Punanai

Punanai புனானை දොඹාපෙ
Village
Batticaloa Highway from Punanai
Punanai
Coordinates: 7°58′0″N 81°23′0″E / 7.96667°N 81.38333°E / 7.96667; 81.38333
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Eastern
District	Batticaloa
DS Division	Koralai Pattu West

Punanai (Tamil: புனானை, romanized: Puṉāṉai; Sinhala: දොඹාපෙ, romanized: Dom̆bāpe; sometimes spelled Punani) is a small hamlet in Sri Lanka, made famous in 1920 by a man-eating leopard. This is reflected in the book titled "The Man-Eater of Punanai - A Journey of discovery to the jungles of old Ceylon", by Christopher Ondaatje.^[1][2]

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• https://web.archive.org/web/20060714024958/http://www.manrecap.com/leopard.html
• Location of Punani - top center of map

Coordinates: 7°58′N 81°23′E / 7.967°N 81.383°E / 7.967; 81.383

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