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As part of the Aadi First Friday celebrations, Sri Thayar Thirumanjanam was performed at Sri Venkatesa Perumal Devasthanam temple. On the occasion, the newly crafted silver ornaments for Sri Thayar and Sri Andal, generously donated by Ranjani Srinivasan at a cost of Rs. 4 lakhs, were ceremoniously adorned to the deities for the first time. The donor was honored with temple prasadam by the Trustees in recognition of their generous contribution. Later in the evening, Sri Venk

Soon ration cards will be sent through postal service and ration rice smuggling will be controlled, said Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control P Venkataramanan Speaking to reporters, he said, "Based on complaints from people that rice bags from the TNCSC godown weigh less when supplied to ration shops and inadequate stock of ration items at ration shops every month, inspection was conducted at the TNCSC godown. About 96% of ration card holde

Dr M Balamurali Krishna Memorial Trust in association with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and SSVM Institutions Coimbatore held a felicitation function for Padma Bhushan awardees Natyachaaryas Shanta Dhananjeyan and V P Dhananjeyan at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Mylapore last week. P Venkataramanan, Mylapore MLA and Minister for Food and Civil Supplies conferred the Dr M. Balamurali Krishna National Award for Artistic Excellence 2026, Murali Nada Lahari on Shantha Dhananjeyan and V. P

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT De Monte Street in Santhome has been renamed as MS Viswanathan Street in honor of the great Tamil cinema composer who ruled the film industry for over 30 years MS Viswanathan affectionately called as Mellisai Mannar (king of melody) Family members of MS Viswanathan and his admirers were present at the occasion. East Circular Road in Mandaveli has been renamed as Sirkhazhi Govindarajan Street in memory of great versatile singer both in movies as well as in

The temple management of Sri Karpagambal Samedha Kapaleeswarar gave an opportunity to a group of devotees to decorate Swami, Ambal, Murugar and all the temple sannathis with Sugarcane and Manjal kothu on the occasion of Pongal and Makara Sankranthi For the second year Puspakainkaryam team get involved and fully utilize the divine opportunity to decorate the temple and change the Ambal and Swami Sannithi to Karumbhu Cholai.

“Who Leads Who” – a Transformative Guide to Stress-Free Leadership by Dr CA Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh, Mylapore witnessed an inspiring and power-packed evening as the Hindustan Chamber of Commerce hosted the launch Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh is a CFO-turned business and leadership coach, independent director, and bestselling author The event, held at Hotel Taj Connemara, drew an impressive gathering of business leaders, industry experts, and entrepreneurs Adding to the b

The 12 books of Tirumurai represent the ancient legacy of Sivabhakti and Tamil music. The Ninth Tirumurai, composed by nine Nayanars, follows the musical tradition of the Tevaram Muvar. It celebrates Lord Nataraja of Chidambaram, known as Koyil - the temple of temples – and several other shrines in 29 songs known as Tiruvisaippa Nrithya Kalanidhi Bharatanatyam exponent the late Lakshmi Viswanathan grew up in Mylapore and was a regular visitor to the Kapaleeswarar temple.

Notable internationally renewed Neurologist Prof A V Srinivasan who has a clinic in RA Puram was felicitated by his relatives, friends, patients and his admirers for his 50 years of achievement in the world of medicine and patient care. Vidya Bhaskar, an advocate from Hosur, who had organized the event, said Dr AVS or Sekhar as he is affectionately called was a role model to many youngsters within the family and outside. He had set high standards in his profession worthy of e

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT PHOTOS BY PHOTO EDITOR S RAJENDRAN Dr J S Rajkumar, chairman of Lifeline Hospital Group and a social activist gave away prizes to winners of the Navaratri Golu competition 2025 and children’s painting competition at TAG Dakshinamurthi Auditorium at PS Higher Secondary School in Mylapore on Dec 21. He gave the cash prize of Rs 10,000 worth of gift vouchers redeemable at Srirangam Nachimuthu Textiles Mylapore to the first prize winner Vijay Rajan of M

For the first time in the Phase II network, Chennai Metro Rail will build an underground network from Panagal Park to Boat Club, via Nandanam, under the existing Nandanam station in Phase I network without affecting train operations. The Nandanam locality in the city will have two stations, one for the Phase I network (falling under Corridor I from Wimco Nagar to Chennai Airport via Nandanam) and one for the Phase II network (as part of Corridor 4 from Poonamallee to Light Ho

The Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore held its Clergy Retreat and Jubilee Pilgrimage at the Shrine of Our Lady of Velankanni last week at Velankanni The five-day retreat at the Velankanni Retreat Centre was preached by Fr. Xavier Raj, CSsR, and attended by Archbishop of Madras Mylapore Dr. George Antonysamy together with the diocesan clergy. The sessions invited priests to a “Reset” in their spiritual and pastoral life, with talks on humility, obedience, forgiveness, overcom

Keeping a financier in jail for years together, that too after sealing his business premises, may not help in recovering the dues he owes to the depositors, the Madras High Court observed and granted interim bail to T. Devanathan Yadav for mobilizing Rs619 Crores due to around 5,000 depositors of Mylapore Hindu Permanent Fund Nidhi Limited (MHPFNL). Justice Dr G. Jayachandran granted the interim relief on a condition that the petitioner must first mobilize Rs100 Crores on h