<span style="color: #222222;">The Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha Memorial Society has organised a series of programmes in connection with Gandhi Jayanti.<br />''<br />''This includes garlanding of the Mahatma's statue in Trichy, free distribution of educational accessories to needy students etc.<br />''<br />''Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha and March was organised by senior statesman C Rajagopalachari in 1930, taking inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha.<br />''<br />''The 150 mile march from Trichy to the coastal hamlet of Vedaranyam is etched in the  history of  our Freedom Struggle  as a saga of exemplary service to spread awareness against British rule and social oppression.</span><br />