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	WWW Virtual Library: Sri Lanka disaster - MATARA: Survivors in Sri Lanka count blessings
		Matara, Sri Lanka: In the horror of Sri Lanka's tidal wave tragedy, undertaker Mahilal Punchihewa manages to raise a smile.
		Despite their bloody wounds and little hope of returning home soon, foreign tourists at the hospital in the coastal town of Matara, 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Colombo, are counting their blessings.
		On Matara's waterfront, retired army major general Krishan de Silva salvages a few electrical appliances from the little left of his childhood home.
	www.lankalibrary.com /news/matara.htm

	ABOUT MATARA
		About 5km (3 miles) east of Matara is Dondra Head, Sri Lanka's southernmost extremity, with a tail lighthouse for a landmark and fine views of the coast to either side.
		It's a quiet place, though centuries ago it was one of the most important entrepots for Sri Lanka's spice and gem trade with the Middle East.
		With around 40,000 in habitants, Matara is the largest town on the south coast and, as the terminus of the railway line from Colombo, is the gateway to the region.
	www.sritravel.8m.net /matara.htm

	Urlaub in Matara, Matara - Sri Lanka - , Sri Lanka
		Sri Lanka in Matara wäre ein guter Anlaufpunkt, wenn Sie eine Übernachtung in Matara suchen.
		Urlaub in Matara, Matara - Sri Lanka -, Sri Lanka
		Wir hätten da zum Beispiel folgende Unterkunft zu bieten: Sri Lanka in Matara.
	www.ferienhaus24.de /s/urlaub/2541_Sri_Lanka_Matara.html

	Tsunami News for Matara, Sri Lanka
		Renovation and reconstruction of hospitals in Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Kalmunai and...
		The Matara district was the second worst hit in terms of child tsunami victims with 257 children in welfare camps.
		Purana Viharaya and the Secretary of Sasanarakshaka Sabava, Matara, Ven.
	danger.mongabay.com /earthquake/2004/Matara.html

	Sri Lanka - Travel Information - Matara
		Matara 160km (100miles) from Colombo, has a population of around 40,000 and is the eighth biggest town on the island.
		An ancient settlement, matara has been occupied by the portuguese, Dutch and English and reflects the different influences of these various visitors.
		Much of the old town lies within Matara Fort, which was erected by the Dutch.
	www.lankainfo.com /travelinformation/matara.htm

	Sri lanka Information Directory - Matara
		Matara is a fascinating place situated on the banks of Nilwala River and The Blue Ocean in the South, unique to it's own nature and culture.
		Also Matara district has highly varying bio diversity from evergreen dense tropical forests to dry zones where annual rain fall is lower than 1000mm.
		Matara has a great locations for travelers consisting of white sandy beaches, ancient fortresses, famous Buddhist temples, and many other.
	www.helikcd.com /Sri_Lanka_Matara.htm

	Matara - Travel Guide to Matara , Sri Lanka
		Matara fort built by the Dutch around 1640 is a fortification of a Portuguese garrison.
		There are several beautiful and less crowded beaches along the coast between Galle and Matara and the closest to the town is at Polhena.
		Dikkawella Wevurukannala Temple 20 kM east of Matara has one of the most unusual objects for a temple.
	www.explorelanka.com /places/south/matara.htm

	Welcome to eMatara.com - Tour of Matara !
		Matara is situated in the southern province of Sri Lanka.
		Matara is full of natural scenic beauty, which is an attraction to the tourists.
		Polhena is a sea bathing spot situated in the city limits of Matara.
	www.ematara.com /html/tour.htm

	Lions Club Of Matara
		Inaugurated in 1967 District 306-A, Matara Sri Lanka
		Convent of Mary Immaculate, Matara and the Adjoining Maha Maya Girls Collage are badly damaged.
		This is the oldest club in the revenue district of Matara and has extended several Clubs in and around Matara.
	mataralionsclub.org

	Matara Trust - Sri Lanka
		The Matara Trust was formed by a group of young friends who have dear friends in all parts of Matara District.
		The objective is to assist with continuously improving the standard of living of the people of Matara.
		Our objective in this project is to restore dignity to affected families in an identified economic community, restoring their standard of living beyond what they enjoyed prior to the Tsunami disaster.
	www.mataratrust.lk

	Sri Lanka - Travel Information - Matara Dondra
		5km (3miles) southeast of Matara, means " The City of the God " and is the southernmost point of Sri lanka, marked by an octagonal lighthouse which is the tallest on the island, standing at 54 metres (176ft).
		About 2km (1mile) along the road out of Dikwella in Sri Lanka, 50meters (164ft) high, which was built in the 1960s.
		The tawdry modern buildings still host a ten-day fair and perahera, venerating the Hindu god Vishnu (as opposed to Buddha) coinciding with the Kandyan Perahera in july/ August.
	www.lankainfo.com /travelinformation/dondra.htm

	Matara Attractions - Matara Travel Guide - SriLanka
		During their occupation of Sri Lanka the Dutch built a small outpost fort on the north bank of the Nilwala estuary at Matara in the form of a five-pointed star, in order to guard the river crossing.
		The colourful, somewhat garish, modern Wewurukaimala Temple at Dikwella village near Matara is quite an eyeful, featuring hundreds of brightly painted and gilded models depicting scenes from the life of Buddha, and numerous murals, some of them rather ghoulish.
		There is also a Buddha effigy that is one of the world’s tallest, equalling the height of a five-storey building, which visitors can ascend on the inside to enjoy the view from the top.
	www.wordtravels.com /Cities/SriLanka/Matara/Attractions

	Cricinfo - Sri Lanka cricketers visit Matara Cricket-Aid camp
		The cricketers visited Sri Lanka Cricket's Cricket-Aid camp in Matara, the first of four emergency camps to be opened across the island.
		Sri Lanka's cricketers toured the south coast over the weekend, distributing food, medicine, clothing and toys and meeting with tsunami victims in emergency relief camps in Matara, Tangalle and Hambantota.
		Sri Lanka Cricket's Cricket-Aid programme is seeking to help address this situation by providing trauma counselling training this week to the volunteers that will be working in their camps across the island.
	www.cricinfo.com /db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2005/JAN/159803_SLC-NEWS_17JAN2005.html

	Sri Lankan SEP holds meeting in tsunami-affected Matara
		Matara is a district capital in the southern coastal belt of Sri Lanka, one of the areas badly hit by the tsunami, with many people left destitute.
		Mahinda Wijesekara, the former fisheries minister and MP for Matara, called two meetings at his home for tsunami-affected fishermen but we all refused to attend.
		Punchihewa, a fisherman from Matara Fort, told the WSWS: “Even if we were to receive boats and other equipment, we cannot go fishing.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2005/apr2005/sril-a04_prn.shtml

	NHDA- Sri Lanka-French
		The Lorient Matara Friendship Association which consists of French citizens and Sri Lankan expatriates in the city of Lorient in France has come up with a cash donation amounting to Rs: 60 Mln (150, 000 Euros) for construction of houses in Matara Town.
		John Pasqel Descom, Head of the representative Group of the Lorient Matara Friendship Association in the presence group members who were in Sri Lanka for this event.
		It is our hope to reconstruct Matara the same way as did Lorient Apart from re-housing we intend to assist the rehabilitation process in various other means.
	www.nhda.lk /German.htm

	Zomd :: Regional :: Asia :: Sri Lanka :: Southern :: Matara
		Matara is a city situated in Southern Sri Lanka.This site gives information on the history,culture and facilities for tourists.
		Zomd :: Regional :: Asia :: Sri Lanka :: Southern :: Matara
	www.zomd.org /category_1129342.html

	Tsunamis and Earthquakes - 2005 Sri Lanka Tsunami Survey Locations - USGS WCMG
		Post-tsunami cleanup operations at Matara included creating a landfill in the backbeach to quickly dispose of the debris.
		An island offshore of Matara showing the erosional scar of the tsunami.
		A small local landslide caused by tsunami beach and bluff erosion at Matara.
	walrus.wr.usgs.gov /tsunami/srilanka05/mataraloc.html

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