SUMMARY
On December 26, 2004, the giant wave claimed the lives of about 7,993 people in Tamil Nadu, including 6,065 in Nagapattinam district alone, in the tsunami triggered by an earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean near the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
1 / 7Twenty years ago, massive Tsunami struck the state of Tamil Nadu. People offered milk and flowers to the sea, silent processions and prayers along lengthy coastline today. (PTI)
2 / 7People from all walks of lives joined the fishers and the Tsunami survivors in paying a tearful homage. People visited the mass burial sites since morning and offered silent prayers in remembrance of the lives claimed by the giant tidal wave. (PTI)
3 / 7Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi along with the fishermen and the families who lost their kin in the devastating 2004 Tsunami, participated in the Tsunami Remembrance Day march at the Marina Beach in Chennai. (PTI)
4 / 7The giant wave had swallowed about 7,993 people in Tamil Nadu including 6,065 lives in Nagapattinam district alone in the tsunami triggered by an earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean near the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. (PTI)
5 / 7The unprecedented devastation due to the fury of the waves affected around 50 town panchayats of six coastal districts of Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Kanyakumari, and Thoothukudi in the state. (PTI)
6 / 7As per the intensity of disaster, the affected town panchayats were categorised as worst damaged and partially damaged. 19 out of 50 town panchayats were declared as worst damaged as the loss of lives and damage to property was high. (PTI)
7 / 7People gathered in large numbers and paid homage at the memorial in Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, and Kanyakumari districts, too. The remembrance day was observed at Pichavaram, and in Mayiladuthurai where the people from 28 fishing villages, too, paid their homage. (PTI)
