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A statue of Periyar at Vaikom town in Kottayam, Kerala Periyar joined the Indian National Congress in 1919 after quitting his business and resigning from public posts. He held the chairmanship of Erode Municipality and wholeheartedly undertook constructive programs spreading the use of Khadi , picketing toddy shops , boycotting shops selling ...
The Public Works Department Office at Madurai houses a life-size bronze statue of Pennycuick. The PWD complex itself was named after Pennycuick by the state government. The PWD has erected four statues of Pennycuick on its premises, including a bust at the Periyar dam.
In 1940, it has been renamed as Panneerselvam Park by Periyar E. V. Ramasamy in memory of the Justice Party leader Rao Bahadur Sir A. T. Panneerselvam. [1] For the significance of its name, a small park has been created and maintained by Erode Municipal Corporation near the five road junction in the center of this locality.
The Statue of Wisdom, or the Valluvar Statue, is a 41-metre-tall(133 ft) stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar, known as Thiruvalluvar, ...
Periyar assumed that independent India would bring South Indians, especially Tamils, under the dominance of Brahmins and North Indians. [18] For these reasons Periyar called for 15 August 1947, the day of Indian independence, to be a day of mourning. [19] Annadurai opposed this move and the schism between his supporters and Periyar widened. [18]
Statue of Valluvar in the Thiruvalluvar Temple, Mylapore. The exact date of Valluvar is unclear. His work Tirukkuṟaḷ has been dated variously from 300 BCE to about the sixth century CE. According to traditional accounts, it was the last work of the third Sangam and was subjected to a divine test (which it passed). [39]
The Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple [1] (Malayalam pronunciation: [ʃabəɾimala]) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Ayyappan, who is also known as Dharma Shasta and is the son of the deities Shiva and Mohini (female avatar of the god Vishnu).
Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (PNP) is a protected area located in the districts of Idukki and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India. It is a renowned elephant and tiger reserve . The protected area encompasses 925 km 2 (357 sq mi), of which 350.54 km 2 (135.34 sq mi) [ 1 ] of the main zone was declared as the Periyar National Park in ...