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Tiruvannamalai

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Environment

Bush fires engulf Mt Arunachala again in Tiruvannamalai

Barely a fortnight after a major forest fire on Mt Arunachala, another outbreak consumes the northern slopes of Mt Arunachala. It took two dozen...

by Dev Gogoi in India on 08/05/2012

Business

New Indian rupee symbol sees greater usage on the street

The official symbol of the Indian rupee, introduced less than two years ago, was quickly adopted in print and online media. It is now seeing greater...

by Dev Gogoi in India on 05/05/2012

Our World

Buddha moon plays hide-and-seek

On the night of Buddha Purnima, the full moon commemorating the 2,556th birth, enlightenment and ultimate liberation of Lord Buddha, the full moon...

by Dev Gogoi in India on 05/05/2012

08/05/2012 - Bush fires engulf Mt Arunachala again in Tiruvannamalai - India - Barely a fortnight after a major forest...
05/05/2012 - Buddha moon plays hide-and-seek - India - On the night of Buddha Purnima, the...
20/04/2012 - Mt. Arunachala devastated by forest fire - Tiruvannamalai - India - Shortly after noon, in tinderbox...
14/04/2012 - Carrara marble statue of Shirdi Sai Baba arrives in Tiruvannamalai - India - Carved from a single block of Italian...
06/04/2012 - Quiet morning on Lord Hanuman's Birthday - India - At a rural temple dedicated to the...
31/03/2012 - City lights blaze through Earth Hour - India - With power cuts longer than 10-hour...
28/03/2012 - Marudam Farm School kids enact bloody history of Gingee Fort - India - Sometimes called the 'Troy of the...
08/03/2012 - Lone snake charmer plies his trade in Tiruvannamalai - India - One of a dying breed, an elderly man...
06/03/2012 - Students walk barefoot to school - Tiruvannamalai - India - A trio of boys brave oncoming rush hour...
06/03/2012 - Sunflowers ready for harvest - Tiruvannamalai - India - As summer intensifies, acres of...

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Bush fires engulf Mt Arunachala again in Tiruvannamalai

Environment

Bush fires engulf Mt Arunachala again in Tiruvannamalai

Barely a fortnight after a major forest fire on Mt Arunachala, another outbreak consumes the northern slopes of Mt Arunachala. It took two dozen volunteers about ten hours to finally pu...
by Dev Gogoi, on 8th of May 2012
New Indian rupee symbol sees greater usage on the street

Business

New Indian rupee symbol sees greater usage on the stree...

The official symbol of the Indian rupee, introduced less than two years ago, was quickly adopted in print and online media. It is now seeing greater usage in street signage. It evokes b...
by Dev Gogoi, on 5th of May 2012
Buddha moon plays hide-and-seek

Our World

Buddha moon plays hide-and-seek

On the night of Buddha Purnima, the full moon commemorating the 2,556th birth, enlightenment and ultimate liberation of Lord Buddha, the full moon and summer rainclouds play hide-and-se...
by Dev Gogoi, on 5th of May 2012
Mt. Arunachala devastated by forest fire - Tiruvannamalai

Environment

Mt. Arunachala devastated by forest fire - Tiruvannamal...

Shortly after noon, in tinderbox conditions of summer, a forest fire broke out on the lower slopes of Mt. Arunachala, which swept the south-west flanks right up to the peak. Local NGOs ...
by Dev Gogoi, on 20th of April 2012
Carrara marble statue of Shirdi Sai Baba arrives in Tiruvannamalai

Our World

Carrara marble statue of Shirdi Sai Baba arrives in Tir...

Carved from a single block of Italian Carrara marble, a life-sized statue of Shirdi Sai Baba, India’s most popular saint, arrives in Tiruvannamalai for installation in Haritachala Templ...
by Dev Gogoi, on 14th of April 2012
Quiet morning on Lord Hanuman's Birthday

Society

Quiet morning on Lord Hanuman's Birthday

At a rural temple dedicated to the Monkey God, its outer walls covered in fading but colourful murals of the popular deity who epitomizes strength and dedication, the peace is undisturb...
by Dev Gogoi, on 6th of April 2012
City lights blaze through Earth Hour

Environment

City lights blaze through Earth Hour

With power cuts longer than 10-hour daily, for months on end, Tiruvannamalai has enough 'Earth Hour credits' to see itself well into the next century, as the city lights oblit...
by Dev Gogoi, on 31st of March 2012
Marudam Farm School kids enact bloody history of Gingee Fort

Arts & Entertainment

Marudam Farm School kids enact bloody history of Gingee...

Sometimes called the 'Troy of the East', the history of Gingee Fort is dramatized by students in their year-end theater production. The hilltop bastion changed hands several t...
by Dev Gogoi, on 28th of March 2012
Lone snake charmer plies his trade in Tiruvannamalai

Our World

Lone snake charmer plies his trade in Tiruvannamalai

One of a dying breed, an elderly man displays his cobras to passersbys under the dim light of a streetlamp late into the night. The Indian cobra's bite can be fatal and spectators ...
by Dev Gogoi, on 8th of March 2012
Students walk barefoot to school - Tiruvannamalai

Our World

Students walk barefoot to school - Tiruvannamalai

A trio of boys brave oncoming rush hour traffic to walk barefooted to school, wearing backpacks over their uniforms, lunch boxes and water bottles in hand. While school buses are common...
by Dev Gogoi, on 6th of March 2012
Sunflowers ready for harvest - Tiruvannamalai

Our World

Sunflowers ready for harvest - Tiruvannamalai

As summer intensifies, acres of sunflowers are ready to harvest, a minor local cash crop which goes straight to the mill for making sunflower oil, a common household cooking medium.
by Dev Gogoi, on 6th of March 2012
Bharatanatyam - classical dance for the gods - Tiruvannamalai

Arts & Entertainment

Bharatanatyam - classical dance for the gods - Tiruvann...

Lavishly costumed children perform Bharatanatyam, a dance that originated in Tamil Nadu and was performed by devadasis (temple dancers) for the deity, in the Arunachaleshwarar Temple on...
by Dev Gogoi, on 20th of February 2012
Tai Poosam Festival celebrated in Tiruvannamalai

Our World

Tai Poosam Festival celebrated in Tiruvannamalai

Celebrating Tai Poosam Festival on a full moon night, Goddess Apitakuchambika, consort of Lord Shiva, is taken in procession on a magnificently decorated float, built at a cost of USD 2...
by Dev Gogoi, on 7th of February 2012
Google censors logo on USA search page to protest SOPA

Politics

Google censors logo on USA search page to protest SOPA

Internet giant Google blacked out its logo on its search page for USA users, joining the anti-SOPA and anti-PIPA protests. USA. 18th January 2012
by Dev Gogoi, on 18th of January 2012
English Wikipedia 24-hour blackout to protest US SOPA Law

Politics

English Wikipedia 24-hour blackout to protest US SOPA L...

Screenshot showing Wikipedia plans to blackout its English version for 24 hours in protest over a proposed Stop Online Piracy Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Tiruvannamalai, I...
by Dev Gogoi, on 18th of January 2012
Pongal Festival enacts the Divine Quarrel

Our World

Pongal Festival enacts the Divine Quarrel

The Tiruvoodal (Divine Quarrel) Festival enacts a spat between Lord Shiva and his wife Apitakuchambika at the Pongal harvest festivities, when they charge towards each other upon their ...
by Dev Gogoi, on 17th of January 2012
Pongal harvest festival is celebrated in Tiruvannamalai

Our World

Pongal harvest festival is celebrated in Tiruvannamalai

The abundance of traditional agricultural harvests is celebrated during the Pongal Festival in Tamil Nadu, South India, with a worship of the cow. India. 16th January 2012
by Dev Gogoi, on 16th of January 2012
Arunachala Animal Shelter marks 5th anniversary - Tiruvannamalai

Our World

Arunachala Animal Shelter marks 5th anniversary - Tiruv...

Arunachala Animal Sanctuary and Rescue Shelter marks five outstanding years of privately-funded public service by a small team, having performed 70,000 treatments, anti-rabies injection...
by Dev Gogoi, on 10th of January 2012
Music performance inaugurates new auditorium - Tiruvannamalai

Arts & Entertainment

Music performance inaugurates new auditorium - Tiruvann...

On the 132nd birth anniversary of Sri Ramana Maharshi, the new auditorium at Sri Ramanasramam was inaugurated with a music performance by the Ramananjali group, who have been singing Ra...
by Dev Gogoi, on 9th of January 2012
Rolling round Mt Arunachala - a transgender's penance - Tiruvannamalai

Society

Rolling round Mt Arunachala - a transgender's penance -...

Sangeeta, 27, performs 'anga pradakshina,' rolling her body all along the 13-km road around Mt Arunachala, to invoke the blessings of Lord Shiva and in gratitude for her mento...
by Dev Gogoi, on 28th of December 2011

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