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A memorial for state combatant Tiruppur Kumaran volition travel up astatine Chennimalai successful the territory astatine a outgo of ₹2.5 crore.
Minister for Housing, Prohibition and Excise S. Muthusamy and Minister for Tamil Development, Information and Public Relations M.P. Saminathan, successful the beingness of Collector S. Kandasamy, Erode MP K.E. Prakash, and MLA V.C. Chandhirakumar, laid the instauration chromatic astatine Melapalayam colony successful Attavanai Pidariyur, Chennimalai, connected Saturday (October 4, 2025).
The 2.109.73 sq. ft memorial hallway volition location a statue of the state fighter. The task volition see operation of a compound wall, borewell, overhead and underground h2o tanks, a information room, paved pathways, and abstracted restrooms for men, women, and persons with disabilities.
Tiruppur Kumaran, calved connected October 4, 1904, astatine Chennimalai, was a devoted follower of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals and actively participated successful the state struggle. On January 10, 1932, helium led a protestation march successful Tiruppur defying constabulary restrictions and was fatally injured during a British constabulary attack. Even successful his last moments, helium held the nationalist emblem aloft without letting it interaction the ground, earning him the title “Kodi Kaatha Kumaran.” The memorial is being established to honour his sacrifice and to sphere his bequest successful the state movement, said a property release.
