Tamils gathered and commemorated Maaveerar Naal across the district of Mullaitivu, including demonstrations at Thevipuram Thuyilum Illam in Visuvamadu, paying respects to the tens of thousands of fallen Tamils who fought for self-determination.
At Mullivaikkal, the site of the 2009 genocide and a region in which thousands of Tamil fighters were killed, commemoration events took place despite extremely heavy wind and rain.
Similar scenes were seen at Alampil, where despite the torrential downpour, hundreds still gathered at the thuyilum illam to commemorate Maaveerar Naal.
The rain did not prevent thousands turning up to Mulliyavali, where they lay flowers and lit lamps to remember their war dead.
Families gathered in Alankulam to remember those who gave their lives to the liberation struggle.
Private commemorations, such as the one pictured at a home in Mullaitivu below, also took place across the North-East as a cyclone swept through the Tamil homeland.
