Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and BJP national president J.P. Nadda on Saturday released a special souvenir during the Sixth International Saiva Siddhantha Conference, near Chennai on Saturday | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and BJP national president J.P. Nadda on Saturday (May 3, 2025) said ‘Saiva Siddhantha’ is not merely a religious philosophy but a civilisational ethos that teaches the sacred relationship between the soul, God, and the world. Speaking at the inauguration of the Sixth International Saiva Siddhantha Conference, jointly convened by Tirukayilaya Paramparai Dharmapuram Adheenam’s International Institute of Saiva Siddhantha Research, Dharmapuram, and SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) at Kattankulathur near Chennai, Mr. Nadda said Saiva Siddhantha, which is rooted deeply in Tamil Nadu’s spiritual soil, shaped the Tamil identity through its emphasis on devotion, virtue, and liberation through divine grace. “Tamil Nadu is a blessed land. The Sangam poets and Saiva saints have nourished this philosophy through its sacred temples, arts, and literary treasures. The holy Thevaram composed by the saints …