Grooves dated 3000 BCE found near Pathari.

Chitra Ramaswamy sets out to check out the legend behind the Rajiv Lochan temple, Chattisgarh.

The book house plans diverse activities tocelebrate Ramanuja millennium

The scholar-saint’s avatara utsavam was celebrated at his home town Srivilliputhur recently.

Resembling the famous ‘golden’ gurdwara, this landmark edifice is dedicated to Goddess Durga.

The compassionate saint was excited by the prospect of doing good for the people.

The Indian Languages Festival launches its first documentation project to create a direct social connect with people

It was both sublime and funny verses at The All India Mushaira that captivated the audience.

It is a treasure of information as told by Mahaperiyava

A new book by photographer and author Tarun Chopra tells us how temples play a crucial role in social and cultural life

As part of the Madras Week, S. Anwar throws light on the chronograms etched in mosques across the city.

Ramanuja made music and dance an integral part of worship at Srirangam.

The recent High Court ruling brings into focus issues involved in temple renovation, writes S. Prabhu

The royals and scholars were impressed by Ramanuja's divine words.

N.S. Ramanuja Tatacharya talks about his masterpieces in the language

The Kailasanatha temple, near Mannarkoil, is associated with the Sun god.

It was his trait of mercy that prompted Ramanuja to help the people of Tondanur. Suganthy Krishnamachari writes

Tamil magazines mark Deepavali with special colourful editions.

Madhusudhanan Kalaichelvan is an architect whose interests range from Araiyar Sevai to Tamil epigraphy. Charukesi elaborates.

Get up close with Udaipur’s royal past, its art and architecture at the City Palace museum, writes Chitra Swaminathan

This year the Vedanta Desika festival will be celebrated on November 13 in Satyagalam, Karnataka.

A peep into a few more of the special editions, a festival tradition.

Tamil magazines mark Deepavali with special colourful editions.

Award winning film ‘Bhagini Nivedita’ remains a worthy documentation of Sister Nivedita’s life.

We take a peek into the birthplace of German watchmaking to see what keeps the horologists ticking with clockwork precision.

In a first of its kind, Kuchipudi dancers performed at the historic Golconda Fort to recreate the tales of the Fort and Telangana.

The story behind Lakshmi Varahar temple in Ayilangudi.

As an icon of equality, Ramanuja embraced the whole of humanity.

Lakshmi Venkatraman says the main deity at the Hasedera temple is made of single piece of camphor wood.

Dr. S. Ramaratnam explains the relevance of the language

The Museum on Wheels, a successful CSMVS initiative, has been bringing history to a wider circle of children and young adults

Sudalai Madan was banished to earth after it was discovered that he preferred eating human flesh to divine nectar

The proposed initiative will cover the protected and unprotected sites in Karnataka, most of which lack even a fence, so as to prevent encroachment

Nobility showed off their pet cheetahs and posed for photographs before and after hunts; for the British, they defined India’s exotic wildlife

Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan has brought this Chola architectural marvel under the spotlight once again

Jayakumar Gopinath talks about Pulluvanpattu, the ritualistic art form of Kerala that sings songs for the snake gods, and how his community is trying to preserve it

Amira and Vasundhara explore Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s poem ‘Subh-e-Azadi’ in a sonic landscape of traditional ragas and electronically modified sounds

The iconic Garuda Sevai takes place today (June 2, 2023)

Veena exponent Jayanthi Kumaresh recalls how she and violinist Kala Ramnath, along with European musicians, explored the beauty of Baroque music

Apart from researching into temple history, Madhusudhanan Kalaichelvan has been creating awareness about heritage and architecture through specially-curated trips

Founded in 1887 and designed by British architect Henry Irwin, the Gaiety Theatre in Shimla was the venue of the recent Parampara aur Viraasat Utsav

How different localities of the city find mention in the Tevaram, Pasurams and Tiruppugazh

The three-day festival organised by Nataraj Music and Dance Academy in Visakhapatnam will feature performances by noted artistes from across India

Give Peace Another Chance, artist Adarsh Baji’s series on view at Kalakriti art gallery in Hyderabad, doffs its hat to the life, times and ideology of Mahatma Gandhi ahead of his 154th birth anniversary