Tamil Nadu Government to conduct nationwide convention on epigraphy: Minister Thangam Thennarasu

Releasing a guide ‘Thisaiyayiram,’ on epigraphy scholar S. Rajagopal throughout an occasion carried out by Archaeological Society in Madurai on Sunday (July 20, 2025), Mr. Thennarasu mentioned that following a number of discussions in Legislative Assembly the fund allotted for excavation was raised from ₹5 crore to ₹7 crore.  

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“In addition to archaeology, the State Government was additionally eager on focussing on inscriptions and museums,” he added. “A revival of the curiosity in archaeology in recent times may very well be attributed to the inception of museums and excavations websites,” he mentioned.  

“Moreover, within the final 10 to fifteen years interval, children’ curiosity in archaeology, excavations and its associated topics, has elevated multifold, due to social media platforms and varied boards,” he famous.  

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Mr. Thennarasu said that the boards taking on the advanced, technical topics of historical past to the general public in laymen’s topic was an necessary growth within the subject. 

He pitched the federal government’s concept of arising with thematic museums in locations reminiscent of Thirumalai Nayak Palace to offer the general public with a holistic expertise of the inscriptions and its historical past.  

Archaeologist and secretary of ‘Pandiya Naatu Varalatru Aiyvu Mayam,’ C. Santhalingam, Assistant Director of Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology V.P. Yathees Kumar, had been additionally current through the occasion.