Kanniyakumari Collector pays floral tributes to Marshal Nesamoni in Veppamoodu
Collector M. Prathap honoured the leader on the anniversary of the district's merger with Tamil Nadu.
Kanniyakumari Collector M. Prathap paid floral tributes to the statue of Marshal A. Nesamoni at his Veppamoodu memorial on Sunday.
The event marked the anniversary of the 1956 merger of Kanniyakumari district with Tamil Nadu, according to The Hindu.
The anniversary is observed annually through the paying of homage to Nesamoni. He was a key figure in the movement to merge the current Kanniyakumari district with Tamil Nadu.
Nesamoni, who is remembered as ‘Kumari Thanthai’ or father of Kanniyakumari, was instrumental in the struggle for the merger.
Mr. Prathap also visited the Sir C.P. Ramasamy Iyer Memorial park premises in Veppamoodu.
There, he paid floral tributes to the statue of Ponnappa Nadar.