Updated 15:30 GMT
 Photograph: Lamps being lit at a home in Jaffna. Tamil Guardian |
Maaveerar Naal was commemorated in secret on Thursday in the North-East, despite heavy military presence all over the region.
A source at one Jaffna event held in a private location told Tamil Guardian, “this is not an advertising stunt. Just to tell the world, that still our feelings, as Tamils, are alive.”
 Photograph: Remembrance flame lit at a home in Trincomalee - Tamil Guardian |
 Photograph: Candles lit at a home in Jaffna - Tamil Guardian |
Sources at another private event in Jaffna said that candle lighting took place at 6.05pm local time, the moments when the candles are traditionally lit to coincide with the death of Lt. Shankar, the first Maaveerar.