Eid celebrations low-key across the neighbourhood
Eid celebrations have been low-key across the Mylapore zone since this morning due to the pandemic time regulations. Muslims attended prayers at the mosques in their local areas. At the …
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Vedic teacher offers homam and shraddam ceremony services
Nandakumar Ganapadigal, who has been a Vedic teacher at the Adyayana Patshala on Pichupillai Street for the last two decades, is offering homam and shraddam services in a traditional way. …
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Nine-decades-old Vedic patshala hopes to resume classes next month
15 students from TN and Andhra were being initiated into Krishna Yajur Vedas, a eight-year-long course, when the second pandemic wave forced the temporary shutting down of classes at the …
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Born and raised in R. A. Puram, this Catholic priest is to become Bishop of diocese of Andamans
A Catholic priest who was born and brought up in Raja Annamalaipuram has now been appointed Bishop of Port Blair diocese which oversees all the churches in Andaman and Nicobar …
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New parish priest at Cathedral has to deal with families ravaged by the pandemic
Father M. Arulraj is not new to the San Thome Cathedral for he has worked for some years at the Bishop’s House next door. But soon after he took charge …
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Cathedral forms new group of altar servers, more girls join
Doomingkuppam resident Xavier Augustine is happy to tell you how glad he is to now have his daughter, a Class III student to be part of the group of altar …
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Seven-day Kodai Utsavam starts at Vedantha Desikar Temple
It was a deeply devotional evening at the Vedantha Desikar temple for it was the start of the first big utsavam after the lockdown restrictions for temples were lifted earlier …
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A quiet utsavam at Sri Appar Swamy Temple
It was on Aani Barani in 1851 that Appar Swamy, a Siddha who lived in the 19th century in Mylapore attained mukthi. His disciple Chidambaram Swamy built the Appar Swamy …
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Many people are unhappy with current arrangements for pradosham at Sri Kapali Temple
A few hundred people waited patiently outside the eastern raja gopuram of the Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple on Wednesday evening to have a darshan of the pradosham procession since the temple …
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Regular services start at local churches following relaxation in regulations
Local Catholic churches are back to scheduling religious services that mark their normal time schedules. And this began on Monday morning ( July 5) with the celebration of Holy Mass, …
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Devotees not to be allowed for next Pradosham at Sri Kapali Temple. Safety measure.
While the HR & CE administered Sri Parthasarathy Temple in Thiruvallikeni allowed devotees without restrictions for the procession of lord Ranganatha and Vedavalli Thayar, one that was accompanied by the …
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Grand Nataraja abhisekam at Sri Karaneeswarar Temple on July 15
Aani Uthiram is one of the six days in the year when there is a special and grand abhisekam for lord Nataraja at Sri Karaneeswarar Temple. The abhisekam will start …
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