Vummidi Ethiraju belongs to an age-old jeweler family in Tamil Nadu, and made the ‘Sengol’ sceptre along with his brother 75 years ago, which is now installed in the new Parliament building.
Sharing his view on the Sengol , Tharoor said, The government rightly argues that the sceptre reflects a continuity of tradition by embodying sanctified sovereignty & the rule of dharma
In a historic move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday installed the sacred Sengol at the new Parliament building during the inauguration ceremony. aaa
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On the day of the inauguration of the new Parliament building (28 May), Modi will be presented with the Sengol by the 293rd head priest of Madurai Sri Harihara Desika Swamigal
The Vummidi Bangaru Chetty family, who made the historic golden sceptre or 'Sengol' that will be installed in the new parliament building on Sunday, has received an invitation to the inauguration ceremony.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed no documented evidence to show that the Sengol was handed over to former PM Jawahar Lal Nehru as the symbol of the transfer of power.
The gold-plated sceptre, to be installed in the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, was built in 1947 by one of the oldest jeweller families in Chennai, Vummidi Bangaru
Vummidi Sudhakar, the chairman of Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers which made the historic 'Sengol' that will be installed in the new Parliament building on May 28, said that he was grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to follow the same procedures.