Mayiladuthurai Member of Parliament R. Sudha called on Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, to present a charter of demands on behalf of the people of her constituency. The petition highlights the need for additional carriages on the MEMU trains from Mayiladuthurai to Salem and Tiruchi, which have been reduced to eight carriages, leading to severe overcrowding. She called for the extension …
The Mayiladuthurai Collectorate in Tamil Nadu has refused permission for the tradition of devotees carrying the seer of the Dharmapuram Adheenam in a palanquin called the ‘Pattina Pravesam’. The Dharmapuram Adheenam is a saivite monastic institution based in the town of Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu. The order also called the practice a “violation of human rights.” Dharmapuram Adheenam representatives had made …