The Periyar Arivulagam in Coimbatore has not withdrawn any of the books supplied by Agal Vilakku Pathipagam, whose publications have come under scrutiny following allegations of irregularities in the procurement of books.V. Santhanakrishnan, in-charge librarian of Periyar Arivulagam, told The Hindu on Friday that publications from Agal Vilakku Pathipagam were being kept in a separate rack in the library.“We have not withdrawn any of those books so far.
We have also not received any communication from our department regarding the issue,” he said.This comes after Tamil writer Perumal Murugan flagged alleged inaccuracies and questionable authorship in several of the books displayed at the library. He had pointed out that Agal Vilakku Pathipagam had supplied around 1,800 titles to the library.
Published - November 06, 2026 11:20 pm IST