PM Modi to address Ten-day-long cultural bonanza Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam – The ten-day-long cultural bonanza Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam will be ended on 26th April 2023. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address the concluding ceremony which will take place at Somnath. Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam celebrates the age-old ties between Tamil Nadu and Gujarat under the theme of Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat.
About Gujarat –
- Chief Minister: Bhupendrabhai Patel
- Area: 196,000 km²
- Capital: Gandhinagar
- Governor: Acharya Devvrat
- Population: 6.27 crores (2013)
- State Song – Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat (“Victory to Proud Gujarat”)
- Foundation day – Gujarat Day
- State Bird – Greater flamingo
- State Flower – Marigold
- State Fruit – Mango
- State Mammal – Asiatic lion
- State Tree – Banyan
About Tamil Nadu –
- Capital: Chennai
- Governor: R. N. Ravi
- Chief Minister: M. K. Stalin
- Points of interest: Meenakshi Amman Temple
- Language: Tamil
- State Song – “Tamil Thai Valthu”
- State Bird – Emerald dove
- State Butterfly – Tamil Yeoman
- State Flower – Gloriosa lily
- State Fruit – Jackfruit
- State Mammal – Nilgiri tahr