: Over 3,400 special buses and 20 special trains will operate to Tiruvannamalai town for Maha Deepam on December 13. Collector D. Bhaskara Pandian, along with Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department officials, inspected the arrangements in place, including civic amenities such as temporary bus stands and sanitary facilities on Girivalam path and Arunachaleswara temple premises on Wednesday. In view …
Visually delightful sculptures on trees are surprising pilgrims on the ‘Girivalam’ of ‘Annamalai’ or ‘Arunachaleswaram’ here. At the start of 2018, the district administration found several well-grown trees along Girivalam path in Tiruvannamalai had withered “due to suffocation underneath their roots”. Speaking to The Hindu, R. Madurai Manikanda Raja, who led the team, said, “For the first time, trees have …
