Neighbourhood newspaper for Mylapore
K. Sankar is referred to as the ‘Mestri’ by the Sripatham members of Mylapore. He is their leader and anchors the conduct of the processions in many temples in Mylapore. …
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Vaikasi Moolam marks the day when the famous Saivite saint poet Thiru Gnana Sambandar attained mukthi. Thiru Gnana Sambandhar was disinterested in marriage but his father suggested to him that …
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Even as the moon came out in full glory on this Vaikasi Pournami day on May 26, Sri Kapaleeswarar was anointed with a special sandalwood paste. This is the only …
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V. Kannan Ganapadigal has been running the Karpagambal Veda Gurukulam near Madhava Perumal Temple over the last seven years. Currently, there are four students residing full time at his Gurukalam …
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On the occasion of Vaikasi Visakam, the annual birthday of Vaishnavite saint poet Namazhvaar, a Thirumanjanam was performed at Sri Vedantha Desikar Srinivasa Perumal Temple this Tuesday morning. The Prabhandham …
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The Mada Streets had a forlorn look on the first evening of the stringent lockdown that came into effect today (Monday). At the Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple, the authorities not only …
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It is the seventh day of the Namazhvaar Utsavam at Sri Kesava Perumal Temple. Sridhar Bhattar is standing beneath the eastern raja gopuram just past 6pm on Saturday (May 22) …
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The ten-day annual utsavam for one of the four famous Saivite saint poets Thiru Gnana Sambandhar began this morning at the Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple with an Abhishekam. E Venkatasubramanian Shivachariar, …
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Senior nagaswaram artistes from outside the city who had performed at Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple’s Panguni Brahmotsavam in March this year say they have not been paid. Some 45 days have …
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Devotees had been able to enjoy a large part of Kapaleeswarar’s Vasantha Utsavam in mid April at the beginning of Chitrai. But with the restrictions coming into force in the …
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This is the time for transfers of priests manning parishes in the Madras-Mylapore diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. So there have been some goodbyes and welcomes this past week, …
Read More It was only on Friday (May 7) that the temple had performed an atonement ceremony ( Laghu Prayaschitham) for not conducting last year’s Brahmotsavam. While there were restrictions on street …
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