Tamils in Amparai laid karthigaipoo, lamps and the Tamil Eelam national flag in their commemoration of Maaveerar Naal.

Over 200 students at Eastern University commemorated Maaveerar Naal at the Vantharumoolai campus in Batticaloa and the Swami Vipulananda Institute in Kalladi on Saturday.

Mirroring their counterparts at the University of Jaffna, students lit candles and lamps in memory of those who gave their lives to the Tamil struggle. 

Tamils across the North-East marked Maaveerar Naal by gathering at the site of destroyed LTTE cemeteries across the North-East, where they collected broken gravestones and held memorial events to remember cadres that lost their lives in the struggle for liberation.

A congregation in Mannar held a mass this morning, in remembrance of all Tamil liberation fighters who died in the war against oppression by Sri Lanka.

The service, led by Father Sebamalai, was held at Karisal St Mary's Church.

NPC Councillors S Shivajilingam and S Sajeevan led Maaveerar Naal commemorations outside the headquarters of the military's 51 Division - formerly the site of an LTTE cemetery.

The cemetery was destroyed in 1995 and rebuilt by the LTTE during the ceasefire, before the Sri Lankan state again bulldozed the graves in 2010, to build the army camp on its remains.

In addition to public events this year, Maaveerar Naal continued to be marked privately in people's homes, as many remained fearful of military intelligence officers and reprisal. 

Many built replica tombstones on their land echoing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's tombstones that have since been destroyed by the Sri Lankan military.

Many front pages in the North-East Tamil press marked today's Maaveerar Naal, the Tamil remembrance day.

The Uthayan, the Valampuri and Kalai Kathir were amongst the papers dedicating entire pages to the commemorations.

Tamils gathered by the destroyed Thileepan monument in Nallur on Saturday to take part in one of the many Maaveerar Naal commemorative events taking place across the North-East on November 27.

Despite military officers being stationed around the region, events this year took a more defiant tone to recent years when Maaveerar Naal was marked covertly. 

Today, Tamils across the globe will collectively light candles, lay flowers and bow heads in memory of those who gave their lives resisting state oppression. Marking the legacy of these heroes has become an integral moment of solidarity for the entire nation. In the Tamil homeland, commemorations have already begun this week, in a defiant series of events that have continued to grow since the armed conflict ended. Sri Lanka’s response to these moves at remembering the lives lost, alongside its continued targeting of Tamils, reveals a failure to tackle the deep-rooted issues of Sinhala nationalism on the island - a stark contrast from the promise of reconciliation when it came into power almost two years ago.

A Tamil student in Nuwara Eliya was assaulted and had the word 'Tamil' carved onto his arm by his attackers.

The 14-year-old schoolboy was intercepted by unknown men on his way home from school and beaten. The boy told police that he became unconscious and had the word 'TAMIL' cut onto his right forearm by the men.

The student was admitted to Linthulai hospital and later transferred to Nuwara Eliya district hospital for further treatment.