page_title: Thillaiaadi Valliammai
section_title: Honors
hierarchical_section_title: Thillaiaadi Valliammai / Honors
caption_attribution_description: தமிழ்: தில்லையாடியில் காந்தியடிகள் அமர்ந்திருந்த இடத்தில் அதன் நினைவாக நிறுவப்பட்டுள்ள தூணின் காட்சி.
context_page_description: Thillaiyadi Valliammai was a South African Tamil woman who worked with Mahatma Gandhi in her early years when she developed her nonviolent methods in South Africa fighting its apartheid regime.
context_section_description: Thillaiyadi Valliammai Memorial Hall, including a public library, was instituted in 1971 on 2452 square meters of land by the Indian Government in the village of Thillaiyadi, now in Tharangambadi Taulk, Nagapattinam, India. The Library is functioning regularly in this memorial. Other buildings in her name include Thillaiyadi Valliammai Nagar and the Thillaiyadi Valliammai High School in Vennanthur.
  India released a commemorative stamp for her on 31 December 2008.
  American-Tamil Hip-Hop artist Professor A.L.I. releases the song "Herstory" about Thillaiyadi Valliammai
caption: Thillaiaadi Valliammai memorial pillar
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