Updated Feb 16, 2021 | 15:36 IST
Amid soaring petrol prices, a petrol pump in Karur, Tamil Nadu s Trichy district is offering 1-litre free petrol to students who can recite 20 couplets of Thirukkural. A petrol pump in Karur, Tamil Nadu s Trichy district is offering 1-litre free petrol to students who can recite 20 couplets of Thirukkural. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Trichy: At a time when petrol prices are soaring across the country, a petrol pump in Karur district is offering one-litre free petrol. School students driving in with their parents have to recite 20 Thirukkural couplets to avail the offer.
The petrol pump is owned by Valluvar Agencies near Nagampalli village in Aravakurichi. The offer was introduced on January 16 to mark Thiruvalluvar Day. As many as 176 people have been given free fuel since the scheme was introduced.
Express News Service
KARUR: An underground cave-like chamber was discovered by HRCE Department officials while renovating the Mahabaleshwar temple at Malaikkovilur near Aravakurichi in Karur. When the structure, which is at least a 100 years old, started to fall apart, a proposal was sent to the department to renovate the temple and its corridors, following which officials began the work a few days ago.
While digging the ground at one part of the temple, workers discovered an underground passage leading to a cave-like chamber. They alerted the Nagampalli panchayat president Tamil Mani, who, in turn, informed the officials. HRCE district Assistant Commissioner Surya Narayanan, Karur Pasupatheeswarar Temple Executive Officer Shankaran inspected the cave.