SVPB Udumalpet Soundararajan
Referred to as their "Kerry Packer" by the Coimbatore Cricketing Fraternity, Industrialist M Soundararajan revolutionized the way Cricket was played in the regionHis wards, M Senthilnathan captained...
View ArticleOthuvar Muthu Kandaswamy Desikar Malaikottai Thayumanavar Temple
For almost six decades, the legendary 81 year old Othuvar from Thiru Kodikkaval has presented the Thevaram Verses at the Thayumanavar Temple in Malaikottai - a voice that was heard on the banks of...
View ArticleThiruvallikeni Prabhandham Ghosti
Kaaval Kazhani Ananthacharya the Visionary, his student MA Venkatakrishnan the Architect of the renaissance of the GhostiThe NewGen skip lucrative global offers in favour of the opportunity to present...
View ArticleSrirangam Madapalli Transformation
From IT in the US to Madapalli in SrirangamThe Madapalli at the Ranganathaswamy temple in Srirangam is currently witnessing one of the biggest transformational changes in temples in Tamil Nadu in...
View ArticleCheran Maha Devi Amma Nathar Koil
The 2nd among the Nava Kailayam Temples, the Amma Nathar Koil has beautiful sculptures and inscriptions dating back at least a 1000 yearsArchakar has been performing daily service for two decades and...
View ArticleCoimbatore Junction Retiring Rooms
Online Booking through IRCTC is not available for the Newly Constructed 4 Retiring Rooms /5 AC Dormitories at Coimbatore JunctionThe Existing IRCTC – SBI Platinum Card Service counter on platform 1...
View ArticleUmpire Ravi Major Milestone Sabina Park Jamaica
S Ravi moves above VK Ramaswamy to become the 2nd most capped Indian Umpire behind Venkataraghavan‘Ravi will go even higher than where he is today’ – VK Ramaswamy 'I have seen a transformational change...
View ArticlePapanasam Nava Kailayam
In memory of the historical episode, Lord Papanaswamy and Ulagambal provide Kalyana Kolam Darshan to Sage Agastya on Chitrai Vishu in the grandest of the festival at this temple The richest temple in...
View ArticlePerur Patteeswarar
The Largest Saivite Temple in the region has beautiful Sculptures and Lord Shiva in different exquisite postures depicted on StoneSundarar praises the temple as one where devotees offering their...
View ArticleMeenakshi Amman Temple Phone Ban
Will the successful implementation at this high profile and crowded temple lead more temples to introduce a ban on cell phones Two Years ago, I had written about the issues relating to Photo menace...
View ArticleKanchipuram Varadar Dhavana Utsavam
Varadaraja Perumal provides darshan in Venugopalan Thiru Kolam at the ThottamPresentation of the Prabhandham Verses by the 86 year old Ghanta Venkata Varadan Kesari was a big highlight on the...
View ArticleMeenakshi Amman Temple Cell Phone Ban
Will more temples introduce ban on Cell Phones? In June 2016, I had written a story on the phone menace inside temples (https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2016/06/temple-darshan-photo-video-menace.html)...
View ArticleGVG owners Udumalpet Temple
The Owners of the Paper and Textile firm (now GVG) that once supported cricket in a big way are now embarking on a joint community initiative to construct the Biggest Perumal Temple in the Udumalpet...
View ArticleKodaganallur Kailasanathar temple
The second among the Nava Kailayam temples, the Kailasanathar Temple in Kodaganallur has survived thanks to the initiative from a devoted Gurukal who comes every morning from TirunelveliSpecial Pooja...
View ArticleAnantha Narayana Perumal Aabaranadhari
The only temple where the Moolavar Lord sports ornaments from Head to ToeThe 21 Feet Lord is seen atop the 7 Hooded Serpent and with a beautiful smileInscriptions dating back to the 12thCentury refer...
View ArticleThiru Nellikaval Nellivananathar Temple
Praised by three Saint Poets, this historic temple built by Amala Kesa Chozhan is one of the five ‘Kka’ SthalamsSundarar refers to this temple alongside the temples of Kanjanur, Panaiyar and Nannilam...
View ArticleYadava Narayana Perumal Kizhvelur
It was at Kizhvelur that Lord Subramanya presented sacred cows to the Yadavas to whom Lord Vishnu provided darshan as Yadava NarayananThiru Kalyanam is Celebrated in a grand manner on the Shravanam day...
View ArticleSripandaram Krishna Jayanthi Utsavam Srirangam
The biggest and the best transformation at the Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple has been the restoration of the Sri Pandaram to its ancient gloryA full fledged kitchen had come up at the Sri Pandaram...
View ArticleOthuvar Muthu Kandaswamy Desikar Malaikottai
For almost six decades, the legendary 81 year old Othuvar from Thiru Kodikkaval has presented the Thevaram Verses at the Thayumanavar Temple in Malaikottai - a voice that was heard on the banks of...
View ArticleThiru Gnana Sambandhar Othuvar, Sirkazhi
Presented Thevaram Verses at the historical Sambandhar praised temple in Sirkazhi for over Five DecadesStarted with Rs. 18 as monthly salary in the 1950s, retired with Rs. 380 a decade ago "No amount...
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