Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has expressed the government's continued pursuit of the release of the arrested Tamil fishermen and their boats from Sri Lanka. He paid floral tributes to freedom fighter Muthuramalinga Thevar on his 117th birth anniversary and 62nd Guru Pooja. The CM also highlighted the progress of the Vaigai-Cauvery-Gundar project, with over 40% of the …
The sprawling ‘Aadi Theertha Teppakulam’ situated inside Sri Jambukeswarar Akilandeswari temple at Tiruvanaikoil in Tiruchi is filled with Cauvery water after several decades, thanks to the efforts of the Tiruchi City Corporation. The Tiruvanaikoil temple has the ‘Aadi Theertha Teppakulam’ situated inside and the ‘Ramathirtha Teppakulam’ which is located outside the temple. The annual Theppam festival at the ‘Aadi Theertha …
The turnout for light and sound show at the Teppakulam of the Rockfort Temple has been dwindling gradually after its inauguration in December 2023. They felt that given the investment of ₹8.8 crore under the Smart Cities Mission made for the project, better technology could have been used to highlight many other historic facets of Tiruchi. It gets repetitive and …
Despite periodic cleaning undertaken at Rockfort Teppakulam in the city, Vanapattarai Street reeks of dead and rotting fish. Shop owners complain that the rotting fish keep customers away. Since the Teppakulam comes under the HR&CE department, the Corporation said the profits from the catch were divided between the temple and the civic body. An official from the HR&CE department said …
Tiruchi City Corporation has finalised themes, timings, and entry fee for the much-awaited light and sound show, developed under the heritage tourism development project of the Smart Cities Mission at Teppakulam of Sri Thayumanaswamy temple in the city. The civic body proposed the light and sound show as part of the Smart Cities Mission in 2019 and installed laser lights …
MADURAI: With the searing summer sun depleting the water level on one hand and the unchecked waste dumping adding to pollution on the other, the overall condition of Mariamman Teppakulam in Vandiyur has been dreadful in recent weeks. Visitors who reached the waterbody on Tuesday were welcomed by piles of waste, especially plastic refuse from the nearby eateries, and a …