Pandemic regulation denies the colour of Onam at Sri Ayyappa Temple
The one place that holds some colour and buzz at Onam festival time in this area is the Sri Ayyappa Temple in MRC Nagar. It is decorated richly with fruits, …
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More green around the park in Luz
As part of a beautification plan around the Nageswara Rao Park, civic staff of the Mylapore zone were at work this weekend at the junction of Luz Avenue and Ramachandra …
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Tribute: G. Rajagopalan – he built India’s airports
One of the oldest residents of Mandaveli, G. Rajagopalan, passed away on August 16 after a brief illness. He was 84 and a typical Mylaporean, leading a highly independent life …
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Remembering G. K. Moopanar . . .
It was late Congress leader G. K. Moopanar’s 90th birth anniversary today. To mark this occasion, his son G K Vasan ( who heads the Tamil Maanila Congress – M …
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Tribute: M. Santhanam
M. Santhanam, a resident of Baliah Avenue passed away on August 15 evening at his residence. Hailing from Mayiladuthurai, and born to Mahalingam and Avayambal. Santhanam lived in Coimbatore for …
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Senior women of Marina kuppam zone present colourful I-Day event
This was an Independence Day event that was wholly presented by senior women of the kuppams of the Marina. And it was hosted at the Dignity Foundation’s Daycare Centre in …
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Popular Alwar pavement books space in Luz needs your support
If you have been a Mylaporean for ages and frequent Luz Circle, then you would know the famed Alwar bookshop. That ragged-looking pavement store with old and new books – …
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Light House re-opens. Make your Marina visit fruitful.
If you have to smell the air of the Marina, do go over but compensate the ‘no go’ restrictions to the sands and water front by visiting the Madras Light …
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Civic staff grow kitchen garden on banks of Canal despite the stink and dirt
Would you expect a vegetable garden on the banks of the stinking, stagnated waters of the Buckingham Canal in Mylapore? You wouldn’t want to even want to hang around here. …
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127-year-old CSI Middle School in Mylapore renovated. Support from alumni, well-wishers
Tucked away on crowded Adam Street in Mylapore, the CSI Middle School – now freshly painted a bright fuchsia – is impossible to miss. “I want the school to stand …
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This Mylapore colony invited civic workers to hoist Indian tri-colour on Aug.15
The residents of Kallukaran Street in Mylapore organised a simple flag hoisting event on Independence Day, August 15. The Indian flag was hoisted by the civic staff of Urbaser – …
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Pet parrots become ‘lockdown’ companions for this Abiramapuram family
Eight-year-old Shraddha, a class three student of Vruksha Montessori, loves birds and animals. Last year, during the pandemic lockdown season, she was keen on having a dog or a Persian …
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