The Batticaloa campus of the Eastern University saw a Maaveerar Naal remembrance event for the LTTE, attended by Tamil and Muslim students.

The student union of the Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies organised the event in Kallady, Batticaloa.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's naval division, the Sea Tigers, were remembered in a ceremony on open water. A few individuals set out from Navatkuli on a decorated boat in order to hold the commemorations for the Sea Tigers.

Thousands of British Tamils gathered in London today to mark Maaveerar Naal, in remembrance of all those who gave their lives in the struggle for Tamil liberation.

Residents of Valvettithurai, the home town of LTTE leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran, gathered at the site of a destroyed memorial in Theeruvil to commemorate Maaveerar Naal.

Maaveerar Naal was marked in Vavuniya at the urban council hall in Vavuniya town.

A court order last week had reportedly banned commemorations at Eechankulam, the only thuyilum illam in the Vavuniya district.

Maaveerar Naal was observed in Koppay today despite a high profile intimidation campaign by Sri Lankan police over the last week.

While the Koppay thuyilum illam remains inaccessible due to its occupation by the Sri Lankan army, commemorations were held in private land near the cemetery.

Families of the Maaveerar were honoured at private remembrance event in Kilinochchi ahead of the large scale commemorations planned at Kanagapuram Thuyilum Illam later in the day. 

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for Kilinochchi, S Sritharan also attended the event to pay tribute to fallen LTTE cadre. 

Students and staff at the University of Jaffna marked Maaveerar Naal today, with the campus decorated in red and yellow, and traditional remembrance banners as well as Maaveerar songs being aired in the hours leading up to the event. 

Students and staff at Eastern University, Batticaloa held a remembrance event commemorating Maaveerar Naal today, lighting candles and paying tribute to the Maaveerar. 

A blood donation drive was also held by students in memory of the sacrifice of those who gave their lives for the Tamil liberation struggle. 

State security personnel forced people who came to commemorate Maaveerar Naal at the Kandalady LTTE cemetery in Vakarai, Batticaloa to remove the new headstones that had been planted in recent days. The military had destroyed the orignial graves in 2007.

In total 120 headstones were removed, as police threatened those attending with legal action. Mourners were not allowed to play the traditional remembrance song and were prohibited from putting up red and yellow flags. Local residents hurriedly paid their respects, not able to commemorate in peace, and rushed home as they were afraid, an attendee told the Tamil Guardian.