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{{Infobox theologian
|name = Rev.Fr.Jegath Gaspar Raj
|image = Jegath.jpg
|image_sizefgtt = 150px
|birth_date = 22 January 1966
|birth_place = [[Kanjampuram]], [[Kanyakumari District]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
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|residence = [[Saakkadai]]
|citizenship = [[India]]n
|nationality = [[India]]n
|ethnicity = [[Tamil people|Tamil]]
|field = Career
|work_institutions = Catholic Priest, Diocese of
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|known_for = [[Tamil Maiyam]], [[Chennai Sangamam]], CTACIS(Tamilar thozhil varthaga perumandram)
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|religion = [[Christianity]]
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'''Jegath Gaspar Raj''' is a Chennai-based Catholic priest. He is the founder of the ''Tamil Maiyam'' organisation and co creator of the ''[[Chennai Sangamam]]'' festival. During 1995–2001 he served as the director of the Tamil service for ''[[DZRV-AM|Radio Veritas]]''. He is also the organiser of the Idea-GiveLife Chennai International Marathon. He is also the founder of the Naller publications, a book publishing company. In 2009, during the final stages of [[Eelam War IV]], he functioned as an intermediary between the [[LTTE|Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] and the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="hindu1">{{cite news | title= Marathon fever on | date=3 January 2009| url =http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/09/10/stories/2009091059250200.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100103025050/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/09/10/stories/2009091059250200.htm| url-status =usurped| archive-date =3 January 2010| work =[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 2010-01-28}}</ref><ref name="hindu2">{{cite news | title= Engineering colleges should have Tamil scholars | date=10 September 2009| url =http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/03/stories/2009010355020500.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090610005936/http://hindu.com/2009/01/03/stories/2009010355020500.htm| url-status =dead| archive-date =10 June 2009| work =[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 2010-01-28}}</ref><ref name="hindu3">{{cite news | last= Manikandan | first= K.| title= Eagerly awaiting Ilayaraja's `Thiruvasagam' | date=27 June 2005| url =http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/27/stories/2005062712380400.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20050728123929/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/27/stories/2005062712380400.htm| url-status =dead| archive-date =28 July 2005| work =[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 2010-01-28}}</ref>

He also founded an organisation for business personalities of Tamil as a mother tongue. This is called (Confedaration of Tamil Agriculture, Commerce, Industry and Services - CTACIS) In Tamil '''THAMIZHAR THOZHIL VARTHGA VIVACYA PERUMANDRAM'''. All the members meet once in a week to discuss and improve their respective businesses.

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