City
Epaper

70-year-old mason teaches Silambam martial art to children free

By ANI | Updated: August 1, 2020 20:10 IST

A 70-year-old man from Rameswaram, who is a mason by profession, has been training over 200 children in the ancient martial art Silambam free of cost.

Open in App

A 70-year-old man from Rameswaram, who is a mason by profession, has been training over 200 children in the ancient martial art Silambam free of cost.

Ganapathy Murugesan said, "I earn Rs 800 daily as a mason and try to take classes in the morning and evening."

"I run this training class for free twice a day, with the intention that this art should be passed on to our future generations," he said.

Silambam is an ancient weapon-based martial art of Tamil Nadu, practised in several parts of the state.

Murugesan is training the children at a time when the state is reeling under coronavirus pandemic.

A total of 5,879 new COVID-19 cases and 99 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu on Saturday, taking the state count of coronavirus cases to 2,51,738.

Out of the total cases, 1,90,966 people have been discharged while 4,034 have died due to the illness.

( With inputs from ANI )

Tags: Ganapathy Murugesan
Open in App

National Realted Stories

NationalFive Bangladeshi nationals pushed back for illegal infiltration: Assam CM

National‘Not just half an hour, but Pakistan is half a century behind India’: Owaisi

NationalWords of PM Modi resonate with spirit of seva and nation-building: Tripura CM Saha

National19 people arrested for ‘pro-Pakistan’ stand: Assam CM

NationalSecurity forces kill three NSCN (KYA) militants in Arunachal; rescue construction worker