varadaraja perumal temple

Five Panchaloha idols were stolen from Kari varadaraja perumal temple near Kattampatti village in the district late Saturday night.

The Madras high court on Monday directed the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department to respond to a PIL alleging that normal functioning of Kancheepuram varadaraja perumal temple is yet to begin even after relaxation of Covid-19 lockdown.

The varadaraja perumal temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and is renowned for its unique golden and silver lizard carvings. Legend has it that Lord Indra, cursed to become an elephant, was redeemed by Lord Vishnu at this temple, while two lizards witnessed the event. Indra, in gratitude, created the carvings.

A 23-year-old college student on Wednesday collapsed in the melee when police stopped him from filming on his phone the sanctum sanctorum of the Kanchi varadaraja perumal temple and was declared brought dead to hospital.

Don’t let the weekend go waste

The Varadaraja Perumal Koil (also called Arulmigu DevarajaSwamy Temple) is in the news thanks to the ongoing rarest of the rare festivals, Sri Athi Varadar Vaibhavam

A Hanuman idol stolen from a temple in Ariyalur in 2012 was tracked to Australia and brought back to India thanks to investigations done by the idol wing CID of Tamil Nadu police and diplomatic efforts made by the Indian government. The idol will be received by the idol wing police from Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), New Delhi.

A devotee on Saturday donated gold jewels worth 1.5 crore to the varadaraja perumal temple in Kancheepuram.

Objecting to Chennai Metro Rail Limited’s discriminatory approach towards colonial-era and centuries-old heritage structures, particularly temples, a PIL has sought a direction to the government to declare ancient temples in the city heritage structures.

In a stunning allegation, S Padma, wife of Sankararaman, who was brutally hacked to death inside a temple at Kancheepuram in 2004, has complained to the Chief Justice of the Madras high court that she and her family members were threatened into giving false evidence during the murder trial.

Rajinikanth visited Athivaradhar along with his wife this morning at dawn and offered his prayers.

MUDHUMALAI: Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa's love for elephants is no secret. In fact, her visit to Guruvayur temple to donate an elephant is believed to be prompted by an astrological prediction.

The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Monday informed the Madras high court that due to metro work no damages will be caused to Kapaleeswar temple or Vadapalani Murugan temple and other temples of heritage value which falls in the Light House-Poonamallee corridor.

The Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswathi and junior Acharya Vijayendra Saraswathi are the main accused in the Sankararaman murder case.

CHENNAI: Another accused in the Sankararaman murder case was remanded to 2 days' police custody on Thursday by Kancheepuram judicial magistrate I G Uttamraja.

The trial of a case of assault in which Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi is the prime accused will begin on February 20, an order by first additional city civil court judge S Kalavathi said on Monday.