Part 3
Mullaithivu-The last theatre of the Srilankan war
It was third and the final day of our long journey and the second beautiful morning in the capital of North.We started our day with a cup of fresh cow milk.We planned to visit Mullaithivu on our way back to home.
Mullaithivu is the main town in Mullaithivu district situated in the north east coast of Northern province known to have been the last theater of the Srilankan civil war and this was the reason we decided to visit Mullaithivu.
We started our journey around 8 am from Savakachcheri and drove via Parandhan-Mullaithivu highway (A35).It is 100km from Savakachcheri to Mullaithivu.Along the road paddy fields had been prepared and planted,green paddy fields spread far and wide in to the distance.
On our way to Mullaithivu stopped near the Iranaimadu tank and had our breakfast. And started to drive again and stopped in Pudukkudiyiruppu to see the open air war museum.
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| Open air war museum-Pudukkudiyiruppu. |
The museum displays the natural naval assault vehicles,locally manufactured submarines,suicide boats and weapons captured during the last stage of war from LTTE by the Srilankan Army.If you go there you can see the pictures of Vanni humanitarian operation.
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| Pictures of Vanni humanitarian operation. |
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Submarine captured by SL Army from LTTE
during the last stage of war |
Next to the war museum adjoining a small body of water there is a victory monument where the LTTE leaders and his high officials killed in the last stage of war.This monument dedicated to the Srilankan Army that fought and won in this war.It is a glowing memorial to Srilankan Army.
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| Victory monument in Pudukkudiyiruppu. |
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| Victory monument through my camera |
In front of the war museum there are sweet stalls ready for visitors. We bought palm jaggery,honey,palm root(panagilangu)&palm cordial which are highly nutritious food.You can buy these items for Very reasonable price.
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| Sweet stall near the museum |
Soldiers in Pudukkudiyiruppu war museum said about the Submarine yard in Vellimuallivaikal.The exact place is 2km away from Pudukkudiyiruppu.There was a small strip of land on the way to Mullaithivu where we found the submarine yard.LTTE had built this yard by using expertise.They had been operating this yard during the war.
After that we planned to visit the swimming pool which was used by the sea tigers.We found the swimming pool in the jungle close to Mullaithivu. The swimming pool exclusively along to train deep drivers of the see tigers. It is 83 feet long one side of the pool and 22feet deep.
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| Entrance of Swimming pool |
Next we visited the Mullaithivu town which was our last place of the journey.Mullaithivu town still remains the brutal civil war.Bombed out roofs bullet holes,many war ruins can still be seen,and still there are buildings blasted by the terrorist. Those buildings serves as remark destruction created by war and the suffering of the war,and plenty of war related attraction remains in Mullaithivu.
We got ready to say good bye to northern province around 3.30 pm and traveled back via Parandhan Mullaithivu highway to A9 road to Kandy.It was probably the most enlightening and authentic travel experience I have ever had.
