Thiruvalluvar's Statue Vandalised By Miscreants In Tanjavur District Amid 'Saffronisation' Row

#CNNNews18 #ThiruvallurStatue #TamilNadu Miscreants desecrated a statue of Thiruvalluvar, the poet who authored Tamil classical ethical treatise Tirukkural, near here on the early hours of Monday. Police have registered a case and on the lookout for the culprits. They were probing in various angles whether this was a reaction to the depicting Thiruvalluvar with a saffron robe in the Twitter page of Tamil Nadu BJP.

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