Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Karunakaran a ranar 1 ga Oktoba 1963. Ya yi karatu a Cheddipalayam Maha Vidyalayam da Kwalejin St. Michael, Batticaloa. Bayan da
Black Yuli anti-Tamil riots ya bar makaranta a watan Agusta 1983 kuma a watan Nuwamba 1983 ya shiga kungiyar Liberation Eelam ta Tamil (TELO), kungiyar mayakan Tamil. Ya sami horon yaƙin Guerrilla kuma a watan Yunin 1987 ya zama shugaban yankin TELO a Gundumar Ampara da Gundumar Batticaloa. Daga baya ya zama babban sakataren TELO.