The parents of fallen LTTE fighters were honoured across the North-East today ahead of Maaveerar Naal.
In the Suppar Madam area of Point Pedro, families of Maaveerar were accompanied by musicians in a procession from the local temple to the community hall, where were flowers laid at the photos of fallen fighters.
In Pandivirichaan in the Mannar district, an event to honour the parents of Maaveerar was organised by the Tamil National People's Front, and attended by the party's two MPs, leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam and Selvarajah Kajendran.
An event in Kilinochchi town to honour the parents and family members of Maaveerar was attended by Tamil National Alliance MP Sivagnanam Shritharan.