Hawkers in local markets ready for puja shoppers
The street markets in Mylapore, Luz and Mandaveli are abuzz with hawking for the busy puja days ahead. Hawkers have loaded their stalls with coconuts, thoranams, flowers and fruits. There …
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Mylapore Times Kolu Contest receives fascinating variety of entries
The Mylapore Times Kolu Contest received a fascinating variety of entries this season. And they started to come in since last Sunday evening and ended on the night of October 19, …
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Anuradha calls her kolu ‘educational’. Guests can call and visit to take a look
This is an ‘educational kolu’. This is how Anuradha Seshadri, a resident of Murray’s Gate Road, Alwarpet calls her kolu for this Navaratri season. “My ‘educational’ kolu is open to …
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Guests enjoy Christmas cake-mixing act at Hotel Savera
The Christmas mood was floated at a hall at Hotel Savera in Mylapore on Friday morning when guests and chefs of the hotel came together for the annual cake mixing …
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Centenary of famed artist Maniam of ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ fame. Book release event on Oct.22 morning
Artist Maniam is a legend. Best known to readers of Thamizh magazines and books around the world and to people in the city’s art circles. Best known widely for the …
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Sri Durga Puja festival at Universal Temple of Sri Ramakrishna Math begins
For the Sri Durga Puja festival at the Universal Temple of Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, the Durga Puja and Lakshmi Puja events are from Oct.20 to 24 and on Oct.28, through …
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CSI Saint Thomas Tamil Church community in San Thome to celebrate 165th anniversary
CSI Saint Thomas Tamil Church community in San Thome will observe Dedication Day on Sunday the 22nd of October. It is the 165th anniversary of this church. Though it falls …
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Saras’ kolu is wholly of Origami work
How do you create an origami-themed kolu for Navaratri? For S. Saras of Luz Avenue it is simple. Think of a theme, create origami objects that support it and set …
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The Mylapore Trio invite people to their theme kolu
The Mylapore Trio – Amarnath, Surendranath, Aparna – are celebrating the 71st Navarathri kolu from Oct.15 to 24 at their residence in R. A. Puram with a themed kolu, as they …
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Navaratri concerts in Luz park. Oct.20 morning onwards: feature Harini Prasanna, Samritha Balaji and Aradhana Padmanabhan
Sundaram Finance will be organising its Navaratri Kutcheri series in from October 20 to 22 at Nageswara Rao Park from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. The concerts will be held at the Chess …
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This kolu theme highlights skills taught to special children
Navaratri is a time when lots of creative ideas get executed around the kolus and the decorations. At V- Excel’s unit on Luz Church Road, the students and the teachers …
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Park Town school students, 80 of them, rock at Bhavan’s Navaratri festival
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Chennai Kendra is hosting the ‘Navavidha Navaratri Festival’ from Oct.16 onwards at its auditorium in Mylapore. And some troupes who have been on stage here have really …
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