Public Library, Jaffna பொதுசன நூலகம் யாழ்ப்பாணம் in Jaffna

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  Ignatius Prasad

  :: 21 April 2018 13:37:20

  What a beautiful place and important place in Jaffna. We have took this photo in the evening time and it was closed.

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  Suneka Somarathne

  :: 19 April 2018 18:02:28

  Library with a great history. It is newly renovated. Could find so many rare books about almost everything.

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  Semund Simensen

  :: 06 February 2018 23:25:38

  Newly rebuilt library after it was burned in 1981. Butifull building, but only accessible for tourists inside between 1630 and 1800. Most of the indoor areas of the library are closed for visitors.

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  Dilax Sas

  :: 20 December 2017 10:31:03

  located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is one of Jaffna's most notable landmarks, and is run by the Jaffna Municipal Council. The library was built in 1933 and burnt in 1981. During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts.[2][3] In 2001, rehabilitation of the library was completed, with new structure being built and new books received, although its old books and manuscripts were not replaced. It is Sri Lanka's second main public Library only rivaled by the Library in Colombo[4] The building's classical lines and beautiful proportions make it stand out architecturally. It contains lush gardens and has been modernized with new facilities such as free-wifi that was added in 2016[5][6]

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  subakeethan sathiyamoorthy

  :: 07 June 2017 14:02:16

  The library was built in many stages starting from 1933, from a modest beginning as a private collection. Soon, with the help of primarily local citizens, it became a full-fledged library. The library also became a repository of archival material written in palm leaf manuscripts, original copies of regionally important historic documents in the contested Context[›]political history of Sri Lanka and newspapers that were published hundreds of years ago in the Jaffna peninsula. It thus became a place of historic and symbolic importance to all Sri Lankans