Over 200 students at Eastern University commemorated Maaveerar Naal at the Vantharumoolai campus in Batticaloa and the Swami Vipulananda Institute in Kalladi on Saturday.
Mirroring their counterparts at the University of Jaffna, students lit candles and lamps in memory of those who gave their lives to the Tamil struggle.
Vantharumoolai campus, Batticaloa
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Swami Vipulananda Institute, Kalladi
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