Despite repeated reminders that boat passengers should wear life jackets, safety takes a back seat in mechanised boats that travel across the River Cauvery, between Poolampatti and Nerinjipettai. – Photo: P. Goutham The daily boat ride across River Cauvery in picturesque Poolampatti in Salem district throws safety to the winds. These rides have never conformed [...]
The mud road leading to Sri Kumaragiri Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple on Kumaragiri Hills, will be tar-topped for the benefit of devotees and tourists. Devotees and members of the Temple’s Trustees’ Board under the guidance of its Chairman A.A. Arumugam contributed Rs. 28.27 lakhs while government through Salem Corporation contributed Rs. 56.63 lakhs under the ‘Namakkau [...]
— Photo: P. Goutham The ISKCON organised Lord Jagannath’s Ratha Yatra in Salem on Tuesday. The Salem unit of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) organised a ‘Rath Yatra’ of Puri’s Lord Jagannath here for the first time on Tuesday. The colourfully decorated car carrying Lord Jagannath with Lord Baldeva and goddess Subhadra was [...]
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) will celebrate Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra on July 13 in Salem. A press release says that to create awareness among the public, the Rath Yatra is being celebrated. Police Commissioner Sunil Kumar Singh will flag off the yatra. The ISKCON is also planning a series of programmes on that [...]
A view of Sri Kothanda Ramasamy temple in Ayothiapattinam near Salem. Photo: E. Lakshmi Narayanan The architecturally-rich temple of Sri Kothandaramaswamy at Ayothiapattinam, near Salem has been taken up for renovation. The temple, built during the Nayak dynasty and maintained by the Hindu and Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR and CE) Board of the Tamil [...]
Every year 5th June is being celebrated as World Environment Day. On this day the environmentalist all over the world will arrange special programs at their surroundings. Likewise Salem also hosted some events conducted during this day by various forums. Like, Planting saplings at Govt Mens Arts College by Isha Foundation, Distributing free saplings by [...]
The three-day summer and flower festival, which concluded here on Sunday, attracted 7,657 tourists from far and near. Inaugurated by Commercial Taxes Minister S. N. Ubayadulla and presided over by the Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam on May 28, the festival featured nearly one lakh flowers of different varieties to woo the tourists. The main [...]
The Yercaud Summer Festival is on and tourists from neighboring districts and states are crowding here at Yercaud and cheering the festival, flower shows are in stage and boat race, dog shows are planned and all the hotels/resorts rooms are filled, this is one part of the story. The other part is, Due to lack [...]
A Bangalore-based private helicopter firm, which finds Salem a viable place for operating its services to tap the tourist potential in Yercaud town is looking out for 5000 square feet of vacant land adjacent to city for its landing and take-off. The copter firm, which is in touch with the Salem-Dharmapuri Chamber of Commerce, has [...]
To protect heritage: Members of the committee discussing renovation work to be done at the Sri Kothandarama Swamy Temple at Ayothiapattinam near Salem on Sunday. – The 400-year-old HR and CE-controlled Sri Kothandarama Swamy Temple at Ayothiapattinam, which houses many exquisite sculptures and paintings, near here will be renovated soon. The majestic temple will soon [...]