Tiruchirappalli, April 11 -- Ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, a voter awareness rally was held in Tiruchirappalli district on Saturday to emphasise 100% voter participation.

The awareness rally was jointly organised by My Bharat Kendra, Tiruchirappalli district, and Veeramangai Velu Nachiyar Youth Association.

Around 1,000 women silambam (ancient weapon-based martial art originating from Tamil Nadu) practitioners took part in the rally, performing silambam as they marched from Kalai Kaviri College of Fine Arts.

A similar voter awareness rally was also held in Tirupattur in Tamil Nadu, flagged off by District Collector Sivasoundaravalli, who led the campaign to encourage citizens to exercise their right to vote. Stud...