Religious

The Sri Madhava Perumal Temple was alive and abuzz as early at 4 a.m. for Vaikunta Ekadasi, the music of the nagaswaram floating around the temple yard and beyond in …

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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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