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This Indian temple in Tamil Nadu left Anand Mahindra stunned and earned praise as the ‘world’s most advanced engineering feat’; here’s why |

Heritage in India tends to take place through social networking. Anand Mahindra’s recent social media post has kindled a renewed interest in one of India’s most impressive architectural feats. “Watch this video of Brihadisvara Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, built in the 11th century AD,” Anand Mahindra, Mahindra Group’s chairman, tweeted, adding, “It sure looks…

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Tamil Nadu: 2 die after drinking contaminated water in Tiruvallur, over 10 in hospitalised; villagers stage highway blockade | Chennai News

Villagers staging a sit-in protest at R K Pet state highway CHENNAI: Tension prevailed at Karlambakkam Colony near Pallipattu in Tiruvallur district on Saturday after two residents died and more than 10 others were hospitalised with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea. Angry residents suspect that they died after consuming contaminated drinking water supplied to the…

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Tamil Nadu: At least seven killed as govt bus collides with two cars; tyre burst leads to crash | India News

The accident in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu (Image courtesy: TOI Chennai) NEW DELHI: At least seven people were killed on Wednesday after a government bus swerved and collided with two cars in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore, police said. A tyre burst caused the bus to change direction and crash head-on into the cars.“The bus collided with two…

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97.3 lakh deleted from Tamil Nadu draft rolls, 73.7 lakh in Gujarat | India News

NEW DELHI: The draft electoral roll published in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat Friday under Phase-2 of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise witnessed 97.3 lakh and 73.7 lakh deletions, respectively. Another 1.2 crore electors in each of the two states stand to receive notices for “logical discrepancies” detected in their enumeration forms.The TN electorate has…

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SIR showdown: EC deletes over 97 lakh voters in poll-bound Tamil Nadu; 14.25 lakh deletions in Chennai alone | India News

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief electoral officer Archana Patnaik on Friday said the draft electoral roll, after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), for the state now includes 5,43,76,755 voters, comprising 2.66 crore women and 2.77 crore men.She said that prior to the SIR, the poll-bound state had around 6.41 crore registered voters, and the exercise…

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‘Thiruparankundram pillar is Jain, not Hindu’: Tamil Nadu govt tells HC; cites archaeological texts and Digambara practices | Madurai News

The Tamil Nadu government informed the Madras High Court that a stone pillar atop Thiruparankundram hill was built by Jain saints, not Hindus, citing archaeological evidence. The court is hearing appeals regarding lighting Karthigai Deepam at the pillar, with arguments also presented by a dargah’s counsel challenging the pillar’s designation as a lamp post. MADURAI:…

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South’s ‘Ayodhya’ moment? A flame divides the hill of many gods; why Karthigai deepam row matters beyond Tamil Nadu | India News

Rising at the edge of Madurai, Thiruparankundram in Tamil Nadu‘s Madurai has served as sanctuary, landmark, battlefield, shrine and memory for centuries. First to Jain monks who chiselled beds into its stone nearly 2,300 years ago, later to poets of the Sangam age who immortalised it as Murugan Kundram, and eventually to monarchs, pilgrims and…

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‘Anti-Sanatan’: Anurag Thakur attacks Tamil Nadu govt over Karthigai Deepam controversy; asks ‘why are Hindus lathi charged’? | India News

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Friday criticised the Tamil Nadu government over the Karthigai Deepam dispute, alleging that it has adopted what he called an “anti Sanatan” stance.Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, the BJP MP said, “I want to raise a very important issue where one state in India has become…

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Nothing wrong if Tamil Nadu becomes like Ayodhya, says state BJP chief | India News

Nainar Nagendran (File photo) CHENNAI: With the ‘deepam’ row heating up, DMK netas accused BJP of attempting to stir communal unrest in TN, prompting BJP state chief Nainar Nagenthran to retort that there was nothing wrong in Tirupparankundram (Madurai) becoming like Ayodhya.After paying respects to BR Ambedkar on his death anniversary in Chennai Saturday, Nainar…

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