- Union Education Ministry will organise ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ – a month-long programme from 16th of next month – to rediscover the centuries-old bond of knowledge and ancient civilisational linakage between Varanasi and Tamilnadu.
- Addressing media about this programme in New Delhi, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed that over 2400 tamil people in 12 groups from diverse sections of society, including acedemics, spiritualism, philosophy, trade and commerce, agriculture, entrepreneurship, arts and artisanship will visit Kashi for eight days to get familiarised with the ancient knowledge shared by these two ancient cities.
He said, these people will come from Rameshwaram, Chennai and Coimbatore by train. Mr Prdhan said, seminars discussions and lectures will be held during the programme.- IIT-Madras and Banaras Hindu University are the knowledge partners and will host organisers of the Sangamam.
Union Education Ministry to organise ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ month-long programme
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