Nature is my friend. Headquarters, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Tamil Eelam. My beloved people of Tamil Eelam, Today is a day of veneration. It is on this day we venerate and pay our respects to our heroes who adorn our temple of freedom as thousands of shining flames of liberty. Today is not a day of mourning to weep for the dead nor a sad day to plunge into sorrow.
Today is the sacred day of our martyrs.
Today we remember and venerate our fighters in our hearts who have sacrificed their precious lives for a noble cause. Today we salute them for their heroism and supreme sacrifice. The price we pay for our liberation in terms of great sacrifices is invaluable. The sacrifices made by our heroes for the cause of our people to live with dignity and sovereignty are unparalleled in the history of the world. An epic of heroism unique in history has been created on our soil.