Establish Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centres globally and promote Bharat as Mother of Democracy
Bharatiya Janata Party · Lok Sabha General Election 2024
Last updated 8 Jul 2026
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Original manifesto wording
“We will establish Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centres across the globe to showcase Bharat’s rich culture and offer training in yoga, ayurveda, Bharatiya languages, classical music etc. We will promote Bharat’s rich democratic traditions going back millennia as the Mother of Democracy.”
Our Assessment
India promotes its culture abroad through the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) network of cultural centres, which offer training in yoga, classical music, dance and Indian languages, and a Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centre exists (the Jaffna Cultural Centre in Sri Lanka, opened February 2023, is officially the Jaffna Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centre). The "Mother of Democracy" narrative has also been actively promoted (including a dedicated exhibition and G20-era messaging). However, a distinct, named global network of "Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centres" as pledged is not clearly established. Partial, low confidence.
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Promise Timeline
Jaffna Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centre (Sri Lanka), India-funded, inaugurated — an existing Thiruvalluvar-named cultural centre abroad.
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