Happy to meet people living in Tamil Nadu from Saurashtra: Rishikesh Happy to meet people living in Tamil Nadu from Saurashtra: Rishikesh

More than 25 lakh people from Saurashtra have settled in Tamil Nadu for handicraft purposes. When Somnath was invaded by Muhammad Ghazni in 1024, fed up with his torture, many Saurashtra-dwelling families migrated by sea to Maharashtra and later settled in Tamil Nadu at the invitation of the Vijayanagara Empire for weaving.

Saurashtra Tamil Sangam Program
This information was given by Rishikesh Patel, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of the State Government in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Some time ago 8 ministers of the state government went to various cities of Tamil Nadu to promote the Saurashtra Tamil Sangam program and held road shows there.

The program will start from April 17
The minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has presented the concept of Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam program with the intention of reuniting these people who have settled thousands of kilometers away from Saurashtra with Gujarat. This program will start from April 17. Meanwhile, presentations will be presented that connect Saurashtra and Gujarat with cultural ties.