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K-town celebs shower praises on Thangavelu Mariyappan

TNN / Updated: Jan 16, 2017, 15:28 IST
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As the whole nation was celebrating Mariyappan's victory, the celebrities were not far behind
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After the Rio Olympics, the Rio edition of Paralympics is here and India is shining bright in this tournament. The real moment of glory came when Thangavelu Mariyappan clinched gold in men���s high jump. As the whole nation was celebrating, the celebrities were not far behind.
Superstar Rajinikanth, Dhanush, director Mohan Raja, RJ Balaji, actor Suriya, Sivakarthikeyan, Sathish and many others took to Twitter to congratulate the gold medalist, who is a native of Salem in Tamil Nadu.
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The ���Kabali��� actor expressed his joy by saying, ���Many Congratulations on your medals at the Paralympics, Mariyappan Thangavelu & VarunBhati.���
Following his father-in-law, actor-turned-director Dhanush also tweeted, ���Kudos, Congrats MariyappanThangavelu to your golden accolade for our country!!#Inspiring #JaiHind #ToManyMore.��� Check out the tweets of all the celebs down below.