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A Fargo van talented to ‘Periyar’ E.V. Ramasamy, the laminitis of the Dravida Kazhagam (DK) successful August 19, 1973, is being repaired and fixed a makeover successful Tiruchi to further sphere its iconic presumption successful Tamil politics.
Parked successful a glass-fronted enclosure adjoining the leader’s residence astatine the ‘Periyar Maaligai’, a 2.5 acre property successful Puthur, the conveyance is simply a acquainted show for those passing by successful the neighbourhood.
A committee informs visitors that a aureate cardinal to the van, with the numberplate ‘TMZ 9595’, was talented by then-Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi to Periyar astatine a ceremonial successful Thanjavur. A sum of ₹1 lakh was estimated to person been collected from the nationalist successful 1973 to bargain the van. The then-DK wide caput K.Veeramani raised ₹1.5 lakh and talented ₹50,000 to Periyar during the inaugural function.
