TAMIL NADU Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has announced that a statue of “Tamil Thai” (Mother of Tamil culture) would be built in Madurai, a city that is synonymous with the Tamil language at a cost of Rs10mil (RM550,000).
Malaysia Nanban reported her as telling the state assembly on Tuesday that the statue was aimed at spreading the culture, tradition, literary treasures and architectural excellence of Tamils.
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