Thenambakkam is also synonymous with the late ... Pointing to Brahmatirtam, the temple tank, where Periyava did his daily ablutions, Vaidyanathan said, “The tank has to be cleared of weeds ...

Colourful dolls, hundreds of them, stand solemn around the Azhagu Muthu Ayyanar temple in Cuddalore’s Thenambakkam village. Made of cement, each doll is the physical representation of a devotee ...

“It has been more than 35 years since the sound of surya vadyam reverberated through the Kanchi Varadar temple. Thenambakkam Muthu used to play the pirai, but it stopped after his demis ...

Hundreds of cement dolls stand solemnly in the presence of Sri Azhagu Muthu Ayyanar, the prime deity of a unique temple in Thenambakkam, in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district.