''Kumudam'' is a
Tamil
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weekly magazine published in
Chennai
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,
India
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. It was founded in 1948 by S.A.P. Annamalai, and his close friend and confidant P.V. Parthasarathy. Now the magazine is published under the Kumudam Group, which also publishes other Tamil magazines including ''Kumudam Reporter'', ''Kumudam Snehidi'', ''Kumudam Bhakti'', ''Kumudam Jothidam'', ''Kumudam Theeranadhi''. The Kumudam Group started a
Telugu spiritual magazine called ''Kumudam Bhakthi Special''.
It had a circulation of 620,000 copies in 1986. The web site ''kumudam.com'' attracted over 66,000 visitors in 2008 according to a
Compete.com survey.
Criticism
In September 2015, ''Kumudam'' came under criticism when an article published in ''Kumudam Reporter'' had criticised women wearing
leggings
Leggings are several types of leg attire that have varied through the years. Modern usage from the 1960s onwards has come to refer to elastic close-fitting High-rise (fashion), high-rise garments worn over the legs typically by women, such as leg ...
. The women's pictures used in the article were reportedly printed without consent.
The article received considerable social media attention, resulting in a petition on
Change.org, which received over 17,500 signatures.
References
External links
Kumudam websiteKumudamNews24x7
Weekly magazines published in India
Magazines established in 1947
Tamil-language magazines
1947 establishments in India
Mass media in Chennai
Companies based in Chennai
Kumudam started online News Channel ‘Kumudam News24x7’
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