Thiruvalluvar Day is celebrated in Tamil Nadu, India in memory of Saint Thiruvalluvar who was a Tamil poet and philosopher. Thirukkural is his contribution to Tamil literature is a work on ethics. Thiruvalluvar lived in a period between the 4th century BC and the 1st century BC.

The Tamil poet Mamulanar of the Sangam period mentioned that Thiruvalluvar was the greatest Tamil scholar and Mamulanar also mentioned the Nanda Dynasty of northern which ruled until the 4th century BC.

There are three most important features of Thirukural which make it unique, they are.
 It is secular,
 universal and applicable to people living everywhere and
 everlasting as its messages transcend time

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