TNPSC Thervupettagam

50 Years of Tamizh State song

March 11 , 2020 1723 days 1937 0
  • A poem written by the late Prof. P. Sundaram Pillai, Professor of History in the Travancore University, and a noted Tamil scholar, has been adopted as the prayer song for Tamil Nadu Government functions.
  • It is a two-stanza verse beginning with “Neerarum kadaludutha...” from Prof. Sundaram Pillai’s play, “Manonmaniam”.
  • Only the first six-line stanza is to be used for the purpose of the State prayer song.
  • An announcement about the prayer song was made by the Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi on March 10, 1970.

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