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.
Plants were handed out to students with the message that 'seeds planted will grow to big trees'.
Maaveerar songs were aired across campus grounds this morning, ahead of the main event.
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