Logos of India

THENI GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL (TGMCHEN) The oval-shaped emblem of Theni Government Medical College and Hospital (TGMCHEN) features the motifs of the Staff of Hermes or Staff of Caduceus with a pair of wings and entwined by a pair of serpents and crested by a traditional lamp. A set of red, cyan and yellow circles are placed eccentrically one over the other above the lamp. Below the Staff the year of establishment of the college is written. These motifs are ensconced by an oval border inscribed with the name and place of the college and the motto of the college ‘Rural Health - Our Greatest Health’. The eccentric circles refer to the fundamental energies of passion (red), intellect (blue), and creativity (yellow) interacting in a non-traditional or unpredictable way. The eccentric positioning suggests that these aspects are not in perfect harmony, but rather in a state of flux or an unconventional relationship. The lamp symbolises light, illumination, awakening, de...