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Thiru Koshtiyur Nambi Avathara Utsavam
The Avathara Utsavam of the Revered Acharya of Ramanuja was celebrated over 10 days at Thiru Koshtiyur Divya Desam Thiru Koshtiyur Nambi was seen in a grand Nachiyar Thiru Kolam at his birthday...
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Thiru Gnana Sambandar Mukthi Utsavam Achalpuram
The Legendary Episode of Thiru Gnana Sambandar's Wedding on Vaikasi Kettai and his attaining Mukthi the very next morning on Moolam was played out in front of 1000s of devotees at AchalpuramIt is...
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Uthamar Koil Varadaraja Bhattar
Having begun service at the temple as a teenager in the 1960s, 75 year old Varadaraja Bhattar is still awaiting his pension, 15 years after his official retirementAt this ancient temple renowned for...
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Nava Tirupathi Garuda Sevai
Thousands of devotees stay through the night to witness the Traditional Nava Tirupathi Garuda Sevai at Azhvaar TirunagariFormer IT Staffer and Srirangam Madapalli service person now moves to Azhvaar...
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Parthasarathy Koil Narasimha Swamy Garuda Sevai
In a rare occurence, NamAzhvaar has Garuda Sevai darshan of Narasimha Swamy on the occasion of his Avathara Utsavam that coincided with the 3rd day of the BrahmotsavamA death in one of the sacred...
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Ameena Seshadri Parthasarathy Koil
For over 25 years, his has been a voice that a devotee to the Parthasarathy Perumal Divya Desam in Thiruvallikeni could hardly have missedThe man responsible for the timely conduct of temple services...
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VB Gokulakrishnan TNPL
The once 'Dreaded Duo' in the City League join hands once again with VB Chandrasekar roping in J Gokulakrishnan as the coach of his team in the TNPL One will have to wait and watch if this combination...
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Kapisthalam Seshadri Bhattar
For 45 years from 1961, he served at the Moopanar Family managed Gajendra Varadar Divya Desam at a monthly salary of Rs. 16- - A Single Increment in Six Decades With the untimely death of his...
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Tiruvoimozhi Pillai Konthagai
The descendants of the Acharya, who transformed Azhvaar Tirunagari into a beautiful temple town, have dedicated their lives to the service of the Lord and Azhvaar at this ancient Divya Desam Located...
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Doddamallur Aprameya Navaneetha Krishna Perumal
Committed to devotional service of Lord Aprameya, Pancharatra Agama expert Radhakrishna Bhattarchaya refused lucrative overseas offers and has served the Lord for 40years without an official posting –...
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Maddur Ugra Narasimha
A temple where Narasimha is seen in the angry posture at the time of the killing of HiranyakashipuLord Varadaraja North of Ugra Narasimha temple is similar to the one in KanchipuramLocated 15kms West...
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Thanjai Maa Mani Divya Desam
60 years ago, there were two vibrant agraharams with traditionalists participating actively in Brahmotsavam and Desikar utsavamPichai Bhattar managed three temples all alone for two decades and served...
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Kerala Divya Desams
There are 13 Divya Desams in Kerala that could be divided into three groups – 8 Divya Desams around Kochi, 3 around Thiruvananthapuram and 2 on the Shoranur – Mangalore route. All of these Divya Desams...
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Thiru Kannangudi Divya Desam
Renovation of the Damodara Narayana Perumal Divya Desam at Rs. 1 crore but Bhattar’s Salary remains in Three DigitsPrabhakara Bhattar's devotional commitment keeps him all alone at the Thiru Manai...
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Thirumeni Azhagar Temple Mahendra Palli
Thiru Gnana Sambandar praised the Lord as ‘Azhagar’ and compares the Lord to the ones at Thiru Kailayam, Thiruvarur and Thiruvanaikaval As with other HR & CE administered temples in TN, the priest,...
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Sirupuliyur Divya Desam
One Legged Srikanthan Bhattar has been instrumental in the revival of this once prominent Thiru Mangai Azhvaar praised temple He serves the Lord each day of the year with an artificial leg Till half a...
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Senkalipuram Perumal Temple
Twin Temples of Parimala Ranganatha and Varadaraja Perumal whose legend relates to previous YugamsBirth Place of Anantharama Dikshithar Kalyanam Bhattachar87 year old SB...
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Thiruvaimur Thiruvaimurnathar Temple
Saptha Vidanga KshetramThe story of how a devoted hereditary Gurukal understood the psyche of the current generation of devotees and created a monthly utsavam to bring crowds back at this Thevaram...
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Ananthazhvaar Kirangur
Descendant Ananthacharya has shown a remarkable devotional commitment in performing daily aradhana for Ananthazhvaanin Kirangur at the age of 86Decades of perseverance results in a Sannidhi and a...
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BCCI Umpire quits IOB after 25years
After serving the bank both as a player and a mentor- coach, 46 year old Rajesh Kannan (http://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2015/06/rajesh-kannan-bcci-board-umpire.html), a down-to-earth man from a humble...
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