The logo for the International Conference on Classical Tamil.
CHENNAI: The image of saint-poet Thiruvalluvar’s statue in Kanyakumari, lashed by waves caused by the tsunami and encircled by seven icons from the Indus Valley Civilisation forms part of the logo of the World Classical Tamil Conference to be held in Coimbatore next June.
The logo emphasises the ideal of the mankind that it should always be free of narrow walls of race, creed and casteism. The message is found in a palm leaf manuscript at the bottom of the statue. This concept (“pirapokkum ella uyirkkum”) has been declared the motto of the meet.
The figures of the Indus Valley Civilisation icons, found in the logo, symbolise the Dravidian civilisation, which is regarded as one of the four ancient civilisations, according to an official release.
The number of icons stresses the importance of ‘seven’ in the lives of Tamils.
On Friday, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi unveiled the logo at the Secretariat in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, Information Minister Parithi Ellamvazhuthi, scholars V.C. Kulandaiswamy and Iravatham Mahadevan, Chief Secretary K.S. Sripathi, Tamil University Vice-Chancellor M. Rajendran, and Special Officer for the conference K. Allaudin.
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