Literary competitions to mark Heroes day begin

[TamilNet, Saturday, 12 November 2005, 13:38 GMT]
Event marking fine arts and literary competitions among the different fighting divisions of the Liberation Tigers (LTTE) was inaugurated at the Lt Col Rajan Education Center organized by the Center's staff in Vanni Saturday, media section of the LTTE said. LTTE cadre, Ahanalagan, also a member of the Education Center, presided the event.

Lt.Col.Ramesh, one of the senior commanders of the Northern Region, lit the memorial flame and R Geethan, Director of the Rajan Center, hoisted the Tamil eelam flag at the start of the event.

Head of Women's Wing of Lt Col Rajan Education Division, Jeyanthi, lit the flame of sacrifice at the Heroes memorial at the Center and Ms Selvi, a cadre attached to the Sothiya Brigade paid floral tribute to the memorial pictures.

Organizers said that they have planned to conduct competitions among cadres of LTTE fighting divisions through the next two weeks preceding the Heroes Day celebrations which takes place on the 27 November.