CHIKKANNA GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE (CGAC)

CHIKKANNA GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE (CGAC)

The emblem of Chikkanna Government Arts College (CGAC) features a circle housing the motif of the National Flag circumscribed by the motifs of a bol of cotton, an elephant, a plough, an open book, a traditional lamp, and a gearwheel. The seal is surmounted by the name of the college inscribed in Tamil on a blue banner and supported by the motto of the college inscribed in Tamil on a blue banner. The motto is ‘எழுமின் விழிமின் உழையின்’ (Mantra 14, Valli 3, Chapter 1, Kathopanishad) which means ‘Arise, Awake and Stop Not till the Goal is Reached’). The National Flag denotes the nationalistic orientation of the college; the bol of cotton refers to the main produce of the locale; the elephant signifies power, strength, unity and wisdom; the plough refers to agriculture and farmers; the book refers to learning, knowledge, education and wisdom; the lamp symbolises symbolises light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity; and the gearwheel refers to industry, work and production.