Subramaniam Park

Subramaniam Park was built in the 1950s by Jaffna Urban Council using a large donation provided by S. Subramaniam, a local physician.^[1][2] The park was named after Subramaniam.^[1] Subramaniam's nephew was V. Dharmalingam, later MP for Uduvil.^[1]

The park was severely damaged during the civil war and was destroyed in military operations in 1990.^[2][3] After being closed to the public for 14 years, renovation funded by Rs. 2 million provided by UNICEF began in 2004.^[3] The renovated park was re-opened by Jaffna District Secretary K. Ganesh on 7 May 2006.^[4] Additional renovations were undertaken by a Colombo 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.^[5] LB Finance will be maintaining the park in the future.^[5]