Thiruvayaru Sriram Pain Balm
The Boy who once stopped the legendary Musiri Subramania Iyer at the gate of the Thiruvayaru Music Festival now runs a five decades old Popular Pain Relieving Balm and a Tooth Powder business from the...
View ArticleMothagam Gopalaswamy Temple
A beautiful Rock Cut Cave Temple atop a hill near AzhagapuriLord Ranganatha is seen in a handsome Anantha Sayanam PostureOriginal inhabitants, now residing across the world, are trying to revive the...
View ArticleThirunagari Thirumangai Azhvaar Utsavam
The last of the Azhvaars provides darshan in a rare Sayana Kolam on the 6th day of the Avathara utsavam at Thirunagari Divya DesamIt is well past 1am on a rainy Saturday (Dec 7) night at Thirunagari,...
View ArticleThiruvaimur 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...
View ArticleMudikondan Jawahar Bhattar
Pancharatra Agama Expert Kannan Srinivasan Bhattar joins the historical Kothandarama Temple in Mudikondan as the Lead PriestHe has always been a 'stickler' of the traditional way of performing aradhana...
View ArticleIdumbavanam Sath Guru Nathar Temple
Sath Guru Nathar and Ambal Mangalanayaki provided darshan in Kalyana Kolam to Sage AgastyaBelief is that one's anger will go away if a devotee visits the temple and invokes the Lord's blessing as it...
View ArticleThillai Vilagam Kothandarama
One of the Pancha Rama TemplesThe Hereditary Priest Kothandarama Bhattar has not participated in a single event outside of the temple in three decades having committed himself fully to Veera...
View ArticleThiru Vathigai Veerataneswarar
The temple where the Lord relieved Thirunavukarasar of his Stomach painAppar sung the first of the Thevaram Verses on Veerataaneswarar at this temple His life is a lesson in unflinching devotion and...
View ArticleKattu Mannar Koil Annan Srinivasan Bhattar
The Head Priest at the Avathara Sthalam of Natha Muni and Alavanthar joined the Veera Narayana Perumal temple at a salary of Rs. 75 per month and has served with unflinching devotion for over two...
View ArticleMadurai Junction Executive Lounge
Indian Railways launches Modern AC Executive Lounge on Platform 1 at the Madurai JunctionThe Lounge has already become a big hit with passengers in the initial phase of its launch Over the last 5 years...
View ArticleTN Ranji Cricket The Fall
No light at the end of the TN Cricketing HighwayFlat Unconducive wickets in the first division league, Too much glamour around IPL and TNPL, Lack of focus at the grass roots level and the continuing...
View ArticleAbhinav Mukund 100 Ranji Matches
Scorching Ranji Century in his 100th match Was pitched against the Best of bowlers in the Worst of Conditions in EnglandA case of what might have been From his Twitter PageWay...
View ArticleMurali Bhattar Srirangam Temple Chief Priest
From a hesitant archaka to the Chief Priest of the Ranganathasamy Temple in Srirangam, it’s been a devotionally eventful journey for Murali Bhattar'No Hunger - No Money ' - Financial Insecurity loomed...
View ArticleThiru Vennai Nallur Kripapureeswarar
It was at this temple that Lord Kripapureeswarar asked Sundarar to praise him as the ‘Mad’ one The legendary episodes from Sundarar's life are enacted during the two day Avathara Utsavam in Aadi In a...
View ArticleThanjavur Big Temple Kumbhabhishekam
The grandest Kumbhabhishekam seen in the State took place this morning after a gap of 23 yearsFor a temple that was inundated with Bats not so long ago, this mega event has been a monumental...
View ArticlePeriyava Vathsala Sivaswami Kalalaya
Those Unforgettable 18 days in 1958Educationist and Director of Sivaswami Kalalaya, Vathsala Narayanaswami, then 26, took a bold and independent call to clear the entire house on Sundareswarar Street...
View ArticleThevaram Patshala Chidambaram
An exclusive Thevaram Patshala provides opportunities for budding OthuvarsCurrently there are only 120 Othuvars in TN though the Paadal Petra Sthalam number 274While Vedic Patshalas have sprung up...
View ArticleGandhi Nagar Sports Club Cricket Ground
Former league Cricketer VS Sukumar who ran a cricket club in the TNCA league revived the historic Gandhi Nagar ground earlier this decade and has transformed it to the best in the lower division TNCA...
View ArticleSundara Perumal Koil Papanasam Restoration
The temple is seen in a dilapidated stateNo Full Time Priest, Restoration Efforts have hit a roadblock, All Utsavams have been stoppedRaja Gopuram sports a worn out look with the last renovation having...
View ArticleUmpire Ananthapadmanabhan Ranji Final
This simple and down to earth Former Kerala LEGGIE and IOBian has made rapid strides in his umpiring career and an international debut could soon be round the corner for this down to earth man from...
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