Sivakururaja Kurukkal

Sivakururaja kurukkal was the chief priest of the Koneswaram temple of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka who was shot dead by state-affiliated gunmen on September 21, 2008. The priest had led the revival of the district's Hindu heritage against the latest spate of state-sponsored Sinhalese-Buddhist encroachment and defended the human rights of Tamils.[1]

References
  1. "Pawns of an Un-Heroic War, Special Report No. 31". University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna). 28 October 2008.
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