The Temple City
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Oil companies have made biometric e-KYC mandatory for LPG consumers who get cylinders at subsidised prices, and the current deadline ends today. Who needs to do it, how to complete it at your gas agency, and why you should ignore anyone calling to “update your KYC”.
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Birth registered without a name before 2010, or past the old 15-year limit? You can add your child's name until September 26, 2026 — the final date. Here's who qualifies, how to apply, and why it matters for Aadhaar, school and passport.
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Madurai's signature Jigarthanda blends milk, almond gum, sarsaparilla syrup, and ice cream into a layered drink found nowhere else quite like this. Here's its history and where locals still swear by the traditional recipe.
20 Aug 2026 • 2 min read
With a three-day bank employees' strike set to begin on September 28, the government has ordered public sector and regional rural banks to stay open on Sunday, September 27, so customers can complete urgent transactions before five consecutive non-working days.
24 Sept 2026 • 2 min read
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday inaugurated the newly constructed Velunachiyar Flyover at Melamadai Junction in Madurai, built at a cost of ₹150 crore. The four-lane, 950-metre flyover is designed to ease congestion along the busy KK Nagar–Anna Nagar stretch on Sivagangai Road and is named in honour of freedom fighter Veeramangai Velunachiyar.
8 Dec 2025 • 4 min read
Every year, Madurai relives its most cherished legend — the celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar. Here's the story passed down through generations.
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Madurai is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and it wears that history openly — as the Temple City of Tamil Nadu, built around the towering gopurams of the Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman Temple and a nearly two-thousand-year urban plan that still shapes the streets around it. Every Chithirai, the city pauses its everyday rhythm to re-enact the divine wedding of Meenakshi and Sundareswarar, drawing pilgrims from across Tamil Nadu.
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கற்றதனால் ஆய பயனென்கொல் வாலறிவன்
நற்றாள் தொழாஅர் எனின்.
தூய அறிவு படைத்த இறைவனின் நல்ல திருவடிகளைத் தொழாதவர்க்கு, கற்ற கல்வியால் என்ன பயன் விளையும்?
What use is the knowledge one has acquired, if it does not lead one to worship the pure, wise feet of God?
கடவுள் வாழ்த்து · In Praise of God