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Nation Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the former Vice-
Chancellor of BHU. BHU remembers his contribution
even today.
Shri Rajeshwar Shastri, a well-known Tamil
Vedic scholar, was born in Kashi. He founded the
Ramghat Sangveda school. Similarly, the people of
Kashi remember Shri Pattabhiram Shastri ji, who
lived in Hanuman Ghat.
He further says that if you visit Kashi, you will see
that there is "Kashi Kamakotishwar Panchayatan
Temple," which is a Tamil temple, at Harishchandra
Ghat. There is also a 200-year-old Kumaraswamy
Mutt and Markandeya Ashram at Kedar Ghat. A
large number of people from Tamil Nadu live here
around Hanuman Ghat and Kedar Ghat and have
made unprecedented contributions to Kashi over
generations. Shri Subramania Bharathi ji, another
great personality from Tamil Nadu who was also
a great freedom fighter, lived in Kashi. It was here
that he studied at Mission College and Jainarayan
College. He connected with Kashi in such a way
that Kashi became a part of him. Many such
personalities, traditions, and faiths have linked Kashi
and Tamil Nadu with the thread of national unity.
Now BHU has added to its pride by establishing a freedom fighters reflected sacrifice. Along
chair named after Subramania Bharathi. with this, there were screenings of regional
KASHI-TAMIL SANGAMAM CREATED A FESTIVE films and the release of books. Aside from that,
AMBIENCE exhibitions and stalls of various handicrafts
Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the Kashi Tamil and handlooms were made available under the
Sangamam on November 19 to rediscover the banner of "One District, One Product." Cuisine is
connection to Indian tradition, strengthen our an essential component of any culture, which
connection, and honour the richness of our shared explains why there are so many different types
heritage. of Tamil cuisine available here, each with its
Around 2500 delegates from 12 Tamil Nadu own distinct flavour. This festival of bringing
groups visited Kashi for an immersive experience people's hearts together served as a preview of
as part of the educational programme at this the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence.
Sangamam. Special seminars on each group's Kashi-Tamil Sangamam is more about
topic were organised for mutual discussion and feeling than words. That is why the Prime
knowledge exchange. During their visit, each Minister stated that such events should be held
delegation was taken on a tour of Varanasi, in Tamil Nadu and other southern states, and
Sarnath, Prayagraj, and Ayodhya. Every evening, people from other parts of the country should
cultural programmes were organised to add colour go there and know India. The message that
to the festivities, which included ancient dances emerged from Kashi Tamil Sangamam will
such as Bharatnatyam, Tamil folk dances such as undoubtedly become a medium for research
Karagattam, Poikal, and Kuthirai, and Tamil folk and this seed will grow into a banyan tree of
music. national unity.
The exhibition organised for Tamil Nadu's

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