Selliah Parameswaran Kurukkal Explained

Selliah Parameshwaram Kurukkal (Tamil: செல்லைய்யா பரமேஸ்வர குருக்கள்; died February 7, 2007) was the Chief Pujari of the Santhiveli Pilleyar Kovil.^[1] 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.^[2] The LTTE contends that Kurukkal was murdered by Sri Lankan paramilitary forces.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/4461 A Hindu priest, Selliah Kurukkal Parameshwaran, the Chief Poosari of the Santhiveli Pilleyar Kovil, Batticaloa is seen putting
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20070210084111/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/09/stories/2007020902671500.htm Hindu priest shot dead
3. http://www.ltteps.org/?view=1857&folder=2 Another Hindu priest murdered by paramilitary