On 4 Mar 2026, Honourable Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law & Justice and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India, visited Sevalaya’s Chellamma Bharathi Learning Centre in Kadayam, where he paid tributes to the lifesize statue of the illustrious couple, Mahakavi Bharathiyar and Chellamma Bharathi.
Sridhar Vembu, Founder of Zoho Corporation and K S Kalyani Sivagaminathan, Retd Head Master and a long time supporter of Sevalaya were present on the occasion. Kadayam is the birthplace of Bharathiyar’s wife Chellamma.
In 2022, Sevalaya reconstructed the Kadayam branch library and installed a life-size statue of the Chellamma–Bharathi couple there. Sevalaya has been celebrating Bharathiyar’s birthday and the wedding anniversary of the Chellamma-Bharathi couple every year at Kadayam.
