Chief Minister Vijay on Monday launched the Thai Maaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, presenting one-gram gold rings to newborns
The state has earmarked ₹755.83 crore for the scheme this year, with around 4.41 lakh newborns expected to benefit annually. Vijay personally presented rings to 35 newborns at GRH, holding several babies as he moved among their mothers. He had first announced the proposal on March 7 at TVK’s Women’s Day programme in Mamallapuram while unveiling the party’s first set of election promises. Babies born from June 22 are eligible, while those born from September 28 will receive the ring at the hospital before discharge, said an official release. Deepshika, 26, had another connection to the occasion. “I received a gold ring from Vijay at this same hospital in 2000 during his son Jason Sanjay’s birthday celebrations. A 2024 Madras high court order requires non-Hindu devotees seeking entry beyond this point to declare faith in the deity and agree to follow Hindu and temple customs, with the undertaking recorded in a register.
The government said the programme was intended to encourage safe deliveries in state-run hospitals, strengthen maternal and newborn care and build confidence in public healthcare. We said Joyal, and he named her the same,” Stella Mary said. For some mothers, the “thai maaman”, or maternal uncle, theme had a personal resonance. I see Vijay in that place,” said Mariselvi of Palanganatham, adding that the ring would remain a lifetime memory for her daughter as she grew up. Twenty-six years later, my daughter has received one from him, now as chief minister,” she said.
“I don’t have a brother in my life now. Though I have one, we are not on talking terms. Madurai : Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday launched the Thai Maaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam at Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH), Madurai, to provide one-gram gold rings to babies born in government hospitals across Tamil Nadu . Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay signed a faith undertaking at Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple on Monday before proceeding beyond the kodimaram, or flagstaff, to offer prayers.