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Neelakantan Sastrigal Pazhur Patshala Glorious Revival
In six years since he took charge, Neelakanta Sastrigal has revived the dilapidated Patshala and created a certain positive vibrancy in Pazhur that is now seeing a return of the traditionalists to the...
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Thiru Meiyam Divya Desam Hereditary Priests
37 year old Narasimha Bhattar has roped in two of his cousins to take forward the Kainkaryam into the next phase at the Sathya Murthy Perumal templeBy the 1980s most of the original inhabitants of...
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Vidhvath TN Engineer turns International Cricket Scorer
Sastra University Grad and a MNC Researcher on Cancer Treatment Medicines, Mylaporean Vidhvath is now an International Scorer having made his Debut on Wednesday in UtrechtLast year, this section had...
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Thiruvallikeni Narasimha Brahmotsavam 2024 Cattle Menace
A rushing cow injures a Prabhandham Ghoshti member during the procession on the 9th day of the Brahmotsavam on Tuesday eveningAction will be taken and there will be no cows on the streets during...
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Gunaseelam Pichumani Bhattar Hereditary Trustee
The man behind the temple’s remarkable transformationThe Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal in Gunaseelam is now almost unrecognisable from what it was in the 1970sHaving revived all the Utsavams, organised...
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Thottiyam Thiru Venkatam Bhattar
Now touching 60, this Bhattar has performed Kainkaryam at the Veda Narayana Perumal temple for over four decades from the early 1980s Unmindful of the low salary in the 80s and 90s, he performed...
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Tenkasi Kasi Viswanathar Temple Restoration
EO Murugan is fighting all odds to get the Pandya Period temple to its historical gloryHe is replacing all the Mosaic stones with traditional Karungal, removing additional stones that raised the floor...
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Chidambaram Aani Thirumanjanam 2024 Kanakasabhai Devotees
Misleading news reports forces Pothu Dikshithars to throw open the KanakasabhaiUnless the reporter/media house has an anti Hindu agenda or they are stooges of the HRCE, one would NOT stoop so low to...
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Tenkasi Kasi Viswanathar Temple Gurukals
Shortage of Brahmin Priests in Remote TemplesWith the impending retirement of Kailasa Gurukal, the huge Pandya Period temple will be left with just Senthil Bhattar as the only Priest with the...
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Thiru Pudai Maruthur Kannan Bhattar
Parikaram for Relief from Brahmma Hathi Dosham, revival of 63 Nayanmar procession last week after 4decadesFrom the financially challenged scenario in the 1970s and 80s and having let a lucrative...
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Attalanallur Raman Bhattar
This 50year old priest has had a long and lonely 3decades devotional engagement with Gajendra Varadar performing Thiru Aradhanam and preparing the Sacred Thaligai all alone at this historical temple in...
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Kutralanathar Temple Hereditary Priests
Originally a Vishnu temple, this was transformed into the Kutralanathar temple by Sage Agasthya after he placed his hand on Vishnu converting the idol into a Shiva LingamThe hereditary priests at this...
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Srirangam Harish Bhattar
The first of the new gen Hereditary Bhattars to return to the temple from the corporate worldThis Engineer's move in 2015 to quit a high paying banking job at the age of 27 has prompted other...
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Aravoor Karkodakeswarar temple restoration 2024
In a dilapidated state two years ago, this Kaala Sarpa Dosha Nivarana temple has seen a remarkable turnaround with like minded devotees coming forward to keep the HR & CE at bay and revive its...
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Kapisthalam Divya Desam Seshadri Bhattar Devotional Commitment
The Octogenarian priest, who has served as an archaka for six decades, continues to live in perpetual fear of the MoopanarsSalary in the 100s, Breathing Issues, Wife on a walker, a Physically...
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Srirangam Temple Moolavar Photoshoot without Vastrams
The archakas have been directed by the HR & CE to remove all the vastrams and kavachams of the deity to facilitate a photo shootThe HR & CE has ordered taking photographs of the Moolavar deity...
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Panniru Thirumurai Raja Raja Chozhan episode Kapaleeswarar Temple
The legendary episode of Raja Raja Chozhan and Nambi Andar Nambi securing Panniru Thirumurai verses was played out at the Kapali temple on the first Sunday of AvaniAs per the Vaishnavite legend, it...
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Srirangam Temple Popular shops shut down
Around 30 shops near the Ranga Vilas Mandapam at the Ranganathaswamy Temple have been sealed giving visibility to Thirupaan Azhvaar, Vittal Krishnan and Natha Muni SannidhisThe shutting down of these...
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Srirangam Prasadam Stall High Court raps HR & CE
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has directed the HR & CE to not commercialise the 'sacred food' and to not lease out Prasadam Stalls through auctions Six years after this section featured a...
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Kandiyur Divya Desam Kannan Bhattar
For four decades, this bhattar's life has centered solely around Hara Sabha Vimochana PerumalIt is just past 2.30pm on Tuesday (Sept 3). 53 year old Kannan Bhattar has not yet had lunch and is all...
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