Dr. 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗠 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗢 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘂𝗸𝗸𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 on 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗶 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝘂, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮..
Armoogum Parsuramen in his capacity as Founder-President of International Thirukkural Foundation was received along with Mr Ravi Kumar President of Kural Malai Sangam and in the presence of Union Minister Mr Murugan and Mr Annamalai President BJP Tamil Nadu by H.E. Mr Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India.
Parsuramen commended the PM for paying respect on many occasions to Thiruvalluvar and quoted verses of Thirukkural in many of his national and international addresses. He further expressed gratitude to the PM for quoting couplets from Thirukkural, as many as ten times in just 2020 alone. He also recalled PM Modi's statement below:
“I bow to the venerable Thiruvalluvar on Thiruvalluvar Day. His thoughts and works reflect the immense knowledge as well as wisdom he was blessed with. People across generations have been positively impacted by his ideals. I urge more youngsters across India to read the Kural.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his appreciation for the initiative of getting Thirukkural recognized as a book of universal literature by UNESCO. Mr Parsuramen handed over to the PM a full dossier on the initiative for his kind consideration.