The Kundapur police arrested 11 persons on charges of illegal sand extraction and seized four boats worth ₹3 lakh and some amount of sand in the wee hours of February 10. Acting on specific ...

Of 30 inscriptions uncovered at the Valley of Kings by Strauch and Schmid, 20 are in Tamil. CHENNAI: Around 2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader who visited the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs ...

When life tightens its grip, grief lingers, plans unravel, and courage starts to feel threadbare, many people reach for mantra not as a miracle cure but as an anchor. In Sanskrit traditions, a mantra ...

The findings, which confirm that ancient Tamil traders travelled deep into the Egyptian interior for exploration and tourism, were presented by Swiss scholar Professor Ingo Strauch on the inaugural ...

Maha Shivratri 2026: Lord Shiva, the supreme deity in Shaivism and part of the Hindu Trimurti (with Brahma and Vishnu), is revered as the destroyer and regenerator of the universe. Known as Mahadev ...

Online Tamil panchangam in Tamil and English for any place and any date between 1900 and 2050. This panchangam gives accurate information about the 5 attributes of the day, viz., nakshatram, tithi, ...

Nalla Neram (நல்ல நேரம்) translates to 'Good Time or Auspicious time'. The traditional Tamil Calendar and Tamil panchangam helps people in choosing the 'right time' to start something new or important ...

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These findings, presented at a Chennai conference, rewrite our understanding of ancient trade routes and suggest multilingualism among these traders. Photo: X Researchers have discovered about 30 ...

This is the seed (Beej) mantra of Lord Ganesha. “Om” represents the universal sound, “Gam” is Ganesha’s bija (seed syllable), “Ganapataye” refers to Lord Ganesha, and “Namah” means “I bow to you.” ...

Among the inscriptions found in six rock-cut tombs, 20 are in Tamili and the remaining 10 are in Sanskrit and Prakrit, implying that people from several regions of the Indian subcontinent were ...