Kottayam District Collector, B K Jayasree paid homage to the statue of 'Thanthai Periyar' which was erected in Vaikom, Kottayam District in Kerala on the occasion of Thanthai Periyar's 143rd birth anniversary.
Coimbatore: The Kottayam District Collector B K Jayasree paid homage to the statue of Thanthai Periyar which was erected in Vaikom, Kottayam District, Kerala, on the occasion of Thanthai Periyar's 143rd birth anniversary.
The event was attended by the Coimbatore Executive Committee on behalf of Coimbatore.
The Coimbatore District Collector, G S Sameeran, presented the biography of Thanthai Periyar and late Chief Minister Karunanidhi to Kottayam District Collector, P K Jayasree. "Periyar developed a policy based on self-respect, rationality, equality, social justice, ethnic rights, and women's rights. That is what laid the foundation for the development of the past community and will pave the way for the future.
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M K Stalin declared the birth anniversary of Thanthai Periyar as Social Justice Day, as a symbol of sowing this feeling, emotion, uprising and thought," stated Kottayam District Collector, P K Jayasree. She said she was happy to pay tribute to the leader who fought to remove superstitions among the people.
Coimbatore District Liaison Officer, A Senthil Anna also participated in the event.