Kannagi statue
Kannagi statue is a statue at the
History
In 1967, the
In May 2001, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader J. Jayalalithaa became chief minister of Tamil Nadu. On 21 September 2001, she resigned due to the corruption charges. In December 2001, the AIADMK government removed the Kannagi statue after a lorry damaged the pedestal of the statue and kept it in the Government Museum, Chennai.[4] While the opposition DMK alleged that the statue removed on the advice of the Jayalalithaa's astrologers as "the statue could bring misfortune to her".[1] DMK leader M. Karunanidhi, as a PWD minister who oversaw the 1968 conference, considered the removal of statue as a "a challenge to Tamil pride".[3] After Karunanidhi come to power in 2006, he re-installed the statue.[5]
References
- ^ a b "On Marina beach, Karunanidhi keeps date with Kannagi - Indian Express". Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "1968 International Tamil Conference: A celebration of culture, language - and DMK". 21 April 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2020.[dead link]
- ^ a b S, VISWANATHAN. "Controversy over a statue". Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Jaya says she did not order removal of Kannagi statue". Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Kannagi statue reinstalled on Marina". 3 June 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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