In Pics | Reminiscing Late Ex-TN CM Karunanidhi On His 99th Birthday

The three icons of Dravidian movement--EV Periyar, Anna and Kalaignar--sharing a moment (Credit: Kalaignar.dmk.in)

Karunanidhi on his mentor and DMK founder Anna's funeral (Credit: Kalaignar.dmk.in)

Karunanidhi with actor-turned-politician MG Ramachandran. MGR was part of the DMK but later he broke his company with party and went on to form ADMK (which later became AIADMK) (Credit: Kalaignar.dmk.in)

Karunanidhi taking part in the protest against Emergency rule (Credit: Kalaignar.dmk.in)

Kalaignar distributing rice at a Public Distribution Centre. Later, Karunanidhi was also instrumental in providing 1 kg of rice for Re 1 (Credit: Kalaignar.dmk.in)

Karunanidhi with his son and current TN CM Stalin (Credit: ABP Nadu)

Karunanidhi with his family members (Credit: PTI)

Stalin paying homage to his late father Karunanidhi at his memorial in Marina. Karunanidhi was laid to rest near the memorial of Anna as per his wish at the Marina beach (Credit: ABP Nadu)