‘Mother Tongue Is life’: TN CM Vijay Moves Tamil Anthem Resolution; DMK, AIDMK Backs ItTamil Nadu Assembly passes a major resolution over the state anthem ‘Tamil Thaai Vazhthu’. CM Vijay Moves Tamil Anthem Resolution (Img: X)Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution moved by Chief Minister Vijay, proposing that the state song ‘Tamil Thaai Vazhthu’ should be played first at official government events. History Of Tamil Thaai VazhthuThe Tamil Thaai Vazhthu was written by Manonmaniam Sundaranar in 1891 and has been performed at the beginning of government events in Tamil Nadu since the 1970s. In 2021, the song was officially declared the State Song of Tamil Nadu, giving it formal recognition in state functions. The Tamil Nadu government has been opposing what it sees as changes to the traditional sequence and has maintained that the state anthem should receive priority at official functions.