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 said the government will build a new marriage hall at Pasumpon at a cost of Rs 3 crore, adding to state-backed memorial facilities.
- AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami renewed his call for a Bharat Ratna for Muthuramalinga Thevar and said his party had written to the Union Home Minister.
- Leaders across parties, including the DMK, AIADMK, BJP, Congress, NTK and MDMK, joined the tributes, reflecting broad political engagement with the observance.
- Police deployed more than 10,000 personnel across Ramanathapuram and Madurai, with senior officers overseeing crowd management and security.