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Thiru Lokki Sundareswarar Temple
Alala Sundaram Gurukal allocated a salary of Rs. 750 after 30 years of archaka service and even that remains unpaid over the last 12monthsGuru Dosham Parikara Sthalam for Wedding Hurdles and Couples...
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Kapali Temple Thevaram Kids
Driven by APJ Kalam's inspirational words, a Mylapore School Teacher is now initiating the new gen into the Thevaram Verses at the Kapali TempleExactly a month ago, this section featured a story on 50...
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Srirangam Temple K Srinivasan Sripatham to Vedas
The former Sripatham Head of Ranganathaswamy Temple is spending his post retirement years presenting the Vedas at the Street Processions of Namperumal and during the daily Thiru AradhanamIt is a...
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Srirangam Vedantha Desikar Sannidhi Devathirajan Archaka
Appa Mukkoor Srinivasan, now 85, has been performing archaka service for almost seven decades, while son Devathirajan Bhattar has been the sole archaka at the Vedantha Desikar Sannidhi at the Srirangam...
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V Sriraman Thiruvallikeni Resident Kanchi Athi Varadar darshan passes away
The Nonagenarian who had the unique experience of having darshan of Athi Varadar thrice in his lifetime passed away this week at his home in ThiruvallikeniV. Sriraman, a longtime resident of...
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Srirangam Uriyadi Celebrations
Three Street Processions in a day mark the Uriyadi CelebrationsAn Oily Morning around the Chitra Streets, the breaking of the 'Sweet Pot' in the eveningSharp at 7am on Friday (Sept 8) morning, Lord...
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Kidambi Narayanan Upanyasakar
From Udumalpet Govt School to a Popular Upanyasakar at 60In his role as a full fledged spiritual lecturer, he wants to 'elevate' people and influence them towards a Dharmic PathThe experience of...
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Vidhvath Viswanathan Netherlands Best Bowler Award
The Fast Bowler from Mylapore picks up 21 wickets this seasonFormer TN Bowling Coach DJ Gokulakrishnan helps him to a great bowling season in the Dutch Cricket LeagueMylaporean Vidvath Viswanathan, who...
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N Madhavan Reuters Hindustan Times
The man from Perungulam Mayakoothan Divya Desam rises to head the Biz Page at HTA new phase @ 60 - Analyst and Commentator for Global Media Houses, Translates Sujatha's Kanavu Thozhirchaalai into...
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Nanguneri Thothadri Nathan Temple Venkat Kainkaryapaka
In his 20s, this IT staffer quits a lucrative job to perform service at the Thothadri Nathan Divya Desam in NanguneriThis section has featured stories in the past on how kainkaryapakas in historical...
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Shenbagaramanallur Gopalan Bhattar
The Octogenarian continues to perform archaka service at the Jagannathan Perumal temple having started out in 1976 when the temple had been in a deserted and dilapidated conditionHe has built new...
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Thiruvallikeni Thiru Kurungudi Sindhu Devotee
In a one of its kind reverse move, this young devotee from Thiruvallikeni has spent a major part of the last 2 ½ years in Thiru Kurungudi experiencing and enjoying the Utsavams and becoming involved...
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Thiru Kurungudi Thirumalai Nambi Sannidhi
Into his 40s, Ananthan (Mani) Bhattar is back at the Thirumalai Nambi Sannnidhi where his forefathers had performed archaka service and is now committed to spending the rest of his life hereGaruda...
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Sirkazhi Thadalan Divya Desam Badri Narayanan Bhattar
Following in the footsteps of his forefathers, Badri Bhattar has been performing archaka service for almost three decades at the Trivikrama templeRight from his childhood, Badri Narayanan Bhattar had...
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Sirkazhi Thadalan Temple Sudarshan Kainkaryapaka
Sudarshan joined Badri Narayanan Bhattar at Kazhi Cheerama Trivikrama Divya Desam from Kalyanapuram and has been his right hand man for the last 20 yearsTwo decades ago, the then 20 year old Sudarshan...
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Thiru Indhalur Divya Desam Priests
The two dominating priests of the last two decades at Parimala Ranganathar temple in Thiru Indhalur have had to take a back seat in recent times Sridhar Bhattar, who played second fiddle for two...
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Uthira Kosa Mangai Next Gen Yogeswara Shiva
25 year old Sthaanegam commits to staying back in a remote temple to carry forward the hereditary Kainkaryam that his forefathers have been performing for several generationsPlans to run a Patshala in...
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Gokulakrishnan DJ passes away at 50
Despite all his success in cricket, he always chose to take the backseat away from the limelight. On Wednesday evening too, he passed away quietly, unnoticed in the backseat of the autorickshawTN fast...
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Ramanathaswamy Temple Rameswaram Devotees Fleeced
Huge crowd throng the historical temple on Mahalaya Amavasai but issues galore around the four Mada Streets No Mobile Lockers, No Cloak Rooms, No toilet & bath facilities and No Lodging offered by...
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Kothandarama temple Dhanushkodi
On this fourth Saturday of Puratasi, Ramar provides ‘Garuda Sevai’ darshan taking a 10km trip from the Ramanathaswamy temple in RameswaramIn Aani, the historical episode of Vibheeshana Pattabhisekam is...
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