Srirangam Chitrai Garuda Sevai
A transformational change in the Melur Road 'Garuda Sevai' Procession In the 1970s and 80s, Melur Road at the Western end of Srirangam was an untraveled destination except for one day in a year when...
View ArticleIOB - The Final Bank in TNCA league goes down
We were never the Glamour Side but one that worked very hard, packed a punch above our weight and took great pride in our performance - V Krishnaswamy, Player, Mentor and AdministratorAfter SBI and...
View ArticleSrirangam Chitrai Kona Voyali
Gifts from Andal of Srivilliputhur Divya Desam, Display of the 'beloved's' presentation atop the Elephant, Silver Horse Vahana beneath the 'Vandalur Chapparam', Golden Horse Vahana and the Exciting...
View ArticleSrihari Prabhandham Acharya Felicitated
Prabhandham Students felicitate their Acharya for two decades of selfless service at the Vedanta Desikar temple, MylaporeAt a time, when a lot of compromise has been made over several of the rituals in...
View ArticleRama Navami Utsavam Srirangam
Kulasekara Azhvaar’s daughter in a Serthi Sevai with Lord Namperumal at the Arjuna MandapamUnlike many other Divya Desams in Tamil Nadu, historically the Rama Navami utsavam has been celebrated on the...
View ArticleThiru Vellarai Raja Gopuram
7 Tier 125 Feet Raja Gopuram to come up in Thiru Vellarai Divya Desam in 2-3 yearsWhen constructed, this complete 'Lime Mortar' Tower will rank amongst the tallest Temple Towers in Tamil NaduPetitioner...
View ArticleDesikar Mahavira Vaibhavam Ayodhya Canto
Enforcement of one’s right is not the way to a Dharmic life but fulfilling a father’s wish isRama as the 'Lord of Dharma'Having showcase the teenage valour of Rama in the first 20 Churnikas through the...
View ArticlePullam Bhoothangudi Divya Desam
70 years of Selfless Service in a remotely located historical temple and yet the Wealthy Ahobila Mutt does not deem it worthy to build even a small house for the Bhattar in the Agraharam!!!And a Salary...
View ArticleSrikanth Kapali Temple
Has presented Parayanam every evening at the Kapaleeswarar temple for over 2 decades, renovated the Nandavanam and Lighted 1500 lamps during Karthigai Utsavam Anyone visiting the Kapaleeswarar temple...
View ArticleChennai Trichy Train Travel
Chennai Egmore to Tiruchirapalli 336 kms 2nd broad gauge line launchedRelief for South bound train travellersTravel Time likely to come down further by 45-60 minutes After several years of...
View ArticleMahavira Vaibhavam Aranya Kaandam
In these 13 churnikas of Aranya Kaandam, Vedanta Desikar praises Rama's valour and sets the stage for the sad phase in his life of being separated from Sita Sees Jatayu as his 2nd father, performs...
View ArticleVenkatramana M
The First Test Cricketer from Madurai was given a raw deal with the Indian team Compared with Prasanna for his natural flight and arc in the late 1980s, he was alongside two other spin legends on his...
View ArticleSomanathaswamy Temple Pazhayarai
Birth Place of Mangayakarasi, one of the 63 NayanmarsSeveral beautiful sculptures of Narasimha and Prahalada depicting legendary talesLocated 3kms East of Patteeswaram and half a km West of Nathan Koil...
View ArticleThiru Ezhu Kootrirukkai
A 47 line composition offering absolute surrender to Lord AravamudhanIn this Pictorial Poem on Thiru Kudanthai, Thiru Mangai Azhvaar invokes the blessings of Lord Aravamudhan to get rid of one’s past...
View ArticleSarangapani Koil Thiru Kudanthai
Unique Incentive by the trustees to the Sri Patham Thangis in the 1950s and 60s84 year old Sounder Desikachariyar has been performing Thiru Aradhana at the temple for the last three decades to keep the...
View ArticlePoochatru Utsavam Srirangam
A heavily weighing ‘Dhindu Thaavadam, Pushpa Duppatti’ and a fragrant Panneer on Lord Namperumal on the occasion of the annual ‘Festival of Flowers’ makes it a colourful and devotional event in the...
View ArticleRamaswamy Temple Thiru Kudanthai
Vasantha Utsavam revived after 50 years At a time when there are issues relating to the halting of the Brahmotsavam at the Sowri Raja Perumal Divya Desam in Thiru Kannapuram, a Bhattar's pro active...
View ArticleSrirangam Ranganathaswamy Renovation Issues
‘The request for repair works of the Moolavar idol came from the decades long Archakars. The Sthalathars and Theerthakars not only approved of the need to conduct repairs, they also inspected and...
View ArticleThiru Mogur Kalamegha Perumal
Financial Insecurities of the 20th Century leads the 'NextGen' Bhattars into the Corporate WorldThe Traditional daily 'Nadaswaram' becomes a thing of the Past in this ancient Divya DesamThe financial...
View ArticleKannamangai Perum Pura Kadal Divya Desam
81 year old Ramaswamy Bhattachar has performed service at this Divya Desam for almost six decades having once upon a time struggled to even pay a house rent of Rs. 5After 60 years, his monthly salary...
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