Tamil Nadu: BJP members bathe recently defaced Tiruvalluvar statue with milk

Tamil saint-poet Tiruvalluvar's statue was found smeared with cow dung and eyes 'blindfolded' with what appeared to be a black paper at Pillayarpatti in Thanjavur district on Monday.

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Tamil Nadu: BJP members bathe recently defaced Tiruvalluvar statue with milk
Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy on Tuesday condemned the defacement of the statue of Tamil saint-poet Tiruvalluvar | Photo courtesy: Shalini Lobo

Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by party's state general secretary K Muruganandam, performed ablution of Tiruvalluvar statue with milk.

The ablution, or the abhishekam, was performed at Pillayarpatti, Tamil nadu.

This Tiruvalluvar is the same statue which was desecrated by miscreants on Sunday night.

Tamil saint-poet Tiruvalluvar's statue was found smeared with cow dung and eyes 'blindfolded' with what appeared to be a black paper at Pillayarpatti in Thanjavur district on Monday.

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Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Tuesday condemned the defacement of the statue of Tamil saint-poet Tiruvalluvar in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

The Chief Minster also appealed to his Tamil Nadu counterpart to initiate immediate steps to trace the culprits and also inflict stern action against the miscreants.