TN Governor pays floral tributes to Swami Vivekananda

Chennai, Feb 6 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Sunday paid floral tributes to the statue of Swami Vivekananda at the Vivekanda Illam here to mark the 125th anniversary of the return of Swamiji from Chicago after his historic speech at the World Parliament of Religions. The Tamil Nadu Rajbhavan in a statement said that […]

Fourty people of eight Dalit families converted to Islam in TN following upper caste atrocities

Chennai, Feb 3 ( BPNS) Fourty people from eight Dalit families in Theni, Southern Tamil Nadu have embraced Islam after they found living amongst the upper caste Hindu’s a nightmare. The conversion occurred a couple of days before at Dombicheri village in Bodinayakanur town in Theni district and Islamic priests solemnized the conversion.  Incidentally, Bodinayakanur […]

Tamil Nadu HR&CE department to carry out extensive land surveys to trace lost land of temples

Chennai, September 9( BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable  Endowments (HR&CE) department is to carry out extensive surveys using different global positioning systems(DGPS) to trace lost land of temples in the state. The HR&CE department has already engaged 150 licensed surveyors to complete the work. It may be noted that the land records […]