Selliah Parameswaran Kurukkal
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Selliah Parameshwaram Kurukkal ( d. February 7, 2007) was the Chief Pujari of the Santhiveli Pilleyar Kovil. He became famous after blessing Mahinda Rajapakse, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
. He was murdered four days afterwards. According to the Sri Lankan Army, he was killed by the LTTE.http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/09/stories/2007020902671500.htm The LTTE contends that Kurukkal was murdered by Sri Lankan paramilitary forces.http://www.ltteps.org/?view=1857&folder=2
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. He was murdered four days afterwards. According to the Sri Lankan Army, he was killed by the LTTE.http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/09/stories/2007020902671500.htm The LTTE contends that Kurukkal was murdered by Sri Lankan paramilitary forces.http://www.ltteps.org/?view=1857&folder=2
External links
- Hindu priest shot dead The Hindu - February 9, 2007
- Another Hindu priest murdered by paramilitary - Peace Secretariat - LTTE
- A Hindu priest, Selliah Kurukkal Parameshwaran, the Chief Poosari of the Santhiveli Pilleyar Kovil, Batticaloa is seen putting Asian Tribune - February 8, 2008