On this night (August 14, 1947) Jawaharlal Nehru received the Sengol from the Adheenams (Priests) of the Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam (Mutt) in Tamil Nadu, who had specially arrived for the occasion.

Amid an acrimonious debate on the significance of a Sengol being gifted by Thiruvavaduthurai Mutt in Tamil Nadu to the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, an article by DMK founder ...

A 5-feet Sengol with a nandi (bull) atop was commissioned by the Adheenam Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s DMK government ... to India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru as a symbol of the transfer ...