# Thavady

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| name = Thavady
| native_name = தாவடி <br>තාවඩි
| settlement_type = [Village](/source/Village)
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| pushpin_map = Sri Lanka
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| subdivision_name = [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)
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| subdivision_name2 = [Northern](/source/Northern_Province%2C_Sri_Lanka)
| subdivision_type3 = [District](/source/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka)
| subdivision_name3 = [Jaffna](/source/Jaffna_District) 
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| subdivision_name4 = Valikamam South
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'''Thavady''' ({{langx|ta|தாவடி}}, {{langx|si|තාවඩි}}) is a small village in [Jaffna](/source/Jaffna), [Chunnakam](/source/Chunnakam), in Northern [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka).<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 September 2023 |title=Five injured as group attacks house with petrol bomb in Jaffna |url=https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=93443 |access-date=2025-11-07 |work=adaderana.lk}}</ref> The area is populated by people who speak [Tamil](/source/Tamil_language).

==Education==
* Thavady School.

==Temples==
* Thavady Vinayahar Kovil
* Thavady vada paththira Kali 
 amman kovil
* Thavady Kali Kovil

==See also==
* [Jaffna](/source/Jaffna)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

* Selvanayagam, S. (1996). "Market Gardening in the Jaffna Region: A Study of the Inuvil-Thavady Villages." ''Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies'' (9):172-7.

==External links==
* [http://www.thavadyweb.com/ Thavady website]

Category:Villages in Jaffna District
Category:Valikamam South DS Division

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