Puthandu, also known as Puthuvarudam, marks the Tamil New Year and it is the first day of the Tamil calendar or the first day of the Chithirai month that is celebrated as Puthandu by the people of Tamil Nadu. Celebrated as the Tamil New Year, the day holds a lot of importance and significance and in some parts of Tamil …
Two people were killed and several injured after a stampede happened during the Chithirai festival celebration in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai on Saturday morning. For close to two years, the Chithirai festival, a very famous festival in Tamil Nadu, was not held in public due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The festival that started on April 12 has so far seen people …
