Chennai

Daily Thanthi contributed to the development of Tamil through papers. His son, Sivanthi Aditanar also contributed to journalism by making Daily Thanthi as number one Tamil newspaper in the entire country,” said Kadambur Raju, in the Assembly. He also said that to honour Si Pa Aditanar, the previous government, headed by AIADMK, instituted three awards for journalism in the name of Si Pa Aditanar and to honour Dr B Sivanthi Aditanar, a memorial was constructed.