Subramaniam Children's Park ( ta, சுப்பிரமணியம் சிறுவர் பூங்கா ''Cuppiramaṇiyam Ciṟuvar Pūṅkā''; commonly known as Subramaniam Park) is an

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Pe ...

in the city of

Jaffna Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th mos ...

in northern

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History

Subramaniam Park was built in the 1950s by

Jaffna Urban Council Jaffna Municipal Council ( ta, யாழ்ப்பாணம் மாநகர சபை, translit=Yāḻppāṇam Mānakara Capai; JMC) is the local authority for the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. JMC is responsible for providing a varie ...

using a large donation provided by S. Subramaniam, a local physician. The park was named after Subramaniam. Subramaniam's nephew was

V. Dharmalingam Visvanathan Dharmalingam ( ta, விஸ்வநாதர் தர்மலிங்கம்; 5 February 1918 – 2 September 1985) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Dharmalingam was born o ...

, later MP for

Uduvil Uduvil ( ta, உடுவில்) is an agricultural village of about 32.7 square kilometers situated along the KKS Road at about five miles to the North of Jaffna city, Sri Lanka. It is surrounded by the villages Chunnākam, Kandarōdai, San ...

. The park was severely damaged during the

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and was destroyed in military operations in 1990. After being closed to the public for 14 years, renovation funded by

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2 million provided by

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began in 2004. The renovated park was re-opened by Jaffna

District Secretary A Government Agent (GA) or a District Secretary is a Sri Lankan civil servant of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service appointed by the central government to govern a certain district of the country. The GA is the administrative head of public servic ...

K. Ganesh on 7 May 2006. Additional renovations were undertaken by a

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

based financial firm LB Finance in 2010, which included refurbishing of the park's fountain, which was one of the main attractions of the park. LB Finance will be maintaining the park in the future.

References

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