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A Taj Mahal for the President

SYMBOLIC GIFT: A screw pine replica of theTaj

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will be presented with a replica of the Taj Mahal, made from screw pine (thazhappaya) by the Kottappuram Integrated Development Society (KIDS) on Friday when he visits Kodungalloor.

The presentation is a symbolic one because KIDS has been helping screw pine mat weavers through the cooperative movement.

About 30,000 families in the Kodungalloor area make a living churning out products from screwpine.

The screwpine replica of Taj Mahal being presented to Dr. Kalam will be two feet in length and one-and-a-half feet in breadth.

K.A. Martin

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