Archive · 24 Jul 2025
PM Modi Visits Tamil Nadu for Celebrations and Airport Opening
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tamil Nadu to celebrate a famous old king named Rajendra Chola I. They are celebrating his birthday and a big trip he took a long time ago.
This event is part of a festival about Tamil culture.
The Prime Minister will also open a bigger airport that can handle more planes.
This visit is planned before the next big election in Tamil Nadu.
This means politicians are trying to win people over.
The ruling party and others are already campaigning.
PM Modi to visit Tamil Nadu for Chola Emperor Rajendra Chola I's birth anniversary celebrations.
The visit includes the inauguration of the expanded Tuticorin Airport.
The event marks the 1000th anniversary of the Chola emperor's maritime expedition.
The Aadi Thiruvathirai Festival is being organized by the Ministry of Culture.
The visit is seen as strategically timed ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, and Minister of State L Murugan.
- What
- Prime Minister Modi's visit to Tamil Nadu for Chola Emperor's celebrations and airport inauguration.
- When
- July 27 and 28.
- Where
- Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- Celebrations of Chola Emperor and inauguration of new airport facilities, also politically timed.
- Event
- Chola Emperor Rajendra Chola I's birth anniversary
- Celebration
- Aadi Thiruvathirai Festival
- Location of Celebration
- Ariyalur district
- Airport
- Tuticorin Airport
- Political Context
- Ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections