CHENNAI: A cultural Centre will be established in Mylapore at Rs 28.76 crore to promote and popularise the Tamil culture and heritage, Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) PK Sekarbabu announced on Thursday.

The department has issued administrative sanction to construct the centre. The three-storied building would come up in the land belonging to the Kapaleeswarar Temple, said the minister.

The initiative will materialise the announcement made in the 2022-23 budget. Apart from serving as a platform to popuralise the Tamil culture and heritage, the centre would also house a library, the minister in a press release.

The ground floor of the centre would have an exhibition hall and lunch hall, while the first floor would have three training halls and a workshop to accommodate 120 persons at a time. The second floor would have three multi facility halls and a lunch hall and the third floor would have a multi-facility hall with seating capacity of 231 people and a mini lunch hall, the minister added.