Arulmigu Valli Devasena Sametha Sivasubramania Swami temple, popularly known as Avvai Nagar Murugan Kovil in Selaiyur has a rich history that dates back to nearly three decades.
Chennai prof-turned-artist speaks about ‘free-flow’
Age is just a number when it comes to following passionÂ’. Living as an epitome for this popular phrase is Shoba Ramakrishnan, a chemistry professor turned artist who for the past two decades has been an artist, displaying her works in several exhibitions.
Aalatchi Amman is being worshipped for many centuries at Ekattuthangal
The Aalatchi Amman present here is being worshipped for century by the people of Reddy Street and this is the village’s protecting deity. However, some 30-40 years ago, close to the Amman, a Suyambu Sivalinga was found and then people began worshipping both the deities which were under a thatched roof.
Mylapore residents paint walls of OSR Park in Ramakrishna Nagar
The residents of RK Nagar have joined hands in a bid to make their neighbourhood clean and in a first, they have painted the walls of OSR Park in RK Nagar, to spur development activities as a community.
Waste segregation carried out at Asthiga Samajam in Chennai
For the last two months, Venus Colony at Alwarpet had scores of people turning up to the locality as the head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Vijayendra Saraswathi stayed in Asthiga Samajam to observe the Chaturmasya Vratam.
Pushpavalli Amman temple at Choolaimedu has rich history
Arulmigu Sri Varasakthi Vinayagar Sri Pushpavalli Amman temple located at NGO Colony, Kamarajar Nagar, Choolaimedu is an old temple with its history dating back to the formation of the colony in 1950s.
Study room to come up at Ramakrishna Math library
The library at Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore has numerous books spread across different sections that caters to different readers. But for many years now, the library has been providing engineering books to students using a book bank.
Life on Mars possible, says school student
At a time when India tried reaching moon’s southern pole as part of Chandrayaan 2 project, Prem Sumanth, a ninth standard student from St Bede’s Academy Senior Secondary School and a resident of Mandaveli won the second place in Voice 2019, a national-level concept based essay writing competition, conducted by Department of Science, Government of India, writing about the possibilities of human settlement in Mars.
Valampuri Vinayagar Temple in Chennai attracts businessmen
In the temple town of Mylapore, there are numerous temples and idols that are centuries-old. Sri Valampuri Vinayagar Temple is one such place of worship, with its idol dating back to several centuries. Located at Arundel Street, it is a very small temple with only one sanctum for Lord Vinayaga.
Review: ‘Sivappu Manjal Pachai’ – Racy & Pacy
After Pichaikkaran, director Sasi is back with Sivappu Manjal Pachai starring Siddharth and GV Prakash Kumar along with Lijomol Jose and Kashmira Pardeshi, making their Tamil debut.