Bhooma, Director, Central Institute of Classical Tamil, were also present. Smriti Zubin Irani, was present on the occasion. The Minister for Human Resource Development, Smt. Kokila, born in Gujarat, a professor of Hindi, and a resident of Tamil Nadu. The Gujarati translation has been done by Dr. The Central Institute of Classical Tamil, an institute under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, has taken up the mission of bringing out the Thirukkural in all Indian languages in which it has not been translated so far. Thirukkural does not refer to any nation, leader, society, language, religion or caste in the entire book, which is why it has been called the 'Universal Veda.' The ideas expressed in Thirukkural are so universal that even after almost two millennia they are still relevant and revered. Simple and vast in scope, his thoughts and writings have been a strong influence on humanity for centuries,' the Prime Minister said. On Thiruvalluvar Day, the Prime Minister also paid homage to the great poet and philosopher: 'I bow to the great Thiruvalluvar. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, released the Gujarati translation of Thirukkural, which holds a prime place among the classical literary works of Tamil.
