At the beginning of the 90s, in a Sri Lanka ravaged by civil war, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) decided to significantly modify funerary practices reserved to their fighters. Starting from that period the bodies of the Tigers, which until then were cremated in accordance with Hindu tradition, started being buried and thus entrusted to the land. This change has led to the institution of Tigers’ cemeteries (Tuillum Illam literally “sleeping houses”) which have become places of remembrance. This paper will elaborate on the reasons which have led to the identification of Tuillum Illam with privileged places for the development of the new Tamil national identity.