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  • Watch Chennai Maadham (Chennai Month) Festival Live from Oct 8

    Wednesday, October 05, 2022 11:33 PM IST, Chennai

    Watch the month-long Chennai Maadham (Chennai Festival) live on Youtube, Facebook and Internet Radio by accessing the links given below with effect from 1830 hrs IST on October 8, 2022. Brought by chennai2000plus.com and Chennai Culture magazine

  • Chennai Month is back, from October 8

    Monday, October 03, 2022 12:33 PM IST, Chennai

    The month-long Chennnai Maadham or Chennai Month festival is back after a two year gap due to the pandemic, with this year's highlight being a CHOLA SPECIAL with lectures, lec-dems, music events and Heritage Visits to make an exciting package, The festival will be held till November 6, 2022, to create awareness about the historicity and antiquity of ancient Chennai, its traditions, culture and civilisation, going back to over 2,000 years ago

  • பல லட்ச ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னரே சென்னையில் ஆதிமனிதன் வாழ்ந்திருக்கிறான்

    Sunday, October 03, 2021 10:37 PM IST, Chennai

    சென்னை 2000 ப்ளஸ் அறக்கட்டளை கொண்டாடும் இந்த சென்னை மாதத்தில் தினந்தோறும் ஒரு செய்தி, ஒரு அறிக்கை வெளியிடப்படும். வாருங்கள், தொன்மையான சென்னையின் உண்மையான வரலாற்றைத் தெரிந்து கொள்வோம். உற்றார் உறவினர்களுடன் பகிர்ந்துகொள்ளுங்கள்)

  • Real name of Kodambakkam is Kodalambakkam

    Thursday, October 15, 2020 07:16 PM IST, Chennai

    The real name of Kodambakkam is Kodalambakkam (Kodal + pakkam)). Kodal is the name of a flower that grew in these parts, as recorded in ancient Tamil literature. The sthalapuranam of the Vengeeswarar temple in Kodambakkam (ancient name Puliyur) provides details of Kodalambakkam, and of Tamil scholars Vageesa Munivar and his guru Paramanandha Munivar, both of whom lived in Kodalambakkam. This showed that Kodambakkam and other parts of Chennai were ancient.

  • செப்டம்பர் 30 -- அரசாணையின் மூலமாக சென்னை பெயர் மாற்றம்

    Tuesday, October 06, 2020 09:43 PM IST, Chennai

    September 30 is the official birthday of Chennai, when Madras was renamed as Chennai (through a Government order) in keeping with the aspirations of the Tamil people, its culture, language and civilization. Happy Birthday, Chennai

  • Excavation work begins at ancient site in Nalgonda district

    Friday, February 19, 2016 01:19 AM IST, Nalgonda

    Department of Archaeology and Museums, Telangana, commenced excavation work at the ancient site (2nd Century AD) located between Pazzur-Yarragaddagudem villages of Thipparthy mandal in Nalgonda district on February 18.

  • Archaeological evidence points to the antiquity of Chennai

    Wednesday, February 17, 2016 12:32 AM IST, Chennai

    Several archaeological finds in Chennai region testify to the area belonging to the Old Stone Age, New Stone Age, Iron Age and so on

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