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Sivaganga district declares school holidays on October 27 and 30
The Story in Brief
Sivaganga District Collector P. Akash has declared holidays for schools and colleges across seven unions on October 27 and 30, 2026, for memorial observances. The October 27 holiday marks the memorial day of the Marudu Pandiyar brothers at Kalaiyarkovil. The October 30 holiday is for the birth anniversary and memorial day of freedom fighter Muthuramalinga Thevar at Pasumpon in Ramanathapuram district.
The holiday order covers seven unions: Sivaganga, Devakottai, Tirupattur, Thiruppuvanam, Manamadurai, Kalaiyarkovil, and Ilayangudi. The Keeladi Site Museum in Sivaganga district will remain closed to visitors on October 29 and 30 as part of crowd management for the Pasumpon Thevar Jayanthi celebrations.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The order affects nearly every school and college in seven unions over two non-consecutive days, splitting classroom time for thousands of students. The same crowd management reasoning that shuts the Keeladi museum on October 29 and 30 does not extend to schools on those dates, leaving a gap in the logic for October 29. No alternative arrangements or make-up days have been announced for the lost instruction time.
Source: thehindu.com
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