Tamil Nadu: Madurai Adheenam pontiff accuses businessman of cheating, seeks restoration of mutt land

May 17, 2023

The 293rd pontiff of Madurai Adheenam has accused a Pondicherry-based businessman of cheating his predecessor of land that belongs to the historic Shaivite mutt

Tamil Nadu govt revokes its ban on 'Pattina Pravesam' ritual

May 08, 2022

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 8 : The DMK government in Tamil Nadu revoked its order to ban the 'Pattina Pravesam' ritual of the...

"Why Sengol was marked as 'walking stick' in museum," says Annamalai

May 27, 2023

"The Adheenam has spoken in the true spirit of what exactly happened in 1947. Congress has to clarify why Sengol was marked as a...

"Mischievous," "distortion of facts," says Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam head on 'Sengol' row

Jun 10, 2023

Sri Sri Ambalavanan Desika Paramacharya Swamigal while referring to other media reports said that everybody saw our Prime Minister Narendra Modi placing the Sengole...

Why shouldn't a Tamilian rule India? asks Madurai Adheenam head priest

Jun 16, 2023

Talking to ANI, Sri Harihara Desika Swamigal said, "A person from Tamil Nadu can become the Prime Minister. Tamils are in all of them....

Grand 'Pattina Pravesam' procession marks culmination of Dharmapuram Adheenam festival in Mayiladuthurai

Jun 08, 2026

The festival, which celebrates the Guru Pooja of the founding pontiff and the historic traditions of the 16th-century monastery, drew thousands of devotees from...