This kolu highlights 25 years of V-Excel
The theme for this year’s Navaratri kolu set up by YES (Youth Empowerment Services, a unit of V-Excel Educational Trust) is the 25th year celebration of V-Excel. The theme portrays …
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Navaratri: community celebration at Mandaveli apartments campus
Community celebrations are a standard at Ragamalika Apartments in Mandaveli’s Thiruvengadam Street. For Navaratri, the community gets together around a common kolu created in the community hall. The event starts …
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Navaratri Painting Contest closes Sept.23. Kolu Contest opens. Both by Mylapore Times
Mylapore Times has organised two contests for Navaratri. The first is the Navaratri Colouring Contest for school students and it closes in Sept.23 so children who have still not collected …
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Madras High Court gives interim bail to MD in Mylapore Hindu Permanent Fund case
The Madras High Court has given interim bail to Devanathan Yadav, MD of Mylapore Hindu Permanent Fund, located on South Mada Street, Mylapore in a case slapped on him for …
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Two events senior citizens can enjoy. Free.
Tehneer Arangam is a weekly meet-up for senior citizens. The events are held at Srinivasa Gandhi Nilayam, Alwarpet, No.332, Ambujammal Street, off TTK Road. They start at 11 am and …
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Onam celebrations: limited but traditional in Mylapore houses. Watch video too!
There are mini pockets of Keralites in the Mylapore zone. Searching for them to shoot some pictures of Inam celebrations, we located some families in the gated community of Ragamalika …
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RAPRA’s AGM on Sept.7
Raja Annamalipuram Residents Society, (RAPRA) registered under Societies Act,will hold it’s 10 th Annual General Body meeting on September 7 at Rajah Muthiah Higher Secondary School, Srinivasa Avenue. Preceding the …
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Mylapore Post Office highlights Onam
As a part of the Onam celebrations, the staff of Mylapore Head Post Office were dressed in the festival’s traditional clothes for Sept. 4. They designed a small pookalam too. …
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Mylapore Times Eco Kodai for lord Vinayaka Contest: ten winners get prizes
The Mylapore Times Eco Kodai for lord Vinayaka Contest drew some very creative designs, the sort that was expected by the judge. While some were simple but creative and neat …
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A Vinayaka Chathurthi tradition that this Dr Ranga Road family practices
The family of Thangavel and Nagammal, residents of Dr Ranga Lane, Mylapore has been following a simple tradition associated with Vinayaka Chathurthi. They set up a temporary hawker stall, spread …
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Anupriya Vikram of Luz Church Road has 60 images of Ganesha in her collection
Anupriya Vikram, a resident of Luz Golden Enclave on Luz Church Road has a collection of some 60-plus images of lord Vinayaka. And like a few others who passionately collect …
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Children enjoy some creative contests themed on Vinayaka Chaturthi
Shiksha Viharam conducted a set of contests in connection with the Vinayaka Chaturthi festival on August 23. Contests were in drawing/colouring, extempore acts and brain teasers. Shiksha Viharam is an …
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