Career
At the outbreak of World World War II he signed up with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, rapidly mastering the professional techniques, meanwhile continuing his work with groups in England. Although he ran the Sivathondan Nilayam at Chenkalady in Batticaloa, he also spent much time amongst the Veddas, aboriginal tribal peoples. He used to go off for long periods to their strongholds deep in the jungles and forests.
Inevitably one newspaper or another would "scoop" the story of his death.
He would subsequently emerge again from one of these forays, wondering what all the fuss was about. He then moved to Kaithadi Ashram at Jaffna, where he lived until 1986.