	140 (5.5)	111 (4.4)	192 (7.6)	141 (5.6)	71 (2.8)	1,046 (41.2)
Average precipitation days	1	1	2	3	3	2	3	4	5	8	7	4	43
Source: World Climate Guide. To check the current Weather - Visit: http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Madurankuli-weather/North-Western/LK.aspx

Businesses

The major businesses in Madurankuli are Coconut, Fiber, Charcoal, Agriculture, Shrimp Farms, Oil, and Copra. Much of the business here are traded and marketed in international markets - therefore the export rate is relatively higher than other closer cities. Other most higher businesses are retail stores like textiles, grocery, jewelry, automobiles, hardware, medical pharmacy, liquor, photo studio, electronics, vehicle service centers, music and entertainment.

Coastline businesses are primarily Fishing and hotels and restaurants.

Hospitals & Medical centers

Main health service provider is the Govt. hospitals located in Madurankuliya. From the recent development in the medical service in the area, a few private medical practitioners open medical services besides to the main hospitals in the area. However, it is found that most of medical services limited to the town area. Some of them are listed below:

Hospitals

• Ayurveda General Hospital, Nallandholuva
• Balasooriya Private Hospital, Puttalam
• Kottantivu Rural Hospital, Kottantivu

Private Medical Centres

• Sadeek Medical Center, Kadayamootai
• Sooriya Medical Center, Madurankuli

Religion

The area of Madurankuliya is populated by Buddhists, Muslims and Hindus followers. The area proudly stands as our of the great inheritances of Buddhist civilization in the island. Most of the Buddhist Temples (Viharayas) were built by ancient kings and they identified as "Raja Maha Viharayas" and are under the custody of the department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka. An ancient "Devalaya" known as "Kela Devalaya" also located in the suburbs of the area and as per the tales it was built a few centuries ago.

People belongs to Islam, Hindu and Catholic are also live in harmony in the area.

Festivals & Specials

The people in Madurankuli celebrate many traditional festivals centres on sacred shrines of diverse faith.

• All Buddhist temples celebrate the Vesak, Poson and Esela festivals commemorating the events of great importance to the Buddhists. In special months of May and June, temples organise offering campaign known as "Dansala" for visitors and residernts with the support of locals in the area. The ancient temples in the area offer religious services to the residents in Madurankuliya and focus on the development of mindfulness and body concentration while improving the virtue of the people.

These festivals feature colorful decorations, lanterns, illuminations and pageants where traditional dancing, drumming, costumed dignitaries and elephants are paraded.

• The St Anne's Roman Catholic church is located on a magnificent beach stretch in Talawila in the Puttalam district. The church draws thousands of pilgrims for its main festivals in March and July.
• The Ramazan, Haj and Milad-un-Nabi festivals are also celebrated by the majority Muslims in Madurankuliya especially at Masjidh's (mosques) or Plane Grounds in the town and nearby cities. These celebrations are mainly of religious character, recitations of Qur'an and distribution and sharing of cooked foods and sweets to relations and neighbors.
• The Munneswaram and Hindu temples are pilgrim centres of many devotees. People gather to worship deities and seek favours. The main temple of God Shiva at Munneswaram, comprises the shrines and has been built according to traditional Hindu style. Munneswaram celebrates its major festival in August where fire-walking is practiced.

Places of Worship

Madurankuli has almost all the worship temples from all the religion.

Buddhist

• There are Buddhist temples where several events of great importance to the Lord Buddhas take place. Mukkuthoduwawa is one of the prominent places where Sinhalese live with their religious centers in the surroundings. The area is of great importance in terms of Buddhist history of the island.

Islam

• Numerous Mosques or Islamic worship centers have been erected by the Muslim society. There are some Islamic Institutions providing Islamic education and engaging social services.

Christianity

• There are also numerous Catholic Churches found in Madurankuliya for worship with considerably many Christian people around.

Hindu

• Munneswaram and Hindu temples are also found in the town and nearby areas.

Sports

• Cricket is the primary sport played in surroundings and other close areas. There are several cricket societies found here; each society has its own teams. The official cricket ground is located in the Kadaymottai Maha Vidyalaya (School).* Every year there is Motorbike racing right after the Muslim Ramadhan festival organized by the sports society.
• And other major sports played are the Volleyball. This sport is also played widely and every year there will be a great event of volleyball in several parts of the Madurankuliya.

Culture & Traditions

Culture in Madurankuliya is similar as seen in major cities in the North Western Province. Cultural aspects are derived from the Muslim tradition here mostly and most people here much kind and actively socialized in the community. People here are very obedient and well mannered with other people, this has been in practice since over forty years. Most people here in Madurankuliya prefer their own business to own and run from several business industries. These cultural activities are considerably moving towards slump while the education rate increases. It is a piteous situation as elders to outlook the some cultural stuff being lost every day by modern technologies and influences.

Tradition in Madurankuliya are also considerably adopting to new changes here, which makes most people helpless and piteous towards the generation, which may result to lose the traditional activities and movements of the previous ages. Festivals like Ramadan and Eid Ul Ad-ha plays a vital role in the tradition category; Most people here celebrate the festivals to share happiness with their relatives and create numerous functions, social events and grand sports meet that brings teenagers and mid-aged people participate and have joy as others to build up the socialism in the Muslim and Non-Muslim community.

Coastline

Coastline, is all about the beach, fishing, and boating. The coastline is known as Thoduwawa. It is also widely known for its beach. This sea is of Indian Ocean facing the bottom south part of India. The entire coastline is monitored by the Sri Lankan Navy.

The primary business of this people are Fishing. There is a mini fish market where captured fishes are being displayed for the sale. We get almost all the popular fish species for curry. Usually the sea somewhat soft and often rough according to the whether.

There are resorts and hotels to facilitate the tourist and who visit the place.

Tsunami Warning

It is warned that the Thoduwawa beach is exposed to the tsunami or sea disasters. Marked as an evacuation zone, it is advised to move fast towards Madurankuliya route in case of coastline disasters.

Transport

Transport in Madurankuli is very convenient and has never been a hassle to travel anywhere within the country. And Madurankuli is located 114 km away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. And Jaffna is 224 km away. At the same time it is just 100 km to Kandy.

Air way

The city is near domestic and international airports.

ICAO Code	IATA	Scale	Service Range	Airport Name	City	Distance from Madurankuli	Airlines & Remarks
VCBI	CMB	Large	International	BANDARANAIKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	Katunayake (Negambo)	93 kms (2 hours)	SriLankan, Qatar Airways, Emirates, Thai Airways, Etihad, Cathay Pacific, Air Arabia, etc.

Rail way

The most convenient way of transport is the rail to several cities. This rail services works with specific time schedules. The services is Served by the Muthu Kumari (Pearl Princess) train. A route of 83 miles (134 km) along the North-Western coast.

• Madurankuli Station 3075. Comes from: Colombo, Ragama, Negombo, Chilaw, Bangadeniya, Mundel, Mangaeliya, Madurankuli, Nagavilluva, Palavi, Thilladi to Puttalam.

Arrival to MADURANKULI	Departure from MADURANKULI	Reaching to COLOMBO FORT	Train Starting from	Train Runs to	Available days of the week	Type of the Train	Train No
04:55:00 (4:55 AM)	04:56:00 (4:56 AM)	08:32:00 (8:32 AM)	NOORANAGAR	COLOMBO FORT	MONDAY TO SUNDAY	Colombo Commuter	3817
10:15:00 (10:15 AM)	10:16:00 (10:16 AM)	14:08:00 (2:08 PM)	NOORANAGAR	COLOMBO FORT	MONDAY TO SUNDAY	Colombo Commuter	3817
13:10:00 (1:10 PM)	13:11:00 (01:11 PM)	17:55:00 (5:55 PM)	PUTTALAM	COLOMBO FORT	MONDAY TO FRIDAY	Colombo Commuter	3820
17:05:00 (5:05 PM)	17:06:00 (5:06 PM)	21:10:00 (9:10 PM)	NOORANAGAR	COLOMBO FORT	MONDAY TO FRIDAY	Muthu Kumari	3828
17:05:00 (5:05 PM)	17:06:00 (5:06 PM)	20:37:00 (8:37 PM)	NOORANAGAR	COLOMBO FORT	SATURDAY AND SUNDAY	Colombo Commuter	3828

Road way

The region is served by an extensive rail and road transport system providing linkages to the major cities and ports in Sri Lanka. It has an extensive public transport system based on buses operated both by private operators and the government owned Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB). Some major roads include. The Bus services works throughout the 24-hour-a-day by private and CTB buses.

• A3 Road: Stops at all the towns from Colombo (Pettah) (152 km)

Route No	Start From/Runs To	Type	Time
04	Puttalam - Colombo	Private/CTB	4.30AM-8.30 PM
914	Puttalam - Chilaw	Private/CTB	6.00AM-7.00PM
07	Kalpitya - Colombo	Private/CTB	4.30AM-8.30PM
04	Anuradhapura - Colombo	Private/CTB	Anytime
87	Vavuniya / Mannar / Jaffna - Colombo	Private/CTB	Anytime

Communication

Communication is rapidly developing sector in Madurankuli. The usage of the communication is much higher compared to the previous statistics used for personal and corporate purposes.

Postal services

Post is one of the widely used service for corporate communications, look for the postal details below:

• Madurankuli Post Office - Phone: [phone].

Madurankuli Postal Code: 61270

International Courier services

In fact, International courier deliver anywhere in the world. And it's much easy in here to receive and post international courier through:

• EMS Post by Sri Lanka Post - Phone: [phone], Puttalam
• Dammika Express - Phone: [phone], Puttalam

Internet/Broadband services

Internet is the primary medium of communication by all users. Usage of internet is very high. The entire Madurankuli is facilitated with high reception and fastest 3.75G radio technology by the Etisalat. Whereas other network providers Airtel, Dialog, and Hutch offer 3G, WCDMA & EDGE.

• SLT ADSL
• SLT Wireless Broadband (4G/LTE)
• Dialog 4G

Telephony services

Telephone services are widely powered by Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) with quality services to every homes and offices. Others like LankaBell, Dialog CDMA, and Suntel provide Wireless Fixed Terminal (WFT) with good quality antenna reception.

Emergency

Police

Emergency:

• Dial:119

Responsible Division:

• Police Station - Mundal, Tel: [phone]

Nearby Police Stations:

• Police Station - Puttalam, Tel: [phone]
• Police Station - Chilaw, Tel: [phone]

Ambulance

• Balasooriya Hospital Ambulance Service, Tel: [phone]
• Kottantivu Rural Hospital Ambulance Service, Tel: [phone]

Electricity

• CEB Breakdown Call Center, Tel: 1987
• CEB Regional Office - Puttalam, Tel: [phone]

Muslim Janaza Services

• Kanamulla Grand Masjid (Janaza Service Team), Tel: [phone]

Telephone

• SLT Call Center, Tel: 1212
• SLT Regional Center - Chilaw, Tel: [phone]

Internet

• SLT Broadband (ADSL) Breakdown Call Center, Tel: 1242

Geographic Location

References

1. The Open University of Sri Lanka Homepage Retrieved on 23 November 2009

External links