St. Mary's school, Dindigul, one of the oldest in Tamil Nadu
St Mary' school Dindigul TN Clock House.jWikipedia In the 18th century Christian Missionaries, as elsewhere in India, were the pioneers of English Education in South India. The erstwhile state of...
View ArticleSignificance of exciting Nalambalam pilgrimage (yatra)
accessadds.blogspot.com Above image: above-left:Thiruparayur; right: IIrinjalakkuda Koodalmanikya Swami Temple Below- left: Mozhikulam Lakshmana temple. Right: Shathrughana temple at Payammal. All...
View ArticleInteresting Nalambala temples of Kerala
Nalambala Yatra(Pilgrimage). about pilgrimaide'Nalambalam' refers to four temples dedicated to the sons of King Dasaradha - Lord Rama, Lord Bharata, Lord Lakshmana and Lord Satrughna (of the great...
View ArticleOldest english school in India and the oldest in the delta of Tamil nadu.
There is no denying of the fact that in the 18th century India, in the absence of a proper educational policy in the early period of colonialism, it was the Christian Missionaries, as elsewhere in...
View ArticleAstounding facts of Varadaraja Perumal temple, Kanchipuram
Stone chain, varadaraja Perumal temple, kanchi. Places to visit in Tamil NaduKanchipuram. Varadaraja Perumal Temple Complex. IndtravelVaradharaja Perumal Temple complex is in Kanchipuram of Tamil Nadu,...
View ArticleFirst school to teach English to the Indians in India!!
St. Peter'sSchool, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. the Hindu.comThere is no denying of the fact that in the 18th century India, in the absence of a proper educational policy in the early period of colonialism,...
View ArticleSt. George’s School , chennai - oldest western school in Asia
Lord William Bentinck, the then Governor-General of British India, impressed upon the East India Company to allocate funds to promote education and literature in India. Then traditional methods of...
View ArticleExciting legends of Mahashivaratri
www.pinterest.coIn the Hindu religion, there are many festivals to honor the gods and goddesses, but not that many have gained as much religious significance as festivals like Maha Shivaratri (meaning...
View ArticleGod Shiva and his divine association with number Five (Pancha)
Lord Shiva The Hindu trinity has three primary gods Brahma and Vishnu, and Shiva. Lord Shiva has countless mystifying aspects. He is formless, limitless, transcendent and unchanging absolute Brahman,...
View ArticleThe Sacred Heart Church, Bangalore, a relic of the colonial past
In the 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne of England, the English arrived in India as traders. In order to meet the spiritual needs of the ever-increasing numbers the expatriate British...
View ArticleNilthingal Thundam Perumal temple and its link with the Shiva temple,...
Kanchipuram city near Chennai, one among the few temple cities of Tamil Nadu, is associated with several Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. The Ekambareswarar temple has been...
View ArticleThe unfortunate assassination of British officer Arthur Jackson
During India's freedom struggle against the British in the 19th and early 20th centuries, there existed a section of Indian freedom fighters, driven by wrong ideology, perversely thought violence was...
View ArticleTrailblazer Sultan Shahjahan Begum of Bhopal, a great woman ruler
Women empowerment, gender inequalities between men and women and discrimination against women have been hotly debated in many media and in newspapers all over the world, including India in the past...
View ArticleColonial heritage building Delhi GPO
Colonial heritage building. /Delhi GPO. www.google.co.inAbove Image: New heritage postage stamp issued on 13 May 2010 by the Postal department of Govt. of India. This heritage building in Delhi is...
View ArticleAmazing colonial GPO building Lucknow city
Front part, GPO, Lucknow city. www.panoramio.comLucknow General Post Office, Lucknow city is a historical building that once served as the place of entertainment for the local British community during...
View ArticleInteresting heritage Post Office building, Ooty
,Udagamandalam (Ooty) GPO. www.google.co.inOoty (also Oodagamandalam), 80 km north of Coimbatore city is the capital of Nilgiris district, besides being a popular hill station of south India. It is...
View ArticleVenerable St. Alphonsa, first canonized Indian woman saint
Saint Alphonsa (19 August 1910 - 28 July 1946), a Syro-Malabar Catholic Franciscan nun with an extraordinary will power and perseverance is happened to be the first ever canonized native Indian...
View Article150 year old Podanur Post Office,Coimbatore - British colonial legacy
Podanur Potal office.sapost.blogspot.inPodanur Jn . thehindu.comNearly 150 years ago, the Podanur is part of the Coimbatore Urban area and, surprisingly, it has a post office on the Railway Junction...
View ArticleChatrapathy Shivaji's link with Bengaluru!!
Great warror Shivaji. ScoopWhoopChatrapathy Shivaji's 387th birth day was celebrated last month February 2017. Belonging to the warrior clan of Satara, Maharastra you may be wondering what Shivaji has...
View ArticleHistorical Vivekananda House, Chennai
Vivekananda House.vivekanandahouse.org/Vivekanandar Illam (in Tamil 'Illam' means house) orVivekananda House on the Kamarajar Salai is an important land mark on the Marina beach area of Chennai. In the...
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