AIADMK Leader J Jayalalithaa present gold ‘kavasam’ to the statue of Muthuramalinga Thevar Sunday Feb 09,2014

After a brief ritual by Sivalingaeswara Swami of the Coimbatore Kamakshipuri Adheenam at the memorial, Ms. Jayalalithaa presented a gold ‘kavasam’ (ornamental plates in gold to drape a statue) weighing 13 kg for the statue of Muthuramalinga Thevar. She sprinkled holy water and offered worship before presenting the four pieces of gold plates amid chanting of mantras. 

She was received at the memorial by Thevar’s family heirs, N. Gandhi Meenal, S. Thangavel, S. Palani and P. Ramachandran.

AIADMK Leader J Jayalalithaa presenting gold ‘kavasam’ to the statue of Muthuramalinga Thevar, at his memorial at Pasumpon in Ramanathapuram district on Sunday Feb 09,2014

Addressing a gathering after presenting golden armour to be draped on the statue of the late leader at his memorial in his native village here on Sunday, J Jayalalithaa said

 “The time is ripe for realising the ideals of Muthuramalinga Thevar, including a non-Congress government.” 

“The time is ripe to retrieve afresh the goals and ideals of the nationalist leader, which included spiritualism, nationalism, socialism, an anti-imperialistic stance and working for an alternative to the Congress govt,”