Punanai

Village in Sri Lanka

Punani புனானை දොඹාපෙ
Village
Batticaloa Highway from Punanai
7°58′N 81°23′E / 7.967°N 81.383°E / 7.967; 81.383
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]