The ‘moving’ train comes to an abrupt halt just about Dalmiapuram Railway Station in Tiruchi district of then Madras State. Lying on the tracks, a few feet away, is a man in his late 20s, along with his supporters, agitating against the Hindi name of the station and demanding that it be given its original Tamil name, ‘Kallakkudi’. Soon after, he and his supporters are whisked away from the site by police personnel. The man is M. Karunanidhi, who years later, became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and president of the DMK.
These scenes of the Kallakkudi demonstration in July 1953 come alive in a 7D interactive show, titled ‘Kalaignar’s Epic Journey’, featured in the underground digital museum at the Karunanidhi memorial on the Marina here.
