Chennai, Sept. 17 -- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leaders, including former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Tamil Nadu LoP Udhayanidhi Stalin, and Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, on Thursday paid tributes to social reformer and Dravidian icon 'Thanthai' Periyar E V Ramasamy on his birth anniversary, which is observed across the state as 'Social Justice Day'.

Taking to social media platform X, DMK President MK Stalin hailed Periyar as the "rational sun" of the Tamil people and emphasised the imperative need to sustain a spirit of questioning against social dominance.

"Revolutionary salute to Periyar, the rational sun of the Tamil generation that stood tall with pride! Many generations bowed to dominance. One generation witnes...