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While Kerala is celebrating the centenary of the Vaikom Satyagraha, therea also been an effort to celebrate the state’s association with the chapati | Latest News India

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India News: The historic Vaikom Satyagraha begins year-long centenary celebrations from April 1, to be jointly inaugurated by chief ministers of Kerala and Tamil

Travancore Devaswom Board president K. Ananthagopan says Gauri Parvathi Bai and Gauri Lakshmi Bai report 'indisposed' and hence choose to stay away from event

The erstwhile royal family is still revered in Thiruvananthapuram and its surroundings despite Travancore's initial refusal to join the Indian Union after Independence

“Casteism, which has accrued in the mind over the years, will not end in one day. Our state had witnessed many agitations against the caste system. However, there are still remnants. We still require great efforts to get rid of such thoughts,” minister K Radhakrishnan said.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Kerala's apex temple body, Travancore Devaswom Board, has landed in trouble over a notice it issued with regard to a programme related to the 87th anniversary of the historic temple entry proclamation. India News | TDB Notice to Mark Temple Entry Proclamation Anniversary Event Lands in Trouble.

“Our children who attended the event will now tell posterity about it, and keep alive the memory of the Satyagraha for another 100 years,” said Vijayakumari, one of the attendees of the inauguration.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will jointly inaugurate the centenary celebrations of the historic anti-untouchability movement at a ceremony in Vaikom later today

Social activists like TK Madhavan understood the importance of breaking this last bastion of caste society in each village of Kerala.