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Udappu

Field	Value
official_name	Udappu
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Draupati Amman idol in Udappu.jpg
image_caption	The main deity at the Draupati Amman Temple, Udappu
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Sri Lanka
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	North Western Province
timezone	Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone
utc_offset	+5:30
utc_offset_DST	+6

Udappu or Udappuwa is a traditional Tamil fishing, goldsmithing and shrimp farming village, situated 65 mi north of Colombo the capital of Sri Lanka in the North Western Province. It is situated few miles north of Chilaw city and Munneswaram temple.

Topography

It is a coastal village bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean and on the south by Andimunai sand dunes a noted tourist attraction. It also has the Mundal Lagoon to east of the village.

Demography

The estimated population of the village is 15,000 people. The people of the village are Hindu Tamils and are generally considered to be Karaiyar caste. And other castes like, Ambalavanar and Asary(goldsmith). There are also Chettis. and practice their unique brand of Hinduism; their culture and lifestyle are notably different from other people engaged in fishing along the coast of Chilaw. Most of their neighboring villages belonging to the kindred Karave caste and are Catholics or Buddhists and identify themselves as Sinhalese.

Due to the continuing effects of the Sri Lankan civil war, there are also a number of Tamil refugees from rest of the country living in the village, specifically from the eastern Trincomalee district. People in the village are adversely affected by the effects of the civil war.

Culture

References

(English)
[http://www.defonseka.com/k21.htm The Maravar suitor] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-05-17 By Henry Corea (''The Sunday Observer''), 3 October 1960)
[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/development/archive/papers/fr.html Participation, patrons and coastal villages] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-06-11 [[University of Sussex]])
[http://www.adtlanka.org/Disaster-Preparedness-&-response/emergency%20response2%20udappu.htm Emergency assistance-Udappu]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060320235549/http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/template?page=home&src=static%2Fwebvideos.htm Udappu as a refuge UNHCR]
[http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2007/2238/ SRI LANKA: List of some abducted persons for the last one year][[Asian Human Rights Commission. AHRC]]
[http://brcslproject.gn.apc.org/slmonitor/march97/secure.html Securing Mannar] Sri Lanka monitor

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