Dr. A. L. Mudaliar lights the ceremonial lamp in front of the Inauguration Stone at the opening of the Central School building, 1965
Campus Facilities , Inaugurations , Campus Buildings
Seen in the photograph (from the left): Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors), Mr. M. K. Natarajan (Principal, Central School, IIT Madras), Mr. T. N. Venkataraman (Chief Security Officer) and Mr. C. Gourishankar (professional photographer).
The lighting of the kuthu vilakku (ceremonial lamp) heralds an auspicious beginning. The lamp’s flame becomes symbolic of leading one from darkness into the light.
A similar photograph has been found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0281 under the ID: 001/0281/IMG_0567.
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