Sin: පානදුර pānadura– Tam: பாணந்துறை pāṇantuṟai
‘Rocky Harbour’ WP, Sri Lanka
From Sin: pāṇa/pasana, ‘stone, rock’ (used only as a place-names prefix); and Sin/Tam: tara/tura/turai, ‘seaport, harbour’.
Panadura was the site for the 1873 Debate between Buddhists and Christians which were generally perceived to have been won by the Buddhists and encouraged various streams of Buddhist revivalism and modernisation.
For related place names see Sri Lanka Place names.
