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VIT laminitis and chancellor G. Viswanathan inaugurated Pongal festivities astatine the field successful Vellore connected Tuesday successful a accepted manner.
Addressing students astatine the event, Mr. Viswanathan said that Pongal is the quintessential festival for Tamils who unrecorded successful 160 countries. The festival unites each Tamils irrespective of their geographical boundaries. “Tamils should ever travel the principles similar duty, dignity and subject that E.V. Ramasamy Periyar and C.N. Annadurai propagated to marque them palmy successful their lives,” helium said.
Traditional creation forms, including Bharatanatyam, Jikkaattam and Silambattam, performed by troupes, stole the hearts of students and guests. Pongal was made with rice, jaggery, pulses, cardamom and cashew nuts successful a accepted clay pot, signifying the festival.
The festival is celebrated annually astatine VIT, with information from students, module members, management, and non-teaching staff. It is organised each twelvemonth by Paavendhar Bharathidasan Tamil Literary Association and VIT School of Agricultural Innovations and Advanced Learning. Students from antithetic countries besides took portion successful the celebrations, wearing accepted clothes.
On the occasion, books connected h2o management, millets and agriculture were released by Mr. Viswanathan successful the beingness of Sankar Viswanathan, vice-president, VIT. The books, published by VIT, were fixed to farmers.
