180-year-old church in San Thome restored
The CSI St. Thomas English Church in San Thome which is about 180 years old was recently restored. The community here got together for a Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, February …
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Lent starts with Ash Wednesday, March 2 onwards. Services at local churches.
Ash Wednesday will be observed by Christians on March 2 this year and local Catholic churches will hold Ash Wednesday services. This day marks the beginning of the season of …
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Maha Shivarathri programme at Universal Temple of Math
To mark Maha Shivarathri, there are pujas and bhajans all through the night at the Universal Temple of Sri Ramakrishna Math in Mylapore. It starts at 7.15 p.m. on March …
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Huge procession of women carries milk for abishekam for Kolavizhi amman
Every year, in the days leading to the start of the annual Panguni Brahmotsavam at Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple, women make a special offering to Kolavizhi amman at her temple in …
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Maha Sivarathri celebrations at temples; March 1
Saivite devotees are likely to be up through the night on March 1 to celebrate Maha Sivarathri. Different temples in Mylapore are making plans to celebrate in their own way. …
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Sivarathri: HR & CE Dept plans big cultural programme at P. S. School ground
HR & CE Department and the team at Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple plan to organise a 12-hour-long cultural programme at the P. S. School playground on the occasion of Maha Sivarathri …
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Infrastructure work for panguni brahmotsavam starts at Sri Kapali Temple
The first set of preparations for the annual panguni brahmotsavam at Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple has begun, Tuesday onwards. Machinery needed to erect the temporary roofing inside the temple and on …
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Gold-plated kavacham formally set on Sri Venkatesa Perumal at Mandaveli temple
Sri Venkatesa Perumal of the temple on Mari Chetty Street, Mandaveli was taken out in a procession around the four big streets around Mandaveli last Sunday (Feb. 20) evening, displaying …
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Gold-plated kavacham for the god at Mandaveli temple
A new gold-plated kavacham for the processional utsavam deity of Sri Venkatesa Perumal Temple at Mari Chetty Street, Mandaveli will be consecrated on Sunday (Feb. 20). A temple trustee says …
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Discourse series at Asthika Samajam. Feb.16 onwards. Evenings.
Sri Vyasa Bharatham is the theme of a discourse series being presented by B. Damodara Deekshithar at Asthika Samajam, Venus Colony, Alwarpet, at 6-30 p.m. On from Feb. 16 to …
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The morning of Masi Magam on the seashore of the Marina
Streets around Mylapore’s temples got into the buzz mode early this morning as Masi Magam dawned. By 7 a.m., processions, some small and some largish, started out of these temples …
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More and more people now attend pradosham at Sri Kapali Temple
Hundreds of devotees had darshan of the abhisekam followed by the procession on the pradosham evening at Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple on Monday, Feb.14. Groups of devotees who chant the sacred …
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