Chennai, March 14 -- The famous Tamil couplet Thirukkural would be translated into
28 different Asian, African and European languages in the next three years by International publishers, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu announced on Friday.
Presenting the 2025-26 budget in the State Assembly, he said the Tamil Nadu Textbook
and Educational Services Corporation, in collaboration with other educational institutions,
will complete this translation project within the next three years and a sum of Rs.133 lakh
has been allocated for this purpose.
"It is our bounden duty to propagate across the world the profound principles of life in
Thirukkural, which is acclaimed as a universal scripture", he said.
Thirukkural has been tr...