Cinema, music, arts, festivals and culture of South India
Odisha Governor Haribabu Kambhampati visited the Chintamani Ganapathi Temple at Sirasapalli in Anakapalle district on the occasion of Vinayaka Chaturthi and offered prayers at the temple’s unique ‘Sasya Ganapati’ installation.
Authorities have stepped up security and crowd-management arrangements ahead of the grand Kumbabishekam of the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, scheduled for September 17, with lakhs of devotees expected to attend.
Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad faced criticism after making disparaging remarks about South Indians while defending his controversial assault on a canteen contractor in Mumbai.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi by performing Ganapathi puja with his family at his residence in Jubilee Hills.
Long before India became a global technology hub, Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu (G.D. Naidu) was demonstrating what curiosity, experimentation and practical knowledge could achieve. Born on March 23, 1893, at Kalangal near Coimbatore, Naidu went on to become one of India’s most celebrated inventors, industrialists and philanthropists.
An extraordinary feat of miniature artistry has emerged from Telangana, with Warangal-based micro sculptor Ajay Kumar Mattewada creating a tiny idol of Lord Ganesha on a single strand of human hair.
Thousands of people gathered along the banks of the River Thames on Sunday for London’s first-ever Ganga Aarti, bringing the centuries-old Indian ceremony of light and thanksgiving to the British capital.
Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor joined the Malayali community in Vienna for a belated Onam celebration, sharing glimpses of the gathering on social media.
Filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist Raymond George Dias from Kochi has been selected as the only filmmaker from India for the 2026 FLC Artists Academy, organised by Film at Lincoln Center as part of the 64th New York Film Festival.