{"id":425,"date":"2026-03-07T03:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/?page_id=425"},"modified":"2026-03-07T03:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:24:13","slug":"pazhangudi-urali-makkal-sangam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/index.php\/pazhangudi-urali-makkal-sangam\/","title":{"rendered":"Pazhangudi URALI Makkal Sangam"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"425\" class=\"elementor elementor-425\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-093597f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"093597f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef90e8d\" data-id=\"ef90e8d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3209a4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-tm-heading\" data-id=\"3209a4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tm-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tm-modern-heading\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-primary-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"heading-primary elementor-heading-title\">Federation - Pazhangudi URALI Makkal Sangam\n<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96c160e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"96c160e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa83451\" data-id=\"aa83451\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98bd5b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98bd5b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.6 - 08-06-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urali-makkal-sangam-meetings.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urali-makkal-sangam-meetings.jpg 600w, https:\/\/paran.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urali-makkal-sangam-meetings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddab15e\" data-id=\"ddab15e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87f3f18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87f3f18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.6 - 08-06-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><em><i>\u201cOur culture is our voice; our unity is our strength.\u201d<\/i><\/em><\/p><p>The <strong><b>Pazhangudi Urali Makkal Sangam (PUMS)<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0emerged as a collective response from the community to unite its members and strengthen their voice in social and political spaces. Formed to safeguard rights, preserve cultural heritage, and ensure access to government welfare schemes, PUMS has become a platform for empowerment and advocacy.<br \/>Before its formation, community members had limited awareness of their rights and little exposure to leadership or political participation. Through training and collective action, PUMS has transformed this landscape\u2014building confident leaders, fostering unity, and encouraging active civic engagement while maintaining the community\u2019s cultural identity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b45d18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-gap-beside-yes elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-column-vertical-align-stretch\" data-id=\"4b45d18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d7b2f1\" data-id=\"2d7b2f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f46a6c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-tm-heading\" data-id=\"f46a6c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tm-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tm-modern-heading\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-primary-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"heading-primary elementor-heading-title\">Key Initiatives<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da6c50 unicamp-list-style-icon-circle unicamp-list-layout-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-tm-list\" data-id=\"7da6c50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tm-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item elementor-repeater-item-7f94347\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-icon icon\"><div class=\"icon-view\"><\/div><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">Capacity Building and Awareness for Sangam Leaders<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item elementor-repeater-item-ef12358\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-icon icon\"><div class=\"icon-view\"><\/div><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">On field Exposure for Sangam leaders<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item elementor-repeater-item-8a3b0c0\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-icon icon\"><div class=\"icon-view\"><\/div><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">Tribal Day Celebration<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item elementor-repeater-item-fbb6823\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"list-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-icon icon\"><div class=\"icon-view\"><\/div><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">Safeguarding Environment<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c722171\" data-id=\"c722171\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c66efda elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c66efda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/makkal-sangam.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/makkal-sangam.jpg 600w, https:\/\/paran.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/makkal-sangam-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federation &#8211; Pazhangudi URALI Makkal Sangam \u201cOur culture is our voice; our unity is our strength.\u201d The Pazhangudi Urali Makkal Sangam (PUMS)\u00a0emerged as a collective response from the community to unite its members and strengthen their voice in social and political spaces. Formed to safeguard rights, preserve cultural heritage, and ensure access to government welfare schemes, PUMS has become a platform for empowerment and advocacy.Before its formation, community members had limited awareness of their rights and little exposure to leadership or political participation. Through training and collective action, PUMS has transformed this landscape\u2014building confident leaders, fostering unity, and encouraging active civic engagement while maintaining the community\u2019s cultural identity. Key Initiatives Capacity Building and Awareness for Sangam Leaders On field Exposure for Sangam leaders Tribal Day Celebration Safeguarding Environment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-425","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-no-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":443,"href":"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/425\/revisions\/443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paran.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}