Chennai’s winning combination of technology and tradition may be drawing droves of people from across the world, but time has robbed this city of many a quaint pastime, lament old-timers who grew up i

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was on hand to receive the sacred Kapilavastu Buddhist relics sent by India after more than 30 years.

Rajapaksa received the relics of Buddha (bone fragments e

If there is a loving memory of Chennai and a story behind it, now would be the time to dust the old photographs or if there is a recipe that has been handed over for generations in your family, it’s t

They say you can't beat City Hall, but Paris authorities who once took a dim view of the thousands of ‘love locks’ adorning the bridges of the Seine river have had a change of heart.

"We are letting

It is a dream come true after half-a-century for the devotees and locals of Korattur. The ancient Seyathamman temple, which has been managing without a chariot, since 1961, has finally got a new woode

It might not come as a surprise if the 11th century Pallava-era Sri Kailasanathar temple in Kancheepuram grabs international attention for being one of the most treasured cultural sites. Or if the Kak

As Jharkhand reeled under an avalanche of bandhs organised by over a dozen political parties and outfits with various demands on Wednesday, an obscure group’s warning of acid attacks on women wearing

Influenced by the spirituality and Hindu way of life, 23 Italians, including a couple from the Vatican, underwent a crash course in learning Sanskrit hymns and mantras at the Veda Patashala in Karuvad

More than 2,000 years old megalithic burial sites at Siruthavur near Thiruporur are being destroyed by real estate sharks for putting up housing plots.

There were hundreds of these sites till some ye

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale will give a big socio-cultural boost to the state, according to Riyas Komu, director of the programmes of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale Foundation.

At a seminar on the socio-c