On the occasion of Thiruvalluvar Day, Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi revived a controversy by paying floral tributes to a portrait of Tamil poet-saint Thiruvalluvar in saffron robes and describing him as a saint of the ‘Bharatiya Sanatan’ tradition.
“I pay my humble tributes to the revered poet, great philosopher and brightest saint of Bharatiya Sanatan tradition, Thiruvalluvar, born on the spiritual land of our Tamil Nadu,” the Raj Bhavan quoted the Governor as saying in a social media post. The portrait showed the poet-saint in saffron robes and with religious markings.
