Daily Current Affairs – 04-01-2025
Tamil Nadu
Chola-era Tamil inscription - Bengaluru
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The Epigraphy division is taking steps to copy a fragmented Chola-era Tamil inscription engraved on a stone.
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It is found near Someshwara temple at Kammasandra village in Bengaluru rural district.
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The inscription in Tamil language dates back to the 11th Century Chola period.
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It seems to have a record of 12 kandagam (a measure of land) gifted to the Someshwara temple for conducting pujas.
25th
anniversary of Thiruvalluvar statue
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The silver jubilee celebrations of the Thiruvalluvar statue at Kanyakumari Triveni Sangamam are being held on the 31st December and 1st of January.CM declared this statue in Kanyakumari will be known as ‘Statue of Wisdom’.
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It was dedicated to the people on January 1, 2000 by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi.
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The total height of the statue and the pedestal combined is 133 feet (41 metres).
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It denotes the 133 chapters of the Thirukkural.
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The sculpture of Thiruvalluvar is 95 feet (29 metres) and it stands on a 38 feet (12 metres) pedestal.
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The pedestal represents the 38 chapters of virtue, the first of three books of the Kural text.
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The second and third books – wealth and love respectively – are represented by the statue itself.
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TN Chief Minister also inaugurated the Glass bridge connecting Vivekananda Rock and Thiruvalluvar statue during the event.
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It is India’s first glass bridge on sea.
Draft
Tamil Nadu state Water Policy
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It is developed with a multi-disciplinary approach, focuses on addressing the state’s specific challenges in water management.
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It outlines the strategies to ensure equitable access to clean water, protect and enhance water resources, and promote efficient and productive water use.
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The policy also recommends the establishment of the Tamil Nadu Water Resources Authority, the Water Policy Research Centre, and a unified Tamil Nadu Water Information System, among other initiatives.
Self-governing systems in Tamilnadu
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It was a recent study by the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), a not-for-profit research organisation, on two villages of north Tamil Nadu — Kundrathur and Ullavur.
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It highlights how elaborate self-governing administrative systems existed at the village level for many years before the arrival of the British.
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This study was based on a survey conducted by Thomas Barnard, a British military officer, in about 2,000 locations in the erstwhile Chengalpattu Jagir between 1767 and 1774.
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The British had obtained this area from the Nawab of Arcot in 1762.
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The functioning of these villages was in the Jagir from Tamil inscriptions on palm leaves kept by traditional account keepers called ‘Kanakkupillais.’
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As many as 55 inscriptions from the Chola period to the Mughals have been recorded from Kundrathur, which throws light on the history of the village over several centuries.
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The annual production of foodgrains in the whole of the Chengalpattu Jagir amounted to as much as one tonne per capita.
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It is five times the average of India today.
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The Considerable shares from the produce were allocated for the maintenance of water bodies that abound in this region and for the sustenance of high scholars, teachers, musicians, and dancers.