Mamangam temple and IDP camp

Mamangam temple (right rear), Mamangam IDP camp (left rear). Storks, herons and what might have been a crane enjoy the sacred pond where fishing is prohibited due to proximity to the temple. Supposedly, crocodiles will accept treats of rice at dusk. (To be experimentally confirmed.)

Mamangam temple.

Mamangam temple.

This Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at Mamangam holds 60 families. Another 60 are located in a nearby school yard. The families were displaced by fighting in the Vakarai area north of Batticaloa around January 19.