The logo for the Tamil Nadu Budget 2025 released on Thursday carried ‘ru,’ the first letter of the Tamil word ‘Rubaai,’ which denotes the Indian currency in the vernacular language.

It is made with 247 Tamil letters, including 12 vowels (Uyir ezhuthukal), 18 consonants (Mei ezhuthukal), 216 consonants (Uyirmei ezhuthukal) and a special character (Aayutha ezhuthu).

Language row: The Tamil Nadu government, led by Chief Minister MK Stalin, has replaced the Indian rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letter for 'Ru' in the official logo of the state Budget amid ...

A decision taken by Unicode Consortium to include two Tamil letters in Telugu script has sparked a row, with Telugu lovers taking to Twitter to oppose the move. They said the two similar-sounding ...