India’s olfactory palette, owing to its diverse flora, has championed the art of distilling scents, fondly known as attars. It is these fragrant oils that caught the fancy of Good Earth’s founder Anita Lal, who launched LilaNur Parfums, an Indian luxury fragrance house, on Thursday in the country. The story of LilaNur Parfums began in […]
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Artisans at work in Lakshmi Puram in Madurai, a hub for stainless steel ware. | Photo Credit: MOORTHY G The clang of stainless-steel utensils fills the air as Madurai’s Lakshmi Puram wakes up to yet another day. It is 10am and the wholesale and retail steel shops that stand on either side of the narrow […]
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Chettinad is a fever dream. On its sun-baked arid landscape, punctuated by cacti and laced with palm trees, majestic century-old mansions rise like castles in a children’s tale. Set in quiet villages, and springing up on narrow dusty roads, these ornate structures shimmer like mirages in the unrelenting heat. Their cavernous rooms, divided by pleasingly […]
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Attendees from the Chettinad Heritage and Cultural Festival’s first edition | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Come September, the heritage properties and mansions of Chettinad will open their doors to host the second edition of The Chettinad Heritage and Cultural Festival. Comprising dance and musical performances, lectures on the region’s culture, and architectural tours, among other […]
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Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: KRISHNAMOORTHY S. A murder case accused, P. Neethi, 21, of Karumathur, was killed when a group of devotees attacked him while he was fleeing after robbing a mobile phone at Karumathur in the early hours of February 19. Chekkanoorani police have picked up 10 suspects in this […]
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The court has sentenced them to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder The court has sentenced them to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has modified the life sentence imposed by a trial court in Nagercoil on […]
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Selva Prabhu Thirumaran won the men’s triple jump silver in the World Athletics Under-20 Championships here on Friday. The 17-year-old from Madurai, who is coached by Cuban Yoandris Betanzos at JSW’s Inspire Institute of Sport in Ballari, produced a personal best 16.15m in his second attempt. He finished behind Jamaica’s Jayden Hibbert, who set a […]
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A chess board cake is wowing the people of Madurai and reminding them of the ongoing Chess Olympiad A chess board cake is wowing the people of Madurai and reminding them of the ongoing Chess Olympiad As a tribute to the world’s biggest team chess championship that is underway in Mamallapuram, the Temple City group […]
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A chess board cake is wowing the people of Madurai and reminding them of the ongoing Chess Olympiad A chess board cake is wowing the people of Madurai and reminding them of the ongoing Chess Olympiad As a tribute to the world’s biggest team chess championship that is underway in Mamallapuram, the Temple City group […]
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A 25-year-old youth, V. Balaji, of M. Subbulapuram was found dead with his body covered with a plastic sack and limbs tied, inside a farm well in Peraiyur, on Tuesday. The police said that the body was in a decomposed state. Fire and Rescue Services personnel pulled out the body from the agricultural well belonging […]
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