by: NavJeevan

Thiruvalluvar statue installed in TN & Puducherry Income Tax Office Campus to drive home good governance

NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, APR 11

Ravichandran Ramasamy, IRS, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry addressing at the ‘Patti Mandram’ after unveilng the ‘Thiruvallur’ Statue at Income Tax Office Campus at Nungambakkam High Road in Chennai on Monday. PHOTO: ITO/PRO

To drive home good governance, Ravichandran Ramasamy, IRS, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry unveiled the ‘Thiruvallur’ Statue at Income Tax Office Campus, 121, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai on Monday in the presence of the Veterans’-Retired Chief Commissioners of Income Tax, Senior Officers/Officials of the Department.

The ‘Pattimandram Fame’ S Raja, Bharathi Baskar and Perumal Sthapathi also graced the occasion.

  • A verse from Thirukkural will be displayed everyday in a LED wall placed below the statue and suggested everyone to learn and to follow the same.
  • ‘Thirukkural’ has become an integral part of our life: Ravichandran Ramasamy, IRS, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry
Thiruvalluvar Statue unveiled at the campus of the Office of the Pr CCIT, Income Tax in Chennai. PHOTO: R ARIVANANTHAM

The idea of erecting ‘Thiruvalluvar’ statue in Income Tax Office Campus, Chennai was conceived by the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, TN & P, Ravichandran Ramasamy and the same was executed within a short span of three months. Perumal Sthapathi is the designer and architect of this statue and is a senior student of Padmashri Dr. Ganapathi Sthapathi, who sculpted the 133-Feet Thiruvalluvar statue at Kanyakumari.

The Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, TN & P, Chennai in his special address stated that the ‘Thirukkural’ has become an integral part of our life.  He quoted the Kural:

இயற்றலும் ஈட்டலுங் காத்தலும் காத்த

வகுத்தலும் வல்ல தரசு

where, Thiruvalluvar in a short couplet has explained how a government should collect tax, lay it up, guard and use it for the people’s welfare.  Further, he stated that a verse from Thirukkural will be displayed everyday in a LED wall placed below the statue and suggested everyone to learn and to follow the same.

S Raja and Bharathi Baskar delivered a Special Talk on “Thirukkural through ages” (காலந்தோறும் திருக்குறள்) and explained how to make use of ‘Thirukkural’ to lead a perfect life in these modern days also.  They insisted that a book of ‘THIRUKKURAL’ should be there in every home. It was a proud and historic moment to erect the statue of Thiruvalluvar, the philosopher and poet in the Income Tax Office campus, Chennai.

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