They were a family of Brahmins from Hyderabad - or Cyberabad as they liked to call it - and they were all computer programmers. They talked proudly of the booming hi-tech industry which had sprung up ...

I bought myself a Kamakshi Deepam last week after years of wanting one. This naturally led to thoughts of the Devi at Kanchipuram, and I remembered a nice story from the holy city’s annals. Sometime ...

Amidst its vast collection of Buddhist images and Hindu sculptures, India gets several mentions in the Ramkhamhaeng National Museum in Sukhothai, Thailand. The Indian influence is clearly visible ...

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Oragadam, an ancient village, is home to two historic temples, one for Rama and the other for Siva. The Vadamallishwarar (Siva) temple is situated on a small hillock which has about a hundred steps ...

A set of five copper plates, found with a family in Karnataka, is likely to rearrange the genealogy of the Pallava dynasty. K. Munirathnam Reddy, director (Epigraphy) of Archaeological Survey of India ...

I am in Seeyamangalam, a village 80 km from Chennai with a group of friends and our agenda is to visit some of the ancient Pallava Cave Temples, built by the king Mahendravarman 1 in the 7th century, ...

Every year, December is the time when music is celebrated in Chennai. Hundreds of artists perform in sabhas during the month. The Tamil Heritage Trust (THT), an organisation of heritage enthusiasts, ...