NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 23
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Prahlad Joshi virtually interacted with some freedom fighters and their families who graced the event at five different locations in Tamil Nadu on Saturday.
He was taking part in the Valedictory Central function of the Iconic week celebration of the event “Azadi Ki Rail Gadi Aur Stations” held in New Delhi. The Minister also flagged off the Bharat Gaurav Tourist Circuit train from Madurai to Varanasi.
Glimpses of events held at Tiruvallikkeni today as part of Valedictory function of #AzadiKiRail Iconic Week – The station was earmarked for the celebrations for its association with great poet Bharatiyar#AmritMahotsav@RailMinIndia@MinOfCultureGoI @AmritMahotsav pic.twitter.com/dMfhScupUc
— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) July 23, 2022
In Southern Railway, the central valedictory function was live streamed at all the five stations -Vellore Cantonment, Vanchi Maniyachi, Tiruppur, Nilambur Road, and Tiruvallikeni which are among the 75 railway stations pan-India identified for the program.
- Southern Railway hounours the legacy of freedom fighters at Tiruvallikkeni, Tiruppur, Vellore Cantonment, Vanchi Maniyachchi and Nilambur Road
- At Tiruvallikkeni, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines interacts with the nonagenarian freedom fighter Karuppaiah through Video Conferencing
- Ganesh, DRM, Chennai felicitates Karuppaiah and Niranjan Bharathi during the function
Shri Karuppaiah, a 99-year old freedom fighter (who was in Nethaji's INA) graced Valedictory function of #AzadiKiRail at Tiruvallikkeni today
Shri Prahlad Joshi,Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs,Coal and Mines interacted with nonagenarian freedom fighter and paid respects pic.twitter.com/1sZuIVGssj
— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) July 23, 2022
In Chennai Division, at Tiruvallikeni MRTS Station, Karuppaiah, a 99-year old freedom fighter was the special guest. He was a volunteer in the Nethaji’s Azad Hind Fauj (INA) movement. In 1943-44, Karuppaiah had actively participated as a volunteer in fund raising programme of Nethaji in Myanmar (Burma). Minister Prahlad Joshi interacted with Karuppaiah and paid respects.
Shri Niranjan Bharathi, Bharatiyar's descendant graced the event held in Tiruvallikkeni today – A poet and author himself, Shri Niranjan took pride in participating in the #AzadiKiRail function held in honour of his great grandfather – Glimpses! pic.twitter.com/dQ268H72fm
— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) July 23, 2022
Niranjan Bharathi, a fifth-generation descendant of Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar, graced the occasion. Addressing mediapersons, he thanked the Central Government for organizing the iconic week celebrations at Tiruvallikkeni, the place where Mahakavi Bharathi spent the eventful last few years of his life. He expressed pride in participating in the function on behalf of Bharatiyar’s family. A Tamil film lyricist and an accomplished poet, Niranjan Bharathi follows the footsteps of his great grandfather in writing and publishing Tamil literary works. He is advocating the spread of Tamil language across the world through his “MYTAMILGURU” e-school.
Shri Niranjan Bharathi, the fifth- generation descendant of Subramanya Bharathiyar, graced the valedictory function of iconic week celebrations of #AzadiKiRail held in Tiruvallikkeni MRTS today #IndiaAt75 @RailMinIndia @AmritMahotsav @MinOfCultureGoI pic.twitter.com/wJuIKU6Tzs
— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) July 23, 2022
Ganesh, DRM, Chennai felicitated Karuppaiah and Niranjan Bharathi during the function. Speaking at the event, DRM praised Bharatiyar’s voluminous contribution to the freedom movement through his literary works and fiery poems.
Similar events were held at all the other four stations, viz., Tiruppur, Vanchi Maniyachchi, Vellore Cantonment and Nilambur Road. Freedom fighters and/or their families who graced the occasion as special guests were felicitated.
Danve Raosaheb Dadarao, Union Minister of State for Railways, Coal and Mines attended the event through virtual means. Darshana Vikram Jardosh, Union Minister of State for Textiles and Railways, and VK Tripathy, Chairman & CEO, Railway Board were also present at the function.