Former SFI leader is Sabarimala head priest
Kochi: He once chanted revolutionary slogans of the Left-leaning Students Federation of India. Now, S.E. Sankaran Namboothiri of Karakkatt Illam in Kottayam district will chant the sacred hymns in the...
View ArticleSabarimala Ayyappa temple gets new chief priest
S.E. Sankaran Namboothiri was on Sunday selected as the new ‘melsanti’ (chief priest) of the famed Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala in Kerala. E.S. Unnikrishnan was selected as the ‘melsanti’ of the...
View ArticleMelsanthi-designates to visit Sabarimala
: Sabarimala Melsanthi-designate S.E. Sankaran Namboodiri, 48, is at present the head priest of Ayyappa Temple at...
View ArticleB'luru temple priest picked for Sabarimala
S E Sankaran Nampoothiri, a priest working in Bengaluru, has been appointed the “Melsanthi” (head priest) of the Sabarimala Sree Ayyappa Temple in Kerala after a draw of lots. Along with him, E S...
View ArticleNew Sabarimala Melsanthi chosen
: S.E. Sankaran Namboodiri of Sooryagayatrom (Karackattu Illom) at Thiruvanchoor in Kottayam district was selected the head priest (Melsanthi) of Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala through a...
View ArticleCM presents silk robes to deity
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu presented silk robes to presiding deity. The temple priests offered him traditional welcome. Mr. Naidu carried the silk robes on his head to the sanctum sanctorum....
View ArticleVirtual queue for Sabarimala opened
State Police Chief T.P. Sen Kumar on Monday opened an online booking system that would enable pilgrims to reserve...
View ArticleAssembly panel visits Sabarimala
The Legislative Committee on Environment chaired by V.S. Sunil Kumar has directed the authorities concerned to ensure strict compliance of the Kerala High Court order to check throwing of clothes in...
View ArticleHeavy rush forces temple to cancel darshan tickets
Heavy rush at the Kanaka Durga temple atop Indrakeeladri on the auspicious Moola Nakshatram on Monday, the seventh day of the Dasara celebrations, forced the temple authorities to cancel all special...
View ArticleHeavy rush continues at Sabarimala temple
The Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala continued to witness heavy rush on the second day of the monthly rituals in the Malayalam month of Thulam on Monday. Hundreds...
View ArticleWater kiosks for Sabarimala
The Travancore Devasswom Board will open 50 drinking water kiosks at Sabarimala during the forthcoming Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrim season. This was announced at a meeting convened by District...
View ArticleKumari Puja marks Maha Asthami in Tripura
Agartala, Oct. 21 (ANI): At a time when aborting of female fetus hits the headlines, a five-year-old girl is being worshipped as the living embodiments of goddess Durga by the Ramakrishana Mission in...
View ArticleKumari Puja marks Maha Asthami in Tripura
AGARTALA: At a time when aborting of female fetus hits the headlines, a five-year-old girl is being worshipped as the living embodiments of goddess Durga by the Ramakrishana Mission in Agartala. Kumari...
View ArticleChildren initiated into world of letters in Kochi
Thousands of children were initiated into the world of letters at various temples in the district on the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami on Wednesday. Acharyas introduced the tiny tots to the...
View ArticleMelsanthi-designates pray at Sabarimala
The newly selected head priests (melsanthi) of the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple and the Malikappuram Devi temple, S.E. Sankaran Namboodiri and E.S. Unnikrishnan Namboodiri...
View ArticlePrayed to God to bestow divine blessings on people of the country: Modi
Tirumala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday offered his prayers at the famous shrine of Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala and invoked his...
View ArticleMysuru decks up for Dasara finale on Friday
Mysuru, Oct 22 (IANS) Karnataka's cultural capital is all decked up for the finale to the 10-day Dasara celebrations. Though the "nada habba" or state-sponsored celebrations have been kept low-key in...
View ArticleHundreds of tiny tots in Trichy write their first letter on Vijayadasami
TRICHY: Hundreds of tiny tots in the city entered into the world of education on the auspicious 'Vijayadasami' on Thursday by writing their first letter on a plate filled with paddy and grains. The...
View ArticleVidyarambham ritual: Thousands of kids scribble first letters in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: In a time-honoured ritual that cuts across lines of religion, caste and culture, thousands of children entered the world of learning in Kerala as they scribbled their first letters...
View ArticleVijayadasami: Thousands of kids scribble first letters in Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : In a time-honoured ritual that cuts across lines of religion, caste and culture, thousands of children entered the world of learning in Kerala as they scribbled their first letters...
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