CSI Jaffna Diocese

Shanti was an epitome of peace and joy

Thursday July 2, 2009 Vaddukoddai paid an incredible tribute to one of its beloved daughters, Shantakumari Vigna Rajah nee Rajadurai, when she said her final amen and departed into glory. The Cathedral Church of the JDCSI where the service in celebration of her life and gratitude was held before the committal rites at the family memorial grounds was packed to capacity and many people who had traveled great distances to pay their tribute to her had to stand outside

A very popular student at Jaffna College where she was a role model student leader, she took to the committed profession of teaching and became a popular lecturer in the English Language Department of the University of Jaffna. Her marriage to R T Vigna Rajah who became a Judge of the High Court and the way they served the two great professions together through a very difficult period in the history of Sri Lanka when they could have opted for overseas pastures has been a mark of their commitment to the community.
People who attended her funeral in their hundreds came from all walks of life from the professionals, politicians, security services, university friends and colleagues and to those from various sectors of the Jaffna community who felt that here was a lady who has served her people well and was deserving of their tribute.
In his tribute to her, the Rt Rev Dr Daniel Thiagarajah, recognized her humility and her leadership and her unshaken faith in her Creator. The entire service, spontaneously arranged bore the mark of Shanti’s love for her fellow beings.
We offer our heartfelt feelings of gratitude for her life, equally the sense of pain of her loss to her husband, children and their families and all her dear and near ones.
The pain will soon be departed and the joy she gave and shared will become a source of great strength and inspiration.