Following the Chola era tradition, the pontiff of the Thiruvaduthurai Aadeenam presented the sengol to the first Prime Minister of India Nehru signifying the transfer of power from the British to Indian hands.
The ‘historical and sacred sengol (sceptre)’ received by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru symbolising the transfer of power from the British to India in 1947, and set to.