J Jayalalithaa pays floral tribute to a portrait of Periyar Ramasamy on the occasion on his 137th birth anniversary in Chennai. (PTI)
Floral tributes were paid to rationalist leader Periyar EV Ramasamy on his 137th birth anniversary by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, DMK chief Karunanidhi and a host of other leaders of various political parties.
Ms Jayalalithaa, Mr Karunanidhi, his son and party treasurer MK Stalin paid floral tributes at a portrait of Periyar E V Ramasamy in Chennai.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi tweeted:
PMK leaders S Ramadoss, Anbumani Ramadoss, MDMK chief Vaiko also paid respects to the rationalist leader.
Periyar (1879-1973), was a rationalist leader and fountain of Dravidian ideology who led Dravidian Movement in Tamil Nadu championing the cause of subaltern classes.