A Journey into the history, culture, heritage and greatness of this wonderful language and people who speak, breathe and love it!
When you visit the ancient Lord Shiva temple at Chidambaram, you are completely awed by the mammoth size of the temple premises, the wonderful, astounding architecture and the amazing ambience this city provides. Well connected by bus and train, the town of Chidambaram is one place to swear by! The story behind this temple is even more exciting. The Lord
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Built by the Pallava King Nandivarma, the Nathan koil in Nandipura Vinnagaram is in the Shenbakaaranya Kshetram, which runs from here up to Mannargudi. It is one of the 108 divyadesams. It is located near Kumbakonam. The perumal in this temple: Jagannatha Perumal. It is also called Dakshina Puri, i.e equivalent to Jagannath Puri situated in Orissa. Nandi, escort of Lord
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Thiru Aadi pooram is a very important festival celebrated by Tamil Iyengars and along with them, all communities to celebrate the birthday of Goddess Poetess Andal, who has written the very famous 30 sonnets of ‘Thiruppavai’. It is celebrated in various parts of Tamil Nadu in cities such as Srirangam and Srivilliputtur amongst others. This year’s Thiru aadi poora festival
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Ganesha or “Vighna Harta” as he is known with Hindus across the world, he is the God of new beginnings. He is said to bring about prosperity and wealth by removing all the obstacles along the way! Vinayak as he is affectionately known is the son of Shiva and Parvati, the Elephant-Headed God affectionately called Ganapathy. This year
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