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Sekarbabu distributes new clothes to temple priests for Pongal fest
The New Indian Express Chennai
|January 11, 2026
HR&CE Minister PK Sekarbabu on Friday distributed new clothes to temple priests under a welfare scheme, marking Pongal festival at the the office of the department’s commissioner in Nungambakkam.
The initiative is part of the state’s efforts to implement Assembly assurances for the 2025-26 financial year. As part of the programme, the ministe
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