RSS Sarsanghachalak Mohan Bhagawat inaugurated the 4 day top RSS national annual meet at Gauhania located Vatsalya Institute in Trans-yamuna area, Prayagraj.
After the inauguration ceremony, Sangh paid condolences to its veteran leaders and eminent personalities in various fields who passed away during the last six months. Notable among them being Dr V Krishnamurthy, TV Sankaranarayan, N Sankar, Sri Divakar, Shri Subbu Arumugam.
Dr V Krishnamurthy, who is known as father of public sector undertakings for his stellar role in steering BHEL, SAIL, and Maruti Udyog Limited among others, passed away on 26.6.2022 at the age of 97. He was conferred with Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri awards. He worked under 5 Prime Ministers.
TV Sankaranarayan, a renowned Carnatic musician and torchbearer for the Madurai Mani Iyer style of Carnatic music passed away on 2.9.2022 at the age of 77. He won the Madras Music Academy’s Sangeeta Kalanidhi Award and was honoured with the Padma Bhushan.
N Sankar, Industry Icon, Chairman of the Chennai-headquartered Sanmar Group and a veteran in PVC manufacturing and other critical sectors with significant contributions over five decades, passed away on 17.4.2022 at the age of 76.
Sri Divakar, a Swayamsevak for more than 4 decades and who held the responsibility of Chennai Mahanagar Saha-Karyavah and Samparkka Pramumkh of VHP, Uttar Tamilnadu passed away on 1.9.22.
Shri Subbu Arumugam: He was an exponent of traditional Tamil ‘Villupattu’ (an ancient form of musical story-telling and the narration is interspersed with music) and has enthralled audiences for about 4 decades. He was a ‘Padma Shri’ awardee and he passed away on 10.10.22 at the age of 94 years. He has in fact composed a song on Dr.Hedgewar and sang it in the ‘villupattu’ style.
