Logos of India

RAJA DORAISINGAM GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE (RDGAC) The blue circular seal of Raja Doraisingam Government Arts College (RDGAC) features the gopuram of the Sri Sasivarneswarar Temple, a pair of crossed flagpoles with flags of Lord Garuda and Lord Hanuman, a traditional lamp supported by an open book and a banner inscribed with the motto of the college in Tamil ‘அறிவே தெய்வம்’ meaning ‘Knowledge is God’. The motifs are ensconced by a circular border inscribed with the name of the college and its place in Tamil. The gopuram refers to the heritage and history and divine blessings and grace; the flags with the motifs of Lord Garuda and Lord Hanuman refers to the Queen Velu Nachiyar’s (18th century) flags symbolising traditions of strength, devotion, and victory; the lamp symbolises light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity; the book refers to education, knowledge, learning and wisdom.