"Today, when #TamilNadu is discussed, the word #Sengol comes to everyone's mind first. Two months ago, hardly anyone outside Tamil Nadu was familiar with the word Sengol. But today everyone is aware of it. PM has acknowledged the contribution of Tamil culture to the nation by… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1671133841678020608 #press

#Vellore, #TamilNadu | Union Home Minister #AmitShah says, "Recently, PM #NarendraModi inaugurated the new Parliament building. #Sengol of the Chola empire was installed at the Parliament building, following all traditions, by Narendra Modi Government." #press

#Sengol issue | The #BJP's claim that the 'Sengol' was a symbol of transfer of power from the British to former PM Nehru has been exposed, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said citing an interview quoting a Tamil Nadu-based religious body's chief.
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There is no clear information about the #Sengol, which was installed in the #NewParliamentBuilding, was presented to Lord Mountbatten before it was handed over to #Nehru on the eve of India’s independence, the head of the Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam said.
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The sceptre that haunts Nehruvian Naysayers

Those questioning the placement of #Sengol in #NewParliament devalue Indians’ collective memory and civilisational symbols

Read today's op-ed by Vikram Sampath👇

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/the-sceptre-that-haunts-nehruvian-naysayers-those-questioning-the-placement-of-sengol-in-new-parliament-devalue-indians-collective-memory-and-civilisational-symbols/ #press

Profile | PM #NarendraModi’s decision to place the #Sengol presented by the Math to the first PM Jawaharlal Nehru in the new Parliament building has put the spotlight on the 16th-century institution, which is now a pale shadow of its past glory.
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.@swapan55's column | With #Sengol, PM restores India’s comfort with old traditions

The disdain with which this traditional symbol of statecraft was treated owed almost entirely to Nehru’s vision of the New India that he sought to build. Now, Modi is trying to change that… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1665218323204956161 #press

In this week's Political Line #newsletter, @vargheseKgeorge writes about the installation of a #sengol during the opening of the new Parliament building, identity politics in the northeast and more.
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Profile | PM #NarendraModi’s decision to place the #Sengol presented by the Math to the first PM Jawaharlal Nehru in the new Parliament building has put the spotlight on the 16th-century institution, which is now a pale shadow of its past glory.
https://trib.al/5tjr6Rq #press

Members of the Vummidi Bangaru Chetty family that had designed and made #Sengol, the historical sceptre installed in the new Parliament House, were felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.

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Annadurai cautioned Nehru in 1947 about motives behind sengol ‘gift’

For a government that starts out on a new path, will its governance be good if it gets a sengol from those who have made a business out of exploiting the mind and subsequently the lives of the people?

#sceptre #sengol #JawaharlalNehru #CNAnnadurai #NarendraModi #authoritarianism #adheenam #mutts #monarchism #NewParliament #hindutva #TamilNadu #DMK #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/annadurai-cautioned-nehru-1947-about-motives-behind-sengol-gift-177846

#InPics | PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the #NewParliamentBuilding and installed the historic '#Sengol' in the Lok Sabha chamber

Read more https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indias-prime-minister-modi-inaugurates-new-parliament-building-marking-historic-day-in-legislative-history-opposition-parties-boycott-ceremony-101685299308778.html #press

#WrestlersProtest: #Sengol has 'bent' the very first day, says Stalin

Stalin's jibe at the PM Modi-led dispensation seemed to be targeted at the hype around the Sengol, as sceptre is said to be symbolic of upright governance and the upholding of justice.

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Amid the raging #Sengol row, senior Congress leader #ShashiTharoor said the positions taken by the government and the Opposition on the issue are reconcilable, as he called for embracing this symbol from the past to affirm the values of our present.
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#AmitShah said the '#Sengol' (sceptre) installed in the new Parliament building by Modi bridges India's cultural heritage with its present

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/new-parliament-building-inauguration-amit-shah-sees-it-as-starting-point-of-indias-journey-towards-excellence-101685270585829.html #press

Prime Minister #NarendraModi unveiled the new parliament building which also hosts the historic ‘#Sengol’

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/new-parliament-inauguration-s-jaishankar-pm-narendra-modi-sengol-101685264798520.html #press

Rajya Sabha MP #KapilSibal took a dig at the #BJP over the party describing the #Sengol as a symbol of transfer of power from the British, saying that in India the transfer of power is through the will of the people who gave themselves this Constitution.
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#WATCH | It is a very proud moment, says 97-year-old Vummidi Ethiraj of the Vummidi Bangaru Chetty family, the makers of the historic '#Sengol' on its installation in the #NewParliamentBuilding

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It is our good fortune that we have been able to restore the pride of the holy '#Sengol'. Whenever proceedings start in this House the 'Sengol' will inspire us: #PMModi in the new Parliament #press

#WATCH | It is our good fortune that we have been able to restore the pride of the holy '#Sengol'. Whenever proceedings start in this House the 'Sengol' will inspire us: #PMModi in the #newParliament

(ANI) #press