Batticaloa
Batticaloa is a
major city in the Eastern
Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the
administrative capital of the Batticaloa District. The city is the seat of
the Eastern University of
Sri Lanka and is a major commercial centre. It is
on the east coast, 111 kilometres (69 mi) south of Trincomalee, and is
situated on an island. Pasikudah is a popular tourist destination situated
35 km (22 mi) northwest with beaches and flat year-round warm-water
shallow-lagoons.
Batticaloa is a Portuguese derivation.
The original name of the region being the Tamil "Matakkalappu"
(translation: Muddy Swamp). According to Mattakallappu Manmiyam the word Mattakkallpu consists Tamil words "Mattu”
Matta-derived from "Mattam” means 'flat' and geographical name KaLappu.
Mukkuwa named this place as KaLappu-Mattam or boundary of lagoon later it
became Matta-Kallappu or Flat Lagoon. Also, Batticaloa has a
nickname, "Land of the singing fish" due to musical sounds
that related to fish or aquatic creature in the Batticaloa Lagoon near
the Kallady Bridge. BBC Radio 4 was able to record the mysterious
sound in Batticaloa Lagoon. The sound was broadcast by Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in 1960s with the help of Rev. Fr. Lang, a Catholic
priest.
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