Fruits and flowers used to decorate Sri Ayyappan Temple in MRC Nagar
Every year, for Tamil New Year and for Visu, the management at Sri Ayyappan Temple in MRC Nagar decorates the temple exterior with lots of fruits and flowers, making it …
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Panguni Utsavam: Samyuktha badly missed Arthanareeswarar alankaram but loved the Mohini dance on Mada Street
Over the next month, Mylapore resident V Samyuktha will be appearing for the chartered accountancy (CA) inter examination. This year, the Rama Navami utsavam at her ancestral home in Elleri …
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Madhava Perumal Temple: renovation work making smooth progress
Following the Balalayam on February 10, renovation work commenced at the Madhava Perumal Temple in Thyagarajapuram. Mylapore Times had earlier reported that the renovation was likely to be completed around …
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The final act of Panguni utsavam: Sundarar mediates between Kapaleeswarar and Karpagambal and brings them together
After a two hour procession around the Mada Streets, a ‘big fight’ erupted between Karpagambal and Kapaleeswarar and it was left to Sundara Moorthy Nayanar to mediate and bring them …
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Curtains come down on Panguni Utsavam: Ravana carries Sri Kapaleeswarar in procession to tunes of his favourite Mukha Veena
After a noisy evening with a huge crowd watching the celestial wedding of the divine couple on Thursday evening, Sri Kapaleeswarar was carried by the ten-headed Ravana on a three-hour …
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Good Friday services at local churches. Donations for charity will be made in many places.
Good Friday is observed by Christians across the world with prayer and fasting. It is on this day that Jesus Christ was crucified and put to death on the cross. …
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Panguni Utsavam: Ambal in Mohini alankaram presents Voiyali before ‘Bikshandar’ Kapali on West Mada Street
It is the one day in the Panguni Utsavam when the action lay centered on West Mada Street, now R K Mutt Road. Devotees in several hundreds packed on to …
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“Wish Othuvars sing Nambi Andaar Nambi’s verses on each Nayanar at start of Arubathumoovar procession.” Says activist T. R. Ramesh
Activist T. R. Ramesh who focuses on temple related issues and has filed cases against the managers of Sri Kapali Temple (HR & CE Dept.) over the last few years …
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Arubathumoovar procession day: Poor management inside busy temple campus packed with devotees
Heavy traffic on R K Mutt Road just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday made it challenging for the procession of saint- poet Thiru Gnana Sambandar to reach the west end …
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Children of Mandaveli church enact passion of Jesus in the course of Palm Sunday procession
Saint Luke’s CSI Church in Mandaveli observed Palm Sunday in a novel manner. This was on April 2. The religious service began at 7.30 am. Palms were first blessed and …
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Panguni utsavam: Chariot procession lasts for 5 1/2 hours
It’s just after 11.30am on Monday and the chariot has made its way in front of the temple office on North Mada Street – the street is packed and there …
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Panguni utsavam; creating a divine atmosphere are these sambrani dhoopam-bearers
The Kapaleeswarar Temple festival is the source divinity and joy in Mylapore. The devotion of people attending the daily events is strong. Best seen in the in processions. We spotted …
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