Muthuramalinga Thevar Statue Adorned With Gold Armour
The gold armour will be in place at the Thevar memorial for a week and will be taken back to the Madurai bank vault next week.
Rameswaram:The statue of Muthuramalinga Thevar in Pasumpon was on Monday adorned with the gold armour ahead of his guru puja that will be celebrated October 30.
In 2014, former chief minister Jayalalithaa adorned the statue at the Thevar memorial in Pasumpon, near Kamudi, in Ramanathapuram district, with a 13-kg gold armour, worth Rs. 4.5 crore (value at the time) on behalf of the AIADMK.
The gold armour is brought out of the bank vault in Madurai every year during the Thevar guru puja and jayanthi festival and will later be stored in the vault.
The 64th guru puja and 119th jayanthi festival of Muthuramalinga Thevar will be celebrated in Pasumpon on October 30.
On Monday, the gold armour was received from the Madurai bank vault in the presence of AIADMK treasurer Dindigul Srinivasan and Thevar memorial in-charge Gandhimeenal in Madurai.
The silver armour presented by O. Panneerselvam at the memorial was removed and the gold armour on behalf of the AIADMK was placed on the statue of Muthuramalinga Thevar.
Former ministers R.B. Udayakumar, Manikandan and the memorial in-charges participated in the event.
The gold armour will be in place at the Thevar memorial for a week and will be taken back to the Madurai bank vault next week.
Armed police are providing 24-hour security for the statue.