To further promote the cause of Tamil and the Ramayanam of Kamban
The 77-year-old Kamban Kazhagam, launched by eminent
Tamil scholar Sa. Ganesan, has taken a ‘new avtar’ with the registration
of the Kazhagam as a society and Tamil scholars taking over the
functioning to further promote the cause of Tamil and the
Ramayanam
of Mahakavi Kamban.
Announcing this at a press
conference here on Wednesday, Mr Pala Palaniappan, secretary of the
Kazhagam, said the Kamban Kazhagam, which had been functioning as an
unregistered body all these years, was registered as a society for the
first time since it was formed by Mr. Ganesan in 1939. Ms. Valli
Muthaiah from the family of philanthropist Alagappa Chettiyar has taken
over as the new President of the Kazhagam and senior advocates and Tamil
scholars T Ramalingam and ARV Manickavelu as Vice Presidents, he said.
While
he continued to be the Secretary of the Kazhagam after its registration
as a society, Prof C Sethupathy would function as Joint secretary and
Prof M. Palaniappan as Treasurer, he said.
Prof
Senthamizh Pavai, Prof M Chidambaram, Mr Subramaniam, a relative of Mr.
Ganesan and Ms Arivu Selvi Stephen were appointed as executive committee
members, he said.
The new body has proposed to organise the third international conference on the
Kamba Ramayanam
in the Andaman islands and Hong Kong next year, he said, adding one
aspect of the epic would be held in the Andaman islands and another in
Hong Kong.
Tamil scholars who were interested in
taking part in the conference could contact kambantamilcentre@gmail.com,
he added. Mr. Palaniappan said the founder’s day celebration would be
organised this year at the Krishna Kalyanaa Mandapam here on July 28 as
the Kamban Manimandapam premises is being used for running a school.
Plan to organise the third international conference on the
Kamba Ramayanam
in the Andaman islands and Hong Kong next year
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