Small stores encroach on Chitrakulam street
Users of the streets around the Chitrakulam are pointing out to the chaotic conditions existing now on the western street here. They point out that with shops hugging the temple …
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This Nadu Street community kept its Pongal practice
There are a few communities in the Mylapore area which keep to a Pongal tradition. A practice that brings the families closer on this festival eve. Annapoorna, a resident of …
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A nandi decorated with sweets . . .
The nandi at Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore has had a special alankaram today. It has been tastefully wrapped with a variety of sweets – from Badusha to Mysore pak. …
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A Pongal celebration at church in R. A. Puram
Churches have been celebrating all Indian festivals in their own unique ways. And Pongal is one of them. Take the symbolic celebration that was held at Our Lady of guidance …
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Adanjan Street turns colourful on Pongal morning
If you want to get a feel of the celebratory mood and colour of Pongal in the Mylapore zone then you must walk into one of the inner streets of …
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Markets in Mylapore and Mandaveli are abuzz on Pongal eve
Wednesday was a busy day at the local street markets as people got down to do their shopping for the Pongal festival. The hawkers had rangoli powders and thoranams, manjal …
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Church puts up grotto dedicated to saint Anthony
Saint Anthony is popular saint among Catholics and devotions to this saint are held in many a church. A grotto of saint Anthony was inaugurated by Rev. Fr Y. J. …
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Bhogi, here and there . . .
Is this a habit or a tradition to keep? Bhogi. Ridding all that is useless and good riddance. Well, some people want to observe Bhogi though in recent times, there …
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San Thome gym users want Chennai Corporation to provide better, additional equipment
The Chennai Corporation gym on San Thome High Road needs better attention from the civic body. And perhaps, from the Mylapore MLA to whom gym users have handed over a …
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Pots for Pongal on sale at Mandaveli market
The buzz that surrounds a festival is first evident in a marketplace. In the Mylapore zone, you get to feel that in the street markets of Mylapore’s mada streets and …
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When waste bins on streets turn into garbage dumps . . .
Urbaser Sumeet, the private waste clearance agency has been at its job for two months now. But it still has not been able to address issues that challenge such operations. …
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At Cathedral, Masses will soon follow pre-pandemic schedule
St. Thomas Cathedral has announced that it is going back to its pre-pandemic schedule of celebration of Holy Mass here. From January 17, the Sunday Holy Mass timings are – …
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