It has been sung by Academy nominated singer Bombay Jayashri and Karthik (singer) among other international artists. American composer Rajan Somasundaram has given the first music form for the 2000-year-old poetry. Kaniyan Poongundranar's Yathum oore poem has been declared as the theme song of the 10th World Tamil Conference scheduled in Chicago. J Abdul Kalam was the first one to quote this famous quote in European Union Historical Speech by Abdul Kalam in European Union and the another one is Narendra Modi who quoted it in 74th Session of the UN General Assembly. Ponnambalam concluded his 1966 address to the 21st session of the United Nations General Assembly by invoking this quote. The quote "Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir" is at present depicted in the United Nations Organisation. The sentence "Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir" has been adopted as the motto of the World Thamizh Confederation to represent Tamil people. Poongundranar was extremely influential in the revivalist Self-respect movement.
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