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S Siva Arumugam, Nandhi Achchagam, Coimbatore
S Siva Arumugam of Nandhi Achchagam in Barathi Park Road, Coimbatore passed away on 3 September 2020. He was 87.
In 1965, Arumugam started Gandhi Dhasan Achchagam for his elder brother, when they were all in a joint family. Later, in 1982, Nandhi Achchagam was inaugurated for producing commercial jobs, book works, and registers and forms for schools and colleges.
Arumugam’s close friends say that he was deeply rooted in spiritualism and was also the head of the committee caretaking the Vinayaka Temple situated near the press.