Chennai, Mar 16:
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday announced that the second World Classical Tamil Conference would be held in Chennai in June 2025, for five days.
In a statement, Stalin recalled various measures taken for Tamil development including awards to scholars and nationalizing books of popular writers.
The first World Classical Tamil Conference was held in June 2010 in Coimbatore, under the leadership of then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
In the three years of the DMK government various awards have been presented to qualified Tamil scholars, and the government has taken various steps for the development of Tamil, Mr. Stalin said in a statement issued on Saturday, March 16, 2024.
He said that museum at Keezhadi has been constructed to demonstrate knowledge and culture of ancient Tamils.
Porunai museum is being constructed. First World Classical Tamil Conference was conducted in Coimbatore 2010. It may be noted that the previous editions of World Tamil conference were held in TN during the DMK regime.
