( Tirukŏṇamalai, Trikuṇāmalaya) is one of the 25 administrative districts
of Sri Lanka
. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary
(previously known as a Government Agent
) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka
. The headquarters is located in Trincomalee town
Before the Birth of Christ
Natural disasters affected the Eastern Province population throughout history.
Nagas and Yakshas are the first settlers of the island.
The local population is a mixture of Tamils and Sinhalese.
Ancient name of Tamiravarni derives from the colour of the soil. Tamira means red. Varni means colour. Thus the name Vanni or Varni and it is a mutated name from Tamiravarni, Tambravarni, Tambapanni or Tammanna. A river called Tamirabharani is located in Tuticorin
area and there was a connection of land which kept both countries together during ancient times. The name Tamil is derived from Tamir.Mahawamsa
narrates that Prince Vijaya
, a cruel lawless bandit prince and 700 drifter gangsters who were banished from their motherland, landed in Sri Lanka at this place around 500 B.C. and called this place Tambapanni
. They married Tamil brides from Pandya Nadu. Pandyan
princes started ruling the land afterwards with prefixes of Pandu
Vijaya and his clan came from Sindh
. They landed in Hela Diva
. From that cross breeding the name Sinhala came to all the progeny of these immigrants (Sind + Hela = Sinhala).
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