TNA marks Maaveerar Naal in Jaffna

Photographs: Tamil Guardian

27 November 2015

At a ceremony in Jaffna, parliamentarians from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) commemorated Maaveerar Naal on Friday.

In a ceremony at the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kathchi (ITAK) offices in Martin Road, Jaffna, TNA MP Mavai Senathirajah led commemorations, as party members gathered to remember lives lost in the Tamil struggle.  With the party offices decorated in red and yellow, the Tamil national colours, members lit deepams and held a moment of silence.

At 18:05 local time, Mr Senathirajah light a flame of remembrance, marking the exact time the first LTTE cadre Lt Shankar died in November 1982.