more-inTamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao on Friday unveiled a statue of Avvaiyar at the Raj Bhavan here in the presence of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Madras High Court Chief Justice Indira Banerjee. While Mr. Palaniswami unveiled the Aathichudi slate, Justice Banerjee initiated the ‘Akshrabhyasam’ (initiation to education) on it, a Raj Bhavan release said. Speaking at the inauguration, Mr. Rao expressed pleasure in unveiling the statue of Avvaiyar and hailed her as an “epitome of wisdom” and the “symbol of Tamil culture, who lived around two thousand years ago and propagated the fragrance of Tamil literature and preached morality and spirituality.”“The literary works of Avvaiyar namely Aathichudi, Konraivendan, Nalvazhi are unparallelled. Avvaiyar has left the stamp of her individuality. Though simple, the poet’s works were filled with ethical ideals based on the lessons learnt by experience, he said.

Source: The Hindu July 14, 2017 19:28 UTC