INTRODUCTION ABOUT THANTHAI PERIYAR:
Thanthai Periyar was a unique humanist of the twentieth century. His life and services irradiate, like the sunrays for the society that suffered severely from the darkness of ignorance, Ignominy and segragation. Great leaders were born in India to safeguard the people from these maladies ahlicting the society.Among them Thanthai Periyar was one who made strong inprints on the history of mankind.His principlesare very lofty, veracious but not self- seeking.They had Universal applicability and a tellingcurative power on the societal ills viz ignorance and poverty. Therefore, the women of Tamilnadu Convened a conference in Chennai (Madras), on 13th November 1938, passed a resolution and conferred on him the reverential title ‘Periyar’ (Meaning ‘the Great man’) Hence forth, he was respectfully called ‘Periyar’ by the people. This was an expression of their sense of gratitude for the yeman service rendered by him.
