The National Education Policy 2020 strongly advocates promotion of Indian languages, arts and culture. In line with this, the Government of India, Ministry of Education has given impetus to the translation and interpretation of classical texts so that our literary heritage can reach readers far and wide, across regional and linguistic divides. The translations of the classical Tamil wark Tirukkural is a very important endeavour in this direction. Tirukkural comprises 1330 couplets in 133 chapters comprised on three virtues Aram (Dharma). Porul (Artha) and Inbam (Kama). This ancient text by Saint Thiruvalluvar stands unique in its universal appeal and vision, and remains relevant even today.
Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had released the translation of Tirukkural in 13 Languages (Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Vagri Boli, Badaga, Saurashtri, Sanskrit and Khemer) on 19th November 2022, during inauguration of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam. Now, the Institute has translated Tirukkural in 10 Indian languages namely. Assamese, Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Bodo, Dogri, Kashmiri, Kodava, Koraga. Maithili, Tulu and 5 foreign languages namely, Burmese, Danish, Japanese, Kreol, Malay. So far. 34 translated versions of Tirukkural in Indian and foreign languages have been made available by Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai, This will give our young generations the opportunity to study the Tirukkural in their own languages and be enlightened with its wisdom.
I appreciate this commendable work by the team of Central Institute of Classical Tamil and hope they will continue bringing out translations of other classical texts in future also.
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