TASMAC ban, temple autonomy: Annamalai opens up on alliance with AIADMK, lays down BJP's Tamil Nadu roadmap
F or years, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tamil Nadu has been a junior partner in the alliance with the AIADMK. Now, ...
Meet The 550-Year-Old Tree That Is A ‘Living Coffin’ And Is The Size Of 4 Football Fields
Thimmamma Marrimanu is a banyan tree that has survived multiple cyclones and persevered to witness half a millennium of human ...
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Why DMK & BJP are sparring over Tamil Nadu icon Thiruvalluvar
DMK has accused BJP and governor R.N. Ravi of 'saffronising' the poet with its images of Thiruvalluvar dressed in saffron ...
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Gods, Guns and Missionaries — exploding the myth of a singular, ‘true’ Hinduism
A book about Hinduism which begins with a maharaja’s ... And as some priests engaged with Brahmins, they found that the trappings of many gods were simply a humanised vision of something more ...
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India to open giant Hindu festival for 400 million pilgrims
Tractors turned into chariots carrying life-size idols of Hindu gods rolled by behind them, accompanied by elephants, as pilgrims exulted in the beat of drums and honking horns. There is no formal ...
The Hindu20d
CM should explain why a resolution was passed in the Assembly against draft UGC regulations: Annamalai
Annamalai in Coimbatore on Thursday. The Central government has released the Draft UGC regulations and given time till February 5 for submitting objections to it. The Chief Minister should ...
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Maha Kumbh 2025: Hindu Saint ‘Bawandar Baba’ raises serious concern over disrespect to Gods, ’found bundle of beedi’
Maha Kumbh 2025: A Hindu saint from Indore, identifying himself as ‘Bawandar Baba’ on January 5 raised serious concerns over disrespect towards Gods and Goddesses at Maha Kumbh 2025.
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Muslim woman in burqa mocked at restaurant by foreign tourist; here’s what police say
"By God, I remember a program broadcast where they were talking and crying because of the amount of suppression and psychological warfare against them." One user commented, “This is a clear ...