Thiruvalluvar’s birth anniversary and the Tamil New Year
Thiruvalluvar Thinam Source: SBS Tamil
Tamil New Year and Thiruvalluvar’s birth anniversary fall on the same day according to Tamil scholars. Tamils world over will celebrate Thiruvalluvar’s 2050th birthday on January 15th this year. Kulasegaram Sanchayan brings the story with comments from retired Tamil teacher, Senthalai Gauthaman and researcher S Padmanabhan.
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