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Chennai, Oct 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will on Thursday pay floral tributes to freedom fighter and national leader Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar at his memorial at Pasumpon in Ramanathapuram district on his 118th birth anniversary and Guru Puja day.
According to a government release, several ministers will accompany the Chief Minister during the event, which is celebrated with great reverence every year.
Along with this, the Tamil Nadu government will offer floral tributes to Thevar statues across the city in Chennai. The release reminded that in 2007, during the tenure of late Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, the Tamil Nadu government had celebrated Thevar’s centenary in a grand manner.
His ancestral home at Pasumpon was renovated, and several public facilities, including a memorial hall, museum, library, auditorium and gallery dedicated to his life and contributions, were established.
To further honor his legacy, the government also named three colleges after him – Nallur (Thanjavur district), Kamuthi (Ramanathapuram district), and Usilampatti (Madurai district).
Continuing this tradition of recognition, Chief Minister Stalin inaugurated the Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Memorial Auditorium on October 28, 2024. The facility, built by the Government of Tamil Nadu at the Pasumpon Memorial site, stands as a lasting tribute to the leader’s ideals of equality, courage and patriotism.
Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, a great personality in India’s independence movement and an influential leader of the Thevar community, remains deeply respected throughout Tamil Nadu.
His philosophy blended nationalism with social harmony, and his contribution to the temple entry movement and social justice remains an important chapter in the political history of the state.
Every year, thousands of devotees, followers and political leaders, cutting across party lines, gather at Pasumpon to commemorate his birth and death anniversaries, both of which fall on 30 October.
The event, known as Thevar Jayanti and Guru Puja, is one of the most important commemorative occasions in Tamil Nadu, symbolizing reverence, unity and remembrance of a leader who remains an enduring symbol of Tamil pride and nationalism.
–IANS
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