During the height of the Tamil Isai movement, when Sabhas, musicians and patrons were daggers drawn and hurling imprecations at each other, the Madras Music Academy invited Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar ...

If Kaveripoompattinam, the ancient port city of Chola kings, was destroyed and swallowed by the sea, the Silapathikaram Art Gallery in modern day Poompuhar has been ravaged by vandals. Both the ...

Dance company Ragamala is presenting a Bharatnatyam recital, titled Sthree, based on the famous epic Silapathikaram which celebrates the strength of women Dance company Ragamala is presenting a ...

It has been centuries since the great Tamil epic Silapathikaram was written. It has been interpreted from different political and social angles, transcended generations, and Kannagi, its heroine, ...

Over the past two years, B Sivakumar has often travelled from Poompuhar to Madurai and Valparai, tracing the life of the legendary Kannagi. "I am trying to depict the visual impact of the text." His ...

Leading Tamil scholar and orator Silamboli S. Chellappan passed away last month. His discourses on the Tamil epic Silapathikaram were popular. He has written several books, including Silamboli, ...

From Silapathikaram to the Tamil Isai movement, how a language with deep musical roots reclaimed its place in Carnatic music.

Madurai: The work on the second Silapathikaram park (botanical garden) was inaugurated by minister for co-operatives Sellur K Raju in Duraisamy Nagar here on Sunday. The project aims to bring back ...