Subramaniam Children's Park ( ta, சுப்பிரமணியம் சிறுவர் பூங்கா ''Cuppiramaṇiyam Ciṟuvar Pūṅkā''; commonly known as Subramaniam Park) is an

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to r ...

in the city of

Jaffna Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th mo ...

in northern Sri Lanka.

History

Subramaniam Park was built in the 1950s by

Jaffna Urban Council Jaffna Municipal Council ( ta, யாழ்ப்பாணம் மாநகர சபை, translit=Yāḻppāṇam Mānakara Capai; JMC) is the local authority for the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. JMC is responsible for providing a vari ...

using a large donation provided by S. Subramaniam, a local physician. The park was named after Subramaniam. Subramaniam's nephew was V. Dharmalingam, later MP for

Uduvil Uduvil ( ta, உடுவில்) is an agricultural village of about 32.7 square kilometers situated along the KKS Road at about five miles to the North of Jaffna city, Sri Lanka. It is surrounded by the villages Chunnākam, Kandarōdai, Sa ...

. The park was severely damaged during the

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and was destroyed in military operations in 1990. After being closed to the public for 14 years, renovation funded by

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2 million provided by

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began in 2004. The renovated park was re-opened by Jaffna District Secretary K. Ganesh on 7 May 2006. Additional renovations were undertaken by a

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...

based financial firm LB Finance in 2010, which included refurbishing of the park's fountain, which was one of the main attractions of the park. LB Finance will be maintaining the park in the future.

References

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