It’s time for the evening puja. The temple bell rings out and the devotees make a beeline to the Mukurini Vinayagar shrine. Unmindful of the buzzing crowd, around 30 women are engrossed with paint ...

Pongal Pulli Kolam Designs 2025: This article showcases a variety of pulli kolam designs to adorn your homes during the Pongal festival Kolam, an integral part of Pongal, symbolizes beauty, joy, and ...

Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 will be celebrated on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, with Madhyahna Ganesh Puja Muhurat falling between 11:05 AM and 1:40 PM. The ten-day celebration will conclude with Ganesh ...

You could hear the sounds of mridangam and nadeswaram playing in the background near the Kapaleeswarar Temple — evidence of the Mylapore festival, which has been going on since Thursday. The Kolam ...

CHENNAI: 31-year-old Deepika Velmurugan’s fondest childhood memory is of observing her mother and ammachi (grandmother) chalk the entrance of their home with rice flour kolams. Be it the wavy yet ...

Pulli, padi, chikku. Dots, lines, curves. Occasionally, a full-fledged peacock etched freehand. Kolams are a part and parcel of everyday life. But they have also come up frequently during historian ...