(June 03, 2010) The sixth World Christian Tamil Conference concluded with resolutions
to use classic Tamil in prayers and worship and promote it through Christian institutions.
The conference adopted a resolution to take special efforts for promoting the classical
Tamil literature and also to adopt pure Tamil words in the prayers in the churches,
said CSI Bishop Paul Vasanthakumar of Tiruchirapalli-Thanjavur. World Christian Tamil
Academy and the Church of South India’s Tiruchirapalli-Thanjavur diocese organized
the conference in Tiruchirapalli. The conference decided to create a separate chair
in the Bharathidasan University in Tiruchirapalli for research in Tamil Christian
literature works, the bishop said. They would also establish a separate wing by the
World Christian Tamil Academy in Tiruchirapalli’s Bishop Heber College library to
enable the students and scholars to get all Christian Tamil literature works, the
bishop added. State Social Welfare Minster Geetha Jeevan, who addressed the concluding,
lauded the contributions made by Christian scholars and poets several centuries ago
for the development of Tamil language. She said a number of research articles by Christian
Tamil scholars were received for the souvenir to be released at the World Tamil Classical
Conference to be held in Coimbatore in June. She also presented awards to four Christian
Tamil scholars for their service for the development of Tamil language at the conference.