Periyar Memorial

  • The Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu launched Periyar Memorial Samathuvapuram in Periyakozhuvaari Panchayat in Vanur taluk of Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu adjoining Puducherry.
  • Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.
  • He is known as the 'Father of the Dravidian ....
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