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India’s national poet Bharathiar remembered in Jaffna on 100th death anniversary

JAFFNA : The Indian Consulate in Jaffna  observed the 100th death anniversary of India’s National Poet Subramaniya Bharathiar Saturday morning Sep,11.

Owing to the COVID-19 restrictions, Consul General Raakesh Natraj Jayabhaskaran garlanded & offered floral tribute to the “Mahakavi” at the Consulate & India House.

Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda, Hon’ble Members of Parliament Angajan Ramanathan, Dr. Suren Raghavan, M. A. Sumanthiran, Selvam Adaikkalanathan, Dharmalingam Siddharthan, S. Sritharan, C. V. Wigneswaran, Hon’ble Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council C. V. K. Sivagnanam, Jaffna Mayor His Worship V. Mannivannan, former Members of Parliament Suresh Premachandran & M. K. Sivajilingam, former Head of the Department of Tamil, Jaffna University Prof S. Sivalingarajah, marked their respects to the Mahakavi through video or audio messages.

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