ARUNACHALA GRACE

As part of the natural climate cycle, after a long hot dry summer, at this time of the year Tamil Nadu generally receives a copious amou...

The below is an extract from an article appearing in the Tamil Nadu section of national newspapers outlining a UNESCO Report examining th...

Parvathamalai 20 kms from Polur and 30 kms from Tiruvannamalai, is part of the Javadi Hills and accessible through Kadaladi village or ...

Now that her onerous 2014 Mahadeepam Festival duties are complete, around December 6th our girl Rukku happily left Arunachaleswarar Tem...

Tiruvannamalai District experienced earth tremors on Thursday morning, September 26th, after a gap of nearly 25 years, according to t...

Pongal was originally a Festival for the farming community but nowadays it is celebrated by all. It follows the solar calendar and is celebr...

Right Click on all photos to view enlargements Below are a set of vintage photos taken in Tamil Nadu which show the lives of ordinary people...

On my way home early afternoon, passed the Arts College on Chengam Road . On adjacent empty land, workers for the Jayalalitha political...

Further to an earlier posting on Arunachala Grace, about Land for Industrialisation concerning a 2,300-acre land parcel being readied for ...

Karthigai Deeepam, or Karthika Deepam, is the festival of lights in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. In Tamil Nadu, it is observed on the full moon da...

Extract from Report on Rain Fed areas by Planning Commission, New Delhi “About 12 per cent of India suffers from the threat of desertificati...

Pongal was originally a Festival for the farming community but today it is celebrated by all. It follows the solar calendar and is celebrate...

An article entitled, "For the record, TN temples bigger" appeared in National papers throughout India. The following narrative is ...

Lamps are of varied sizes, shapes and colours. Traditionally, lamps are lit in temples and agal vilakkus adorn the thinnais of houses. Bigge...

Karthigai Deepam — the festival of lights celebrated throughout Tamil Nadu during the month of Karthigai (November-December), is the oldest ...

Have we changed the name? Because nobody has told me or anyone else here at Tiruvannamalai! Well I feel a little disappointed in my previous...

Today we started posting on Arunachala Birds , the third Blog of Arunachala Grace Network, and dedicated to sharing information about Birds ...

Yesterday, a day after the official 'commencement' of the compulsory wearing of helmets for motorcyclists and pillion riders in citi...

Six 'Archaka' training centres were recently inaugurated in Tamil Nadu, which would offer a one-year certificate course in 'Agam...

Chairperson of the Debts Appellate Tribunal recently said (at a Chennai meeting), that Banks should be required to take steps to register m...