Tag: Kancheepuram Temple

Chennai: The temple town of Kancheepuram is gearing up to receive lakhs of devotees hoping for a rare ‘darshan’ of the Aththi Varadar deity after a long gap of 40 years at Devarajaswamy Temple. The 12-foot idol of Aththi Varadar (made out of fig tree), lying in a silver casket under water in the temple […]

Chennai: Tragedy struck as the crowd waited to have glimpse of the Athi Varadar deity in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram on Thursday as four persons, including two women, died due to suffocation owing to the huge mass of people, police said. According to Kancheepuram Police there were a huge number of devotees resulting in pushing and […]