Gold armour of Thevar taken to Pasumpon
The Hindu
The gold ‘kavasam’ (armour) for the statue of freedom fighter Muthuramalinga Thevar was taken from the locker of a bank here on Monday to his memorial at Pasumpon in Ramanathapuram ahead of the leader
The gold ‘kavasam’ (armour) for the statue of freedom fighter Muthuramalinga Thevar was taken from the locker of a bank here on Monday to his memorial at Pasumpon in Ramanathapuram ahead of the leader’s guru puja on October 30.
Former Chief Minister and AIADMK coordinator O. Pannerselvam and the caretaker of the memorial, Gandhi Meenal, took the gold armour from the locker. Former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had donated the gold armour, weighing 13 kg, for the statue in 2014.
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