Chennai, May 31, 2026
A fresh political and cultural controversy has erupted in Tamil Nadu over the portrayal of the celebrated Tamil poet-philosopher Thiruvalluvar after a portrait depicting him in saffron robes was displayed during Thiruvalluvar Day celebrations at the Tamil Nadu Lok Bhavan in Guindy, Chennai. The portrait, which showed Thiruvalluvar dressed in saffron attire, wearing rudraksha beads around his neck and sacred ash markings on …
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