Chennai:
DMK president M Karunanidhi turned 90 today. Senior leaders of his party, religious leaders and people from different walks of life lined up at Mr Karunanidhi's residence in Chennai to greet him.
Apart from distributing sweets and bursting crackers, the DMK cadres have added another facility for sending birthday greetings to "Kalaignar" - through mobile phones or by accessing the portal www.kalaignarkarunanidhi.com.
Mr Karunanidhi began the day by paying homage at the memorials of his mentors, DMK founder C N Annadurai and Dravidar Kazhagam founder E V Ramasamy.
Later, at the party headquarters - Anna Arivalayam - hundreds of party cadre queued up to wish him.
A series of functions has been organised to mark the occasion, which include blood donation camp and a public meeting to be chaired by Karunanidhi later this evening, party sources said.