The Railway Board has approved the extension of the Mayiladuthurai-Mysore-Mayiladuthurai Express to Cuddalore Port Junction. The inaugural service will run from Mayiladuthurai to Cuddalore Port at 10.55 a.m. on July 19 via Sirkazhi and Chidambaram. The regular service of the extended train Cuddalore Port–Mysuru–Cuddalore Port Express will be from July 19 from both ends. The train will leave Cuddalore Port …
Music and the Tamil landscape have been inseparable, right from the Sangam Era. Three such personalities were the Tamilisai Moovar — Muthuthandavar, Marimutha Pillai, and Arunachala Kavirayar — who composed conventional kritis in Tamil and made invaluable contributions to the evolution of Carnatic music. Though there is no authentic information on the exact period during which Muthuthandavar lived, the Tamil …
