According to an official release here, the government led by Jayalalithaa, giving respect to the sentiments of Tamils, passed a resolution in the Assembly last year shifting back the Tamil New Year to the original month of Chithirai (mid-April).
'Based on the resolution, the Chief Minister will take part in the Tamil New Year function to be organised by the State government. Starting this year, Tamil scholars, authors and organisations who strived hard for the cause of the language will be given with awards, on the instructions of Jayalalithaa,' the release said.
'Professor A A Manavalan has been selected for the Kapilar Award, Poet Se Rasu for the Oo Ve Saa Award and educationist Mrs YGP for the Avvaiyar Award for Model Woman,' said the release.
The awardees will get Rs one lakh as cash prize, eight gram worth gold medal and a certificate of merit.
Also, the Madurai Tamil Sangam will get Tamil Thaai Award for serving the language. In addition, the Chief Minister will give away cash prizes to authors of 27 books at the function to be held at the Madras University Centenary Auditorium.
Apart from the award ceremony, the function will also witness some cultural events.
A seminar titled Thurai Thorum Thamizh (Tamil in all departments) will take place at 8.30 am. It will be followed by a literary meet under the title Muthirai Padhikkum Chithirai.At 10.30 am, a debate on the topic 'Bravery, knowledge and compassion, which is the top most quality of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa' will take place.
In a significant move, the Tamilnadu Assembly during August last year passed a Bill shifting back the Tamil New Year to Chithirai, laying to rest the previous DMK government's out of the blue declaration of changing the age-old practice to mid-January.
The Bill was tabled in the House after members of the public, archealogical experts, pundits, astronomy exponents and others expressed the opinion that the DMK government's 2008 decision to shift the Tamil New Year was against the practice of centuries.
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