Bharathiya Jantha Party (BJP) MP Tarun Vijay has urged the Sri Lankan government to prescribe classic Tamil poetry collection Thirukkural for all students in the island nation - Tamil as well as Sinhalese. Thirukkural, one of the most important works in the Tamil language, was written by Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar.
"I told them please don't limit it to Tamils alone, it is good for everyone," Tarun Vijay said while speaking to reporters after concluding his five-day tour to Sri Lanka.
Tarun Vijay and Sri Lanka's minister for rehabilitation, resettlement and Hindu religious affairs DM Swaminathan discussed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen cultural ties between the two nations. The BJP MP presented a copy of Thirukkural to the Lankan minister and urged him to spread its universal more vigorously.
"Buddha and Thiruvalluvar are the greatest icons of truth and peace and also they are eternal threads of friendship between India and Sri Lanka," Tarun Vijay said.
Tarun Vijay shared his move to propagate Thirukkural in India and told the Lankan minister that for the first time 133 students from Tamil Nadu would be taken to Indian Parliament to recite Thirukkural and will be felicitated by Union HRD minister Smriti Irani. He also said that a grand statue of Thiruvalluvar is being erected at Haridwar, a famous pilgrim centre on the bank of River Ganga.
The BJP leader also said that under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, "sky is the limit for positive and developmental cooperation between two great nations".
Swaminathan appreciated all these moves and said it is heartening that an MP from Himalayas is taking so much of interest in Tamil culture and Thiruvalluvar. He assured that he will have Buddha and Thirvalluvar's messages for peace and humanity spread more and more for the betterment of the society and to strenghthen our common threads of culture.
"I told them please don't limit it to Tamils alone, it is good for everyone," Tarun Vijay said while speaking to reporters after concluding his five-day tour to Sri Lanka.
Tarun Vijay and Sri Lanka's minister for rehabilitation, resettlement and Hindu religious affairs DM Swaminathan discussed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen cultural ties between the two nations. The BJP MP presented a copy of Thirukkural to the Lankan minister and urged him to spread its universal more vigorously.
"Buddha and Thiruvalluvar are the greatest icons of truth and peace and also they are eternal threads of friendship between India and Sri Lanka," Tarun Vijay said.
Tarun Vijay shared his move to propagate Thirukkural in India and told the Lankan minister that for the first time 133 students from Tamil Nadu would be taken to Indian Parliament to recite Thirukkural and will be felicitated by Union HRD minister Smriti Irani. He also said that a grand statue of Thiruvalluvar is being erected at Haridwar, a famous pilgrim centre on the bank of River Ganga.
The BJP leader also said that under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, "sky is the limit for positive and developmental cooperation between two great nations".
Swaminathan appreciated all these moves and said it is heartening that an MP from Himalayas is taking so much of interest in Tamil culture and Thiruvalluvar. He assured that he will have Buddha and Thirvalluvar's messages for peace and humanity spread more and more for the betterment of the society and to strenghthen our common threads of culture.
(The Times of India)
