The Raja Gopuram, Vimanams have not been painted for several decades. He quit academics and over the past decade has focused purely on temple service related education and now for the last three years on performing service to the Lord at this Divya Desam. It was an early indication of the convincing powers of Venkatakrishnan. After they all passed out of college they decided to pursue this passion for dramatics and thus was born Viveka Fine Arts Club. However, his relationship with Karunanidhi soured after the latter authorized the release of funds to pay for the ransom of Kannada actor Rajkumar, who had been kidnapped by the sandalwood smuggler Veerappan Ramaswamy has since been a critic of Karunanidhi's.
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