Visalur is a small hamlet ,about 12 km from Kumbakonam on the way to Mannargudi. A narrow  road branches  from the main road leads us to Sri Meenakshi Ambika sametha Sri  Sundareswarar temple which is located on the agraharam.  This agraharam could be one among  the few agraharams in Tamil Nadu where Brahmins continue to […]

In the battle fought in 949 CE, the emerging Cholas were defeated by the Rashtrakutas. Chola prince Rajaditya was killed. A stone inscription narrates the story of the Chola warrior who became an ascetic to atone for his failure to take part in the battle. Share….

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Anacondas are a group of large snakes, which are found in South America. Four species are currently recognised. A video has emerged from Sagar in Madhya Pradesh that shows a python being worshipped by the locals at Baghraj temple. The reptile is said to be “bigger than an anaconda” and have been living in the […]

RAMANATHAPURAM: The state idol wing CID has traced a Chola-era idol in a dancing pose, stolen in 1966 from a Rameswaram temple, to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in the US. Efforts are now underway to retrieve and restore it to the temple. An official release said, on November 23, G Narayani, executive officer of […]

Among the bronze idols unearthed recently in the Sattainathar or Thoniappar temple in Sirkazhi in Mayiladuthurai district are the copper plates with Thevaram hymns inscribed on them. This is the first-time copper plates with Thevaram hymns are discovered in Tamil Nadu and they have proved to be a testament to stone inscriptions in the Chidambaram temple […]

Maduraikanchi, which is part of Pattupattu or Ten Idylls of Sangam literature, describes the people of that era wearing embroidered clothes dyed in hues of red and dark blue. The poem Pattinappalai speaks of horses brought on ships. Sangam literature also talks of ports and cities with palatial buildings. Keeladi proves these aren’t cock and […]