Madurai inked on postal department’s picture postcards
The Hindu
An inaugural pack of 25 released to mark Postal Week celebrations
Madurai
Select drawings of artist Manohar Devadoss, a Padmashri awardee, that depict the beguiling charm of Madurai of the 1950s have found a place of pride in the postal department’s picture postcards.
A pack of 25 postcards imprinted with his ink drawings of the city’s prominent landmarks and landscape was released by the Postmaster General (Southern Region) G. Natarajan in the presence of Chairman Emeritus of Aravind Eye Hospital P. Namperumalsamy. The event was held here on Tuesday as part of Postal Week Celebrations from October 11 to 17.

When reporters brought to her notice the claim by villagers that the late maharaja of Mysore Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar had gifted the land to them, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar said she is not aware of the matter, but sought to assure people that no effort will be made to take back the land that had been gifted by the late maharaja.