ඉදල්ගස්හින්‍‍නේ සිට ඉන්දියාවට

[nrjayasinghe]

කෝච්චි පෙරේරට 16+

 

[JesonRulez]

ado patta ne.

 

[EvilEye]

TfS

 

[Thoppi_Chaminda]

උඹට හොඳට ලිවීමේ හැකියාවක් තියෙනවා මචන්

 

[buddikagayan]

tfs

 

[dj gamaya]

 

[1sam]

MANNAR, TALAIMANNAR AND TALAIMANNAR PIER

Very good post. It reminds me of my visit to Mannar, Talaimannar, and Talaimannar pier sometime in early eighties (before the war ) as a teenager. My father took us all there in the night mail train. At Anuradhapura a water tanker being added in to the train. After Madhu road people gather in the station platforms with buckets, barrels, brass pots etc to collect water from the tanker. We reach Mannar in the morning, and everyone disembarked except us. When my father inquire about when they going to leave for Talaimannar and Talaimannar pier, the answer was they not have to go to the pier because it's not a ferry day, but they will go to Talaimannar station, when people finish gathering water from the tanker. That's their time table. Our family, station master, engine driver, fireman, head guard, under guards all gather in the platform and get to know each other. (I would like to tell you young guys, this is good old days ) So after about an hour, water tanker ran out. Station master told the rail crew "take these kids to pier" (legally rail terminus is TMP, but they not going beyond TM because there are no passengers.) So we being taken to TMP, I was in the engine, my sister and brother and parents in the guard wagon, the whole train is empty. TMP is more like a prison than a ferry terminal or a railway station. There is only one way out from the railway platform, which is to the pier (and to ferry) all other areas being barricaded with steel wire mesh like a prison. It is to avoid deported tamils re entering the country after disembark from the train on their way to India. These three stations are the only 3 stations containing the same name ("Mannar") as well.

 

[roshan87]

TFS

 

[Mr PERERA]

Very good post. It reminds me of my visit to Mannar, Talaimannar, and Talaimannar pier sometime in early eighties (before the war ) as a teenager. My father took us all there in the night mail train. At Anuradhapura a water tanker being added in to the train. After Madhu road people gather in the station platforms with buckets, barrels, brass pots etc to collect water from the tanker. We reach Mannar in the morning, and everyone disembarked except us. When my father inquire about when they going to leave for Talaimannar and Talaimannar pier, the answer was they not have to go to the pier because it's not a ferry day, but they will go to Talaimannar station, when people finish gathering water from the tanker. That's their time table. Our family, station master, engine driver, fireman, head guard, under guards all gather in the platform and get to know each other. (I would like to tell you young guys, this is good old days ) So after about an hour, water tanker ran out. Station master told the rail crew "take these kids to pier" (legally rail terminus is TMP, but they not going beyond TM because there are no passengers.) So we being taken to TMP, I was in the engine, my sister and brother and parents in the guard wagon, the whole train is empty. TMP is more like a prison than a ferry terminal or a railway station. There is only one way out from the railway platform, which is to the pier (and to ferry) all other areas being barricaded with steel wire mesh like a prison. It is to avoid deported tamils re entering the country after disembark from the train on their way to India. These three stations are the only 3 stations containing the same name ("Mannar") as well.

I just want to say "Wow"

 

[SLinKy]

TFS+++

 

[malkavi]

මේකත් දැක්කේ අදනේ යකෝ...

 

[Ashman]

BUMP​

 

[Rockey_ssr]

tfs