Thirukkural elocution contest held
Shriram Ilakkiya Kazhagam recently organized a series of competitions in Coimbatore centered on the Thirukkural, involving 194 students. The event featured speech, essay, and drawing contests across junior, senior, and college categories, with prizes awarded to top performers.
Why it matters
Such events promote regional literature and cultural education among students, fostering engagement with classical texts in a competitive academic setting.
A total of 194 school and college students participated in the Thirukkural-based speech, essay, and drawing competitions organised by Shriram Ilakkiya Kazhagam in Coimbatore recently.
Eighty-nine students participated in the elocution contest, 63 in drawing competition, and 42 in essay writing competition, taking the total participation to 194. Prizes were presented to the winners by Velmurugan, Sub-Inspector of Police, Kattur Police Station, and K. Sakthivel, Senior Divisional Manager, Shriram Chits.
First prize winners in elocution contest are as follows: junior category: P. Kaarnish, Panchayat Union Middle School, Moolathurai; senior category: C. Pragalathan Kumarasamy, Sachidananda Jothi Nikethan International School, Mettupalayam; college category: C. Ashwin Annamalai, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam.
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