Religious

For the Vaikunta Ekadasi celebrations, the swarga vaasal will open at 4.30am on January 13 at Sri Vedantha Desikar Srinivasa Perumal Temple. This will be followed by Garuda Sevai procession …

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The annual teppam festival of Sri Kapali Temple will be held from January 17 to 19, in the evenings. But due to pandemic time regulations, as of now, people will …

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For local churches, it is back to pandemic-time regulations which affect the core of religious services – the Holy Masses on Sundays when a large number of people attend this …

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People stepped out on their balconies or came to their gates. Bikers stopped to shoot pictures. Passersby stood and admired the effort and nodded. Reactions to the margazhi procession of …

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Since the break of dawn, the stream of people visiting Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore has been thick, steady and unbroken. People who are here to say a prayer to welcome …

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Additional barricades are being put up at Sri Kapali Temple ahead of the darshan on New Year’s Day. Expecting a big crowd, the authorities have created additional queue lines. While …

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This margazhi, Bharatanatyam teacher Padma Raghavan of Mylapore intends to give the season a creative offering of music and dance flavour around the Chitrakulam. On January 2, Sunday morning, Padma’s …

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This Christmas eve, San Thome, the hub of churches and schools in the neighbourhood certainly held up the festival spirit after two damp seasons due to the pandemic. School campuses …

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Two churches in the neighbourhood put up impressive cribs which recreate the scene of the birth of Christ, celebrated as Christmas. One is at the San Thome Cathedral and the …

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There will be two special Holy Masses at the San Thome Cathedral on Christmas eve this year. The English service will start at 9 p.m. with a shop.m. with a …

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