Marking the 92nd birth anniversary of late President APJ Abdul Kalam, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S. Somanath paid rich tributes at the memorial and also participated in a few events jointly organised by the Ramanathapuram district administration and Kalam Foundation in Ramanathapuram on October 15.
The Kalam Foundation had organised special prayers in which the ISRO chairman, District Collector B Vishnu Chandran, MP K. Nawaz Kani and other dignitaries participated in Peikarumbu — the place of the memorial. The dignitaries also garlanded the statue of Dr. Kalam.
Later, in the morning, a marathon was organised in two categories — 21 km and 5 km for men and women.
