Puttalam (SL)

Tam: புத்தளம் puttaḷam – Sin: පුත්තලම puttalama ‘New Saltpans’  NWP,  Sri Lanka From Tam: puththu/puttu, ‘new’; and Tam: aḷam, ‘salt pans’. Puttalam is one of the largest salt production areas in Sri Lanka and the location of its first salt refinery. When Ibn...