Pongal, the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu, is celebrated with joy and tradition. This year, the auspicious Tamil festival will be observed from Tuesday, January 14, and will continue until Friday, ...

Even before the crack of dawn, Chennaiites wake up to the musical notes of birds, the winter wind so chilly that it demands a woolen armour to brave the streets ...

Pongal 2025 Kolam Designs : Discover beautiful Kolam designs for apartment dwellers Thai Pongal is a traditional Tamil ...

The entrance of Gayathri Shankarnarayan’s house at Fifth Cross Street in CIT Colony is incomplete if you do not see an elaborate kolam design. Sometimes, the 57-year-old is seen humming melodious ...

This Margazhi morning sent me into a state of nostalgia as I drew a simple ezhai kolam in my apartment corridor. It brought back all those fond times and tiny tales told to me by family elders during ...

The art and science of kolam keep youngsters busy in the lockdown period, while kolam enthusiasts like Thilagalakshmi Sridharan is using it to spread awareness on the importance of washing hands and ...

Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 will be celebrated on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, with Madhyahna Ganesh Puja Muhurat falling between 11:05 AM and 1:40 PM. The ten-day celebration will conclude with Ganesh ...

For visitors to the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in the last four days, it was hard to walk past a group of women diligently drawing beautiful ‘kolams’ in different parts of the temple premises ...

We profile the winners of the Times Margazhi Kolam contest We profile the winners of the Times Margazhi Kolam contest. There’s something about kolams that’s quintessentially Chennai. After all, in no ...