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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
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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)
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Thursday, October 15, 2020 07:46 PM IST,
Chennai
Puliyur is an ancient and historical place as recorded by the Sthalapuranam of the Vengeeswarar and Bharathvajeswarar Temple (Sri Vaaleeswaram) at Puliyur. Puliyur Kottam is the ancient name for Chennai. Inscriptions in Puliyur temples confirm that Chennai is ancient
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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.
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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
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Sunday, October 04, 2020 12:43 AM IST,
Chennai
P K Muthusamy died at the age of 100 as a poor man, living all alone at his village near Rasipuram. He wrote about 60 Tamil film songs but also created a sensation by making a plagiarism charge against his former chief minister and film-world colleague M Karunanidhi
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Sunday, October 04, 2020 12:25 AM IST,
Chennai
Ku Ma Ba, as he was known, was actually proficient in writing chaste and classical Tamil and went on write over 600 film songs for leading music directors like G Ramanathan, KV Mahadevan, TG Lingappa, Sudarsanam, Salil Chowdhury and so on, in films starring MGR, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, SS Rajendran, Vijayakanth among others. Born on May 13, 1920, at Velukkudi village in undivided Thanjavur district, to Marimuthu-Govindammal in an agricultural family, his centenary has been ignored
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Monday, July 27, 2020 05:25 PM IST,
Chennai
Maruthakasi write over 4,000 lyrics for 250 Tamil films, working with all-time great music directors and actors like MGR, Sivaji Ganesan, SSR and Gemini Ganesan, and heroines like Savithri, Bhanumathi and Padmini. It is unfortunate that the Tamil film industry has not cared to celebrate his Centenary this year.
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Monday, July 06, 2020 03:43 PM IST,
Chennai
கர்னாடக இசை உலகின் ஜாம்பவானாகத் திகழ்ந்த எம்.பாலமுரளி கிருஷ்ணா, 1930-ம் ஆண்டு ஆந்திர மாநிலம் கிழக்கு கோதாவரி மாவட்டத்தில் சங்கரகுப்தம் என்ற ஊரில் பிறந்தவர் (ஜூலை 6). இன்று, அவரின் 90 வது பிறந்த நாள் அன்று, அவரின் சாதனைகளை நினைவுகூருவோம்.
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Sunday, April 26, 2020 07:57 PM IST,
Chennai
Tamil scholar Dr Va Ve Su presented a lecture on sage Viswamitrar as part of the Ithihaasa Paathirangal lecture series organized by Chennai 2000 Plus Trust and Vivekananda Cultural Centre at Vivekananda House, Chennai, on November 25, 2018.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016 11:32 PM IST,
Chennai
Several religious faiths had their following here in the past as can be seen from many of the vestiges that were left behind in literature and architecture.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015 04:17 PM IST,
Chennai
Tamil scholar Dr M A Venkatakrishnan inaugurated the 12-month series on Aazhvaars at Parthasarathy Swamy Temple on every Ekadasi day.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015 04:06 PM IST,
Chennai
The Chennai 2000 Plus Trust and Sri Krishna Sweets are presenting a special Talk on Tamizhai Valarkkum Bhakti by Dr T N Ramachandran
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015 03:51 PM IST,
Chennai
Chennai 2000 Plus Trust and Sri Krishna Sweets present a 12-month series on Aazhvaars (Alwars) beginning November 22, 2015 at Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Temple, Thiruvallikeni.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015 03:42 PM IST,
Chennai
Odhuvaars of temples have played a vital role in protecting and nurturing Tamil songs right from the 5th century till now, and their services in the cause of Tamil music and literature were truly laudable, said Kaviperarasu Vairamuthu in Chennai on December 21, 2015.