**Executive Summary**
The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, delivered a video message for the fourth edition of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam, highlighting the enduring cultural connection between Kashi and Tamil Nadu. The event, part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, aims to promote cultural unity and linguistic harmony. The Agathiyar Yatra from Tenkasi to Kashi, started on December 2 and concluding on December 10, symbolizes this unity.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Kashi Tamil Sangamam Overview:**
* The initiative, launched in 2022, has grown into a major national platform.
* Symbolizes the cultural unity of the North and the South.
* This year's theme: "Let us Learn Tamil."
* Embodies Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat.
* **Cultural Exchange and Education:**
* 50 Hindi-speaking Tamil teachers are teaching basic Tamil to 1,500 students in Varanasi over 15 days.
* 300 students from Uttar Pradesh will visit leading institutions in Tamil Nadu for cultural exchange.
* **Symbolic Initiatives:**
* Agathiyar Yatra from Tenkasi to Kashi, which commenced on December 2 and will conclude on December 10, commemorates unity.
* **Appreciation and Gratitude:**
* The Vice-President expressed satisfaction that Tamil is receiving its rightful place of honour and continued national support.
* The Vice-President conveyed his appreciation to the Ministry of Education, the Government of Uttar Pradesh, and other Central Ministries for organising this cultural unity programme.
**Impact Analysis**
**Students in Varanasi**
* **Impact:** Receiving basic Tamil instruction, promoting linguistic diversity and cultural understanding.
* **Action Required:** Participate in the Tamil language classes and cultural exchange activities.
**Students from Uttar Pradesh**
* **Impact:** Traveling to Tamil Nadu for cultural exchange, broadening their understanding of Southern culture and languages.
* **Action Required:** Participate in the cultural exchange program and engage with the institutions in Tamil Nadu.
**Tamil Teachers and Coordinators**
* **Impact:** Facilitating linguistic and cultural exchange by teaching Tamil in Varanasi.
* **Action Required:** Conduct Tamil language classes and engage with students in Varanasi.
**Ministry of Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh, and other Central Ministries**
* **Impact:** Responsible for organizing and supporting the Kashi Tamil Sangamam and related initiatives.
* **Action Required:** Continue to support and promote the Kashi Tamil Sangamam program.
Key Entities Referenced
Kashi Tamil Sangamam: An initiative celebrating the cultural unity between Kashi (Varanasi) and Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu: One of the two primary locations connected by the Kashi Tamil Sangamam.
Kashi: Also known as Varanasi, one of the two primary locations connected by the Kashi Tamil Sangamam.
Ministry of Education: The ministry that was appreciated for organizing the cultural unity program.
Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat: A program that the Kashi Tamil Sangamam embodies.
Vice President's Secretariat
Vice-President of India Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan
addresses Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 virtually
Vice-President says the initiative symbolises the cultural unity
of the North and the South and their shared civilizational
heritage
Vice-President welcomes this year’s Sangamam theme ‘Let
us Learn Tamil’
Vice-President says Kashi Tamil Sangamam embodies Ek
Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat and will guide us towards Viksit
Bharat
Vice-President says the bond between Kashi and Tamil Nadu
will grow stronger for thousands of years
प्रव तथ: 02 DEC 2025 6:11PM by PIB Delhi
The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, delivered a special video message on the occasion
of the fourth edition of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam, celebrating the enduring cultural bond between Kashi
and Tamil Nadu.
The Vice-President noted that since the launch of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam in 2022 during the Azadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav, the initiative has grown into a major national platform that brings together the culture of
the Ganga and the traditions of the Cauvery, symbolising the cultural unity of the North and the South and
their shared civilizational heritage.
He recalled the Prime Minister’s recent remarks in the Mann Ki Baat broadcast on November 30, where
the Prime Minister described the Sangamam as the meeting of one of the world’s oldest languages with
one of the world’s oldest living cities.
The Vice-President expressed satisfaction that Tamil is receiving its rightful place of honour and continued
national support. He welcomed this year’s theme, Let us learn Tamil, which reinforces linguistic and
cultural harmony.
He appreciated the initiative of fifty Hindi-speaking Tamil teachers and coordinators, trained by the
Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai, who have arrived in Varanasi to teach basic Tamil to more
than 1,500 students across fifty government and private schools over a 15-day period.Highlighting efforts to rediscover ancient cultural routes between Tamil Nadu and Kashi, the Vice-
President referred to the symbolic Agathiyar Yatra from Tenkasi to Kashi, which commenced on
December 2 and will conclude on December 10. This journey commemorates the message of unity spread
by Pandya King Athiveera Parakrama Pandian, whose travels linked Tamil Nadu with Kashi and gave
Tenkasi—a town in Tamil Nadu whose name means Southern Kashi—its identity.
He also welcomed the initiative under which 300 students from Uttar Pradesh will travel in ten groups to
leading institutions in Tamil Nadu, including the Central Institute of Classical Tamil, strengthening two-
way cultural understanding and exchange.
Describing the Sangamam as an embodiment of Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat, the Vice-President observed
that Kashi and Tamil Nadu stand as radiant lamps of Bharat’s ancient civilization, illuminating the nation
with their cultural richness.
The Vice-President conveyed his appreciation to the Ministry of Education, the Government of Uttar
Pradesh, and other Central Ministries for organising this cultural unity programme in such a grand manner.
The Vice-President extended his best wishes for the Kashi Tamil Sangamam to be a grand cultural,
spiritual, and intellectual celebration. He concluded with the hope that the Sangamam will continue to
shine, that the bond between Kashi and Tamil Nadu will grow stronger for thousands of years, and that
this spirit of unity will guide the nation towards the Bharat envisioned by the visionary leadership of the
Prime Minister.
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