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TN Guv flags off Thiruvalluvar statue's journey to Haridwar

Chennai, Jun 22 (UNI) A 4.5 tonne 12-feet high statue of reverred Saint poet Thiruvalluvar, to be installed on the banks of river Ganga in Haridwar, was flagged off here today.
Christened 'Thiruvalluvar Ganga Payanam' (Thiruvalluvar's journey to Ganga) and led by BJP Uttarkhand MP Tarun Vijay, who is also the President of Students and Youth for Thiruvalluvar, the statue was flagged off by Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah.
Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, State Minister for Information and Publicity Kadambur Raju, HR and CE Minister Sevvoor S Ramachandran, BJP State Unit President Tamizhisai Soundararajan, former West Bengal Governor Gopalakrishna Gandhi were also present on the occasion.
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