Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated this event in Varanasi.
It is a month-long event organised by the Union Education Ministry.
It is to rediscover historical links between Kashi (Varanasi) in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
He also released a book ‘Thirukkural’ along with its translation into 13 languages.
The Prime Minister underlined Tamil Nadu’s contribution to the development of Kashi and recalled that Tamil Nadu-born Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.
The Prime Minister also mentioned the great poet and revolutionary, Subramania Bharathi who lived in Kashi for many years.
He also announced the chair dedicated to Subramania Bharati in the Banaras Hindu University.