TRICHY: A private petrol pump in
Karur
district is motivating young minds to learn Thirukkural by offering them free petrol over the last few days. School students can drive in with their parents, recite Thirukkural and get away with petrol free of cost.
The petrol pump owned by Valluvaur Agencies near Nagampalli village in
Aravakurichi
introduced the offer on January 16 on Thiruvalluvar Day. As many as 176 people have made use of this offer in the last two months. A minimum of half-a-litre petrol is given to a student who can recite ten couplets of Thirukkural and one
litre petrol
for 20 couplets. The scheme will be in place till April 31, said K Senguttuvan, 62, who is the owner of the petrol pump.
He said the lockdown has made children glued to smart phones draining their time and energy. To channelize their energy in a positive way, he decided to encourage them towards learning Thirukkural. The students can also avail the benefit multiple times, but they should not recite the same couplets again. The petrol pump management notes down the couplets that the students are going to recite besides noting down their basic details.
“While petrol price has crossed over Rs 90 per litre, we wanted children to use the opportunity to ease the financial burden of their parents by reciting Thirukkural. The scheme will also attract the attention of parents who would make sure their children learn Thirukkural for free petrol. Our purpose was to inculcate the interest among children towards Thirukkural,” he said.
“We are not going to leave it with just petrol,” said Senguttuvan adding that the students and parents will be called to Valluvar College of Science and Management in Karur owned by him and will be oriented on making a ‘Thirukkural way of life’.
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