Kumarapuram () is a small village in

Trincomalee Trincomalee (; , ; , ), historically known as Gokanna and Gokarna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee District and major resort port city of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Located on the east coast o ...

district in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. The village was founded in 1981 by

Kumarathurai Kumarathurai Arunasalam (Tamil: அருணாசலம் குமராதுரை; May 25, 1939 - 22 January 2019) was the founder of Kumarapuram, a small village in Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province. He is younger br ...

, after whom it is named. It was the scene of the

Kumarapuram massacre Kumarapuram massacre (also known as 1996 Trincomalee massacre or 1996 Killiveddy massacre) refers to the mass murder of 26 Sri Lankan Tamils, Sri Lankan Tamil civilians by the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lankan Army soldiers on 11 February 1996. The victi ...

in 1996.

Photos

Pictures of Kumarapuram village

References

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