On the 119th birth anniversary and 64th Guru Puja of Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, CM Vijay paid floral tribute at the Thevar statue in Nandanam, Chennai, on October 30, with the Speaker and ministers, and called on people to follow Thevar’s ideals of unity.
On the 119th birth anniversary and 64th Guru Puja of Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, CM Vijay paid floral tribute at the Thevar statue in Nandanam, Chennai, on October 30, with the Speaker and ministers, and called on people to follow Thevar’s ideals of unity.
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay paid floral tribute to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar at his statue in Nandanam, Chennai, on Friday, October 30, 2026 — the 119th Thevar Jayanthi and 64th Guru Puja.
The Chief Minister garlanded the statue and placed flowers before Thevar’s portrait. He was joined by Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar and ministers Aadhav Arjuna, N. Anand and K.A. Sengottaiyan, along with party functionaries and members of the public.
The Chief Minister did not travel to the memorial at Pasumpon in Ramanathapuram district, where very large crowds gather every year, so that the commemoration there could go ahead smoothly for the public.
Let us continue to tread the path shown by the ideals of Muthuramalinga Thevar.
In his message, the Chief Minister recalled Thevar’s role in the freedom movement and his call for spiritual and national unity, and urged people to rise above caste and religion and stand together.
The Vice President paid tribute at the Pasumpon memorial. About 18,000 police personnel were deployed across four southern districts, with traffic plans and medical teams in place for the lakhs of visitors who come each year.
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