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‘Thanka Anki’ procession begins from Aranmula temple in Pathanamthitta
14 hours, 59 minutes ago

‘Thanka Anki’ procession begins from Aranmula temple in Pathanamthitta

New Indian Express  

SABARIMALA: The four-day procession carrying the ‘Thanka Anki,’ the golden attire to be adorned on the idol of the lord during Mandala Pooja ceremony here on December 26, set off its journey from Aranmula Lord Parthasarathy temple at 7am on Sunday. The ‘Thanka Anki,’ weighing 451 sovereigns in 24-ct gold, carried in a specially-built vehicle began the journey after performing …

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Moving KSRTC bus catches fire, none hurt
1 month ago

Moving KSRTC bus catches fire, none hurt

New Indian Express  

PATHANAMTHITTA: A moving KSRTC bus that was on its way to pick up Sabarimala devotees caught fire at Attathodu between Nilakkal and Pampa in the early hours of Sunday. He said they also stopped other vehicles on the route and used around eight extinguishers to try and stop the fire. As soon as the fire department received an alert, three …

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Sabarimala temple opens for annual pilgrimage season
1 month, 1 week ago

Sabarimala temple opens for annual pilgrimage season

India Today  

The Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple officially opened for the annual Mandala-Makaravilakku festival on Friday, marking the beginning of a two-month pilgrimage season. At 4 pm, the doors of the temple were opened by Tantris Kandararu Rajeevaru and Kandararu Brahmadathan, with outgoing head priest PN Mahesh Namboothiri leading the ceremonial opening. Later, newly appointed head priests S Arun Kumar Namboothiri and Vasudevan …

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IMD to Offer Customized Weather Forecasts for Sabarimala Pilgrimage Season
1 month, 3 weeks ago

IMD to Offer Customized Weather Forecasts for Sabarimala Pilgrimage Season

New Indian Express  

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is set to launch a special weather forecasting service for Sabarimala, starting this Mandala Pooja season. The initiative focuses on providing customized forecasts for key areas in the pilgrimage area, including Sannidhanam, Pampa, and Nilackal. The seven-day forecast aims to assist pilgrims in planning their trips, while the nowcast will enhance preparedness. The home department …

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Festive atmosphere grips Aranmula ahead of grand regatta on September 18
3 months, 1 week ago

Festive atmosphere grips Aranmula ahead of grand regatta on September 18

The Hindu  

With just three more days left for the Uthrattathi boat race, a festive atmosphere has engulfed Aranmula, a heritage village nestled on the banks of the Pampa River. In keeping with tradition, the Thiruvonathoni, a sacred vessel carrying vegetables, provisions, and other items for the Onam feast at Sree Parthasarathy Temple, began its journey on Saturday. Meanwhile, preparations are in …

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Heavy rains leave trail of destruction in Kerala’s central Travancore region
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Heavy rains leave trail of destruction in Kerala’s central Travancore region

The Hindu  

From inundating roads to damaging crops, the heavy rains that is lashing Central Travancore in Kerala have left a trail of destruction across the region. In response to the heavy rains, the Kottayam District Collector has declared a holiday for all educational institutions in the district for June 26. Traffic along the Kottayam-Kumily route faced disruptions due to fallen trees, …

Heavy Rains
Beer made from the cocaine plant is creating a buzz in Bolivia. Will the rest of the world buy it?
6 months, 1 week ago

Beer made from the cocaine plant is creating a buzz in Bolivia. Will the rest of the world buy it?

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A coca vendor works at a …

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A brew of ancient coca is Bolivia’s buzzy new beer. But it’s unclear if the world will buy in
6 months, 1 week ago

A brew of ancient coca is Bolivia’s buzzy new beer. But it’s unclear if the world will buy in

Associated Press  

TRINIDAD PAMPA, Bolivia — If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab. Within Bolivia, the world’s third-biggest producer of the coca leaf, and of cocaine, the ancient leaf has inspired spiritual rituals among Indigenous communities for generations — and more recently, …

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Fighting alone in Punjab, what's the BJP pinning its hopes on
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fighting alone in Punjab, what's the BJP pinning its hopes on

India Today  

In 2019, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination papers in Varanasi for the Lok Sabha election, several leaders of the National Democratic Alliance were present there in a show of strength. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the BJP's fight is primarily against the Aam Aadmi Party, which runs the state government in Punjab, and the resurgent Congress, …

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Tribal woman murders live-in partner in Pathanamthitta, held
8 months, 1 week ago

Tribal woman murders live-in partner in Pathanamthitta, held

New Indian Express  

PATHANAMTHITTA : A tribal woman allegedly killed her live-in partner by hitting his head and face several times with a piece of wood, following a quarrel on Sunday night at Attathodu colony in Pathanamthitta. Ratnakaran had left his wife many years ago to stay with Shantha, a native of Attathodu tribal settlement near Nilakkal. According to neighbours, Ratnakaran used to …

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Wildfires across the Texas Panhandle force residents to evacuate, seek shelter​
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Wildfires across the Texas Panhandle force residents to evacuate, seek shelter​

Raw Story  

"Wildfires across the Texas Panhandle force residents to evacuate, seek shelter" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Officials have ordered nearly 5,000 residents in the Panhandle cities of Canadian, Fritch and Glazier to shelter in place Tuesday …

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K'taka's Hampi bustling with exuberance with revival of Ram Temple in Ayodhya
11 months ago

K'taka's Hampi bustling with exuberance with revival of Ram Temple in Ayodhya

Hindustan Times  

With the consecration of Ram Temple taking place on January 22, the historic region of Hampi has become all the more important as it proved a turning point in the life of Lord Rama kindling the hope of getting back his wife Sita, who was abducted by the demon king of Lanka, Ravana. The epic Ramayana elaborates about the unending …

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All arrangements in place for Sabarimala pilgrimage
1 year, 1 month ago

All arrangements in place for Sabarimala pilgrimage

The Hindu  

Marking the beginning of yet another pilgrimage season, doors of the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala will be opened for the annual Mandalam-Makaravilakku season on Thursday. This includes the introduction of a dynamic queue control system to manage crowding at Sannidhanam, besides the installation of video walls at Nilackal, Pampa and Sannidhanam to provide update on the status of pilgrim rush. …

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5 years after floods, is Kerala equipped for heavy rain?
1 year, 3 months ago

5 years after floods, is Kerala equipped for heavy rain?

Hindustan Times  

On August 15, 2018, 40-year-old Jijo Abraham was across the Indian Ocean in Muscat, but his eyes were glued to visuals from Kerala. Five years later, Jijo’s two storey home, white and brown with a green roof still stands, but carries the markers of the Kerala’s “nootandile pralayam” that claimed lives of 480 and affected over five million people, swallowing …

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Revisiting Kerala’s 2018 ‘flood of the century’
1 year, 3 months ago

Revisiting Kerala’s 2018 ‘flood of the century’

Hindustan Times  

On August 15, 2018, 40-year-old Jijo Abraham was across the Indian Ocean in Muscat, but his eyes were glued to visuals from Kerala. Five years later, Jijo’s two-storey home, white and brown with a green roof still stands, but carries the markers of the Kerala’s “nootandile pralayam” that claimed 480 lives and affected over five million people, swallowing homes, panchayat …

2018 Water Management Flood Rainfall State Report
COUNTER CULTURE | Manufacturing magic: On Salman Rushdie and ‘Victory City’
1 year, 8 months ago

COUNTER CULTURE | Manufacturing magic: On Salman Rushdie and ‘Victory City’

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 06, 2023 11:00 IST - 8 MINS READ Magic realism. With this tale Tokarczuk was given, what she calls a soul, “the world’s greatest tender narrator”. Magic realism is Rushdie’s home ground, what he is most known for, for the depths of possibilities that he yanks out of a world. Highlights Magic realism is Rushdie’s home ground, …

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Book Review: ‘Victory City’ by Salman Rushdie
1 year, 10 months ago

Book Review: ‘Victory City’ by Salman Rushdie

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 15, 2023 19:24 IST As a nine-year old, Pampa Kampana watches her mother walk unwaveringly into a bonfire of women. Victory City By Salman Rushdie Penguin Hamish Hamilton Pages: 352 Price: Rs.699 The remaining 238 years of Pampa Kampana’s life—a period that begins with the defeat of the Kampili kingdom by the armies of the Delhi sultanate, …

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Review: Victory City by Salman Rushdie
1 year, 10 months ago

Review: Victory City by Salman Rushdie

Hindustan Times  

There is an iconic moment in Cervantes’ Don Quixote when the aristocrat Quixote, drunk on the romance of a feudal, medieval past long gone, goes charging at a set of windmills, calling them demons in disguise. While 20th century postmodernism has had champions straddling Europe and Latin America – from Italo Calvino to Gabriel Garcia Marquez – few contemporary writers …

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Salman Rushdie releases new novel, six months after knife attack
1 year, 10 months ago

Salman Rushdie releases new novel, six months after knife attack

Firstpost  

Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel Victory City, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city London: Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel Victory City, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies …

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Salman Rushdie’s Victory City is ‘a restoration of the powers of fiction in these censorious times’
1 year, 10 months ago

Salman Rushdie’s Victory City is ‘a restoration of the powers of fiction in these censorious times’

The Hindu  

Salman Rushdie’s novels have always felt to me like stepping into an Indian Mughal miniature painting where several things are happening at once. “For me the fantastic has been a way of adding dimensions to the real,” he writes, “adding fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh dimensions to the usual three; a way of enriching and intensifying our experience of the …

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Book review | ‘Victory City’ is carried forward by Salman Rushdie’s infectious energy
1 year, 10 months ago

Book review | ‘Victory City’ is carried forward by Salman Rushdie’s infectious energy

The Hindu  

Salman Rushdie’s new novel, Victory City, is a return in more senses than one. Whispered history The rise and fall of Victory City is presided over by the “blind poet, miracle worker and prophetess” Pampa Kampana through her long lifespan of 247 years. Victory City Salman Rushdie Penguin Random House ₹699 The last one is summarily answered early on. Looking …

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Kerala stares at repeat of 2018 floods as rain fury continues
2 years, 4 months ago

Kerala stares at repeat of 2018 floods as rain fury continues

The Hindu  

Kerala once again stares at a flood-like situation with high intensity rain triggered by strong monsoon winds lashing central Kerala. The situation is precarious in the State, especially in central Kerala where swollen rivers have already started inundating several low lying areas. Haunted by the bitter experience of 2018 flood, the State administration in central Kerala districts swung into action …

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Kerala rains | Flood situation turns grim in Central Travancore
2 years, 4 months ago

Kerala rains | Flood situation turns grim in Central Travancore

The Hindu  

The flood situation in Central Travancore took a turn for the worse on August 4 as incessant rainfall pounded parts of the region after a brief hiatus, triggering a fresh series of landslides on the eastern high-ranges and inundating more villages along the Northern and Upper Kuttanad in the downstream The torrential rains have caused all major rivers, which were …

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Restoration debate: Conservation or destruction
2 years, 6 months ago

Restoration debate: Conservation or destruction

The Hindu  

Setting out southwards along Main Central Road beyond Thiruvalla, a township in Pathanamthitta, a vacant plot of land with truckloads of sand comes into view. “Dumping yards for river sand, which also double up as selling points, have cropped up at least a couple of places while the ghat committees and the local bodies concerned are being consistently kept in …

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