Chithirai exhibition begins in Tamukkam grounds
The Hindu
MADURAI
The 212th annual Government Chithirai Exhibition - 2022, one of the highlights of the Chithirai festivals at the Tamukkam grounds commenced late on Saturday, but with zeal since it is being held after two years, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The exhibition was declared open by Minister for Information & Publicity M.P. Saminathan in the presence of Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan and Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration Department P. Moorthy.
Mayor Indrani Ponvasanth, Deputy Mayor T. Nagarajan, Collector S. Aneesh Sekhar, Corporation Commissioner K.P. Karthikeyan and other officials accompanied the Ministers during their visit to the stalls at the exhibition organised by the State Information and Public Department.
In an official press release, Mr Saminathan said that they aimed to put up the best exhibition after a gap of two years.
An official from the Information and Public Department said that the 45-day-long exhibition will house a total of 30 government-run stalls, including education, Madurai Corporation, Aavin, agriculture, and 15 private stalls.
For the first time four differently abled people would be putting up private stalls at the venue, he added.
The list of firsts is longer as best drawings of the participants from Madurai in ‘Kuraloviyam,’ an art competition on the theme–Tirukkural–conducted by Tamil Virtual Academy, has been displayed on its exclusive pavilion.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.