𝐍𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚. On behalf of the 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, (𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘶, 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘪, 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘮 𝘈𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺, 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘶 𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺, 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘌𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘑𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺, 𝘔𝘰𝘩𝘢𝘯, 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺, 𝘒𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘪, 𝘙𝘰𝘯𝘪, 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘪, 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪, 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪) I pay my tribute and homage to our beloved Nihal Anna. In many ways, he was a great and unique person. His interests in music, Jaffna and family were admirable. We are deeply saddened to hear that our Nihal Anna has passed away from this life. Our thoughts and prayers are with Antoinette acca and his children and Rani aunty, shiranni acca, Vetha anna, Raju anna, Niranjan anna and Jeeva. As a close family member, he was always maintaining a good relationship with us. During his visits to Sri Lanka, France and Canada, he always tried to contact us. Every time, I post a message or a photo on my Facebook page, he always makes a comment and wishes me well. He begins his comment with “Thambi….”. He was really a kindhearted person. My memory goes back to the seventies in Jaffna… Press road, Periya koil, St. Patrick’s and around Jaffna town. We were kids and he was a Priya anna for us. We will always remember him as a jovial and happy Nihal Anna. He will be always in our heart. His music and wonderful voice will ring our ears forever. 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁. 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲. Fr. Rohan Dominic CMF