page_title: Sivanthi Adithan
section_title: Philanthropy
hierarchical_section_title: Sivanthi Adithan / Philanthropy
caption_attribution_description: English: Including the picture of kasi vishwanathar temple rajagopuram
context_page_description: Sivanthi Adityan was an Indian media baron who ran Tamil newspapers Daily Thanthi and Maalaimalar. Sivanthi started the first evening Tamil Daily Maalai Murasu at Tirunelveli in 1959. He was an educationist, an industrialist and a philanthropist. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. He was popularly called "Chinna Ayya" as a mark of respect by the people. In 2012 Adithan bought the NDTV Hindu news channel and renamed it as Thanthi TV. He was the President of Indian Olympic Association from 1987 to 1996.
context_section_description: He was a philanthropist and funded the renovation of many temples. In the southern districts of Tamil Nadu, there are many sports clubs bearing his name. He also constructed a state-of-the art indoor volleyball stadium in the Adithanar College, Tiruchendur, where the Indian team used to practice. Dr.B.Sivanthi Adityan   renovated the 178 feet 'Rajagopuram' of Arulmigu Kasivishvanathar Temple Tenkasi, whose gopuram got damaged 200 years ago.
caption: A view of Kasi Vishwanathar Temple Rajagopuram.
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