PM Modi presents a copy of the Russian version of Tirukural to Putin ahead of the BRICS Summit  
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Modi gifts Russian translation of Tirukkural to Putin

“Presented President Putin with a Russian translation of ‘the Tirukkural’, which carries the eternal wisdom of the great Thiruvalluvar across languages and borders,” Modi said in a social media post

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CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented Russian President Vladimir Putin with a Russian translation of the Tirukkural, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Friday.

“Presented President Putin with a Russian translation of ‘the Tirukkural’, which carries the eternal wisdom of the great Thiruvalluvar across languages and borders,” Modi said in a social media post.

The Tirukkural comprises 1,330 couplets on virtue, ethics, governance, social conduct and human values.

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