Jainism reached Tamil Nadu in around 300 BC and flourished here ... In comparison, Chennai has only 18 Tamil Jain temples catering to roughly 1,500 Tamil families. Temples matter.

A Jain temple situated about 12 kms from Uthukuli, is believed to be centuries old. Though so ancient, few people seem to know of its existence. Only a handful of Jain families and some others ...

I have been studying Jain legacy in Tamil Nadu for quite some years ... which have many surviving Jain temples even today. Also, this book covers all important epigraphical evidence to ...

Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan, while visiting Tamil Nadu Jain Bhawan in Giridih today ... Referring to the Vijayamangalam Jain temple near Tiruppur, he said that it is the oldest Jain temple in ...

A district collector leads Dalits into a temple in Tamil Nadu, which is then sealed. A Ganesh Nadar finds out why. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted only for representational ...

Renowned music composer Ilaiyaraaja recently visited the Srivilliputhur Andal Temple in Tamil Nadu. However, it was said that the musician was denied permission to go near the sanctum. The videos ...

I’m not on pilgrimage.” Little do I then suspect that Destiny will deviate me on a near-obsessive decade-long pilgrimage to the temples of Tamil Nadu. The Brihadisvara Temple in ...