Mangalan Master
Mangalan Master is the nom [de guerre] of a candidate for the TMVP contesting Polonnaruwa District for the United [People's Freedom Alliance] in Sri Lanka. He is a former LTTE cadre, third in line for TMVP leadership after defecting to the party of Colonel Karuna and a staunch Karuna partisan during Tamil Makkal [Viduthalai Pulikal#Internal affairs|intra-TMVP feuds]. The LTTE made an attempt on his life with claymore bombs in 2005.