Chennai, Sept 6 (BPNS) Even as the ruling DMK is vouching for its ideology of social justice and equality and celebrating September as Dravidian month, the ground reality is something different. A temple in Tiruchi district of Tamil Nadu and falling under the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) has drawn flak over not allowing […]
TN idol wing commence probe on idols traced to museums in the United States
Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) The idol wing of the Tamil Nadu police has commenced a probe after two idols from the state were traced to museums in the United States of America. Idol wings sleuths told IANS that a tenth-century idol of Somaskandar was located in the North Simon Museum, California another Amman idol was […]
TN to renovate 80 temples that are 1000 years old
Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) department will be renovating 80 temples that are 1000 years old. The HR&CE department minister, P.K. Sekar Babu in a statement on Thursday said that the state government was not against the Hindus and that this was being made out from certain […]