Overview
- Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan and Chief Minister M. K. Stalin paid homage at Pasumpon on Thevar’s 118th birth anniversary and 63rd Guru Puja.
- Stalin announced the construction of a government-funded marriage hall at the memorial at a cost of ₹3 crore.
- The Chief Minister said he would support AIADMK’s recommendation to confer the Bharat Ratna on Muthuramalinga Thevar.
- AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami renewed the Bharat Ratna demand and said the party had written to the Union Home Minister.
- More than 10,000 police personnel were deployed for the largely peaceful gathering, though officers intervened after MMK leader Sridhar Vandayar allegedly slapped a memorial administrator.