Chennai, Mar 14 (UNI) In a bid to disseminate the glory of

classical Tamil and the excellence of Tamil culture among

Tamil youths across the globe, the 'World Tamil Olympiad'

competition will be held every year, Tamil Nadu Finance

Minister Thangam Thennarasu said on Friday.

Presenting the Budget for the year 2025-26 in the State

Assembly, he said the Olympiad contest will be held with

a computer-based examination format enabling participation

of school students not only from Tamil Nadu but also from

other Indian cities and Tamil centres around the world.

To honour students with awards who excel at the global level,

and those who secure top positions at the national and state

levels, an amount of Rs.one crore has been allotted.

The Minister also announced that recognizing that India is a

confluence of diverse languages, the ‘Agaram – Museum of

Languages’ will be established at the Madurai World Tamil

Sangam campus to educate the younger generation about

the antiquity and continuity of Tamil, one of the world's oldest

independent classical languages.

This museum will feature invaluable records supported by

advanced technological facilities, highlighting the linguistic

relations between Tamil, the oldest language of the

Dravidian family, and other Indian languages.

It will also showcase records of the languages spoken by

South Indian tribal communities and the evolution of Tamil

from rock paintings to inscriptions, prints and Tamil computing,

he said.

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