In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...

Speaking to ANI, K. Annamalai, the President of the Tamil Nadu BJP, on February 5, accused Minister Sekar Babu of inciting unrest in Thiruparankundram. He claimed that Sekar Babu prompted Muslims to ...

Speaking on police stopped him for visiting Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Madurai Adheenam Pontiff Sri-la-Sri Harihara Sri Gnanasambanda Desika Swamigal on January 25 said that they are worried that people ...

As A. Thashlima Nashrin, 25, of Munnamalaipatti in Melur taluk walks into the Murugan temple in Vellaripatti, children rush to greet her. Together, they begin reciting a Tamil poem, which they do ...

Despite a massive deployment of the police in more than three layers around the Thirupparankundram hillock in Madurai, over a hundred protesters managed to enter the Subramaniyaswamy temple on ...

Madurai: Right to freedom of speech and expression should always be subject to public peace and other restrictions imposed by ...

Madurai: Following days of unrest, normalcy returned to Thiruparankundram, with shops reopening and devotees resuming worship at the hilltop temples and dargah on Wednesday. While the district ...

Though the temple on the hill top is dedicated to Lord Subrahmanya ... Meanwhile, a Hindu Munnani leader said the district administration's decision to enforce prohibitory orders in Madurai had been ...

have also been visiting the Murugan and Shivan temple on the hill for decades. If you want religious harmony, why can’t you move your dargah to another place? What is stopping you?” he remarked. On 6 ...

Madurai is witnessing rising religious tensions ... shares the hill with the Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple, one of the six abodes of Lord Murugan, making it a significant pilgrimage destination ...

The Tamil Nadu government imposed Section 144 across Madurai to prevent protests over the Thirupparankundram temple issue. BJP state chief K Annamalai slammed the DMK government for arresting party ...