Kalingarayan statue, library to be inaugurated in Erode on January 18

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin volition inaugurate a bronze statue of Kalingarayan and a room named aft him done video conferencing present connected Sunday (January 18, 2026) astatine astir 9 a.m., said Minister for Housing and Urban Development and Erode South District DMK Secretary, S. Muthusamy.

In a property release, the Minister said that successful designation of Kalingarayan, hailed arsenic a pioneer of stream h2o inter-linking, a onshore had been purchased adjacent the Rasa temple astatine Vellode successful Chennimalai Union, wherever a full-length bronze statue measuring 7 feet has been erected. A room bearing Kalingarayan’s sanction has been established beneath the statue. It houses books connected the past of Kalingarayan arsenic good arsenic notation materials utile for candidates preparing for competitory examinations.

The Minister has appealed to Kalingarayan’s descendants, farmers, the wide public, peculiar invitees, section assemblage representatives, and office-bearers of the DMK, too representatives of the INDIA confederation and leaders of each governmental parties, to enactment successful ample numbers and marque the lawsuit a success.