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Jayendra Saraswathi passes away: Controversial seer's successor Vijayendra Saraswathi has his task cut out
Tssudhir • 7 years agoJayendra Saraswathi's successor Vijayendra has his task cut out, for he not only has to anoint a successor but also preside over the affairs of the Mutt.
The Jayendra Saraswathi I knew: A sage from an old order with a modern outlook, he fulfilled his quota of karma
T R Jawahar • 7 years agoThere were the sages of old and now there are the new age gurus with all the latest apparatus. Jayendra Saraswathi was a little different from both. He was a sage from the old order willing to push the borders of orthodoxy to in line with demands of contemporary India. He tried to — and succeeded to a large extent — in treading this delicate and dangerous tight rope.
Jayendra Saraswathi passes away: Kovind, Modi pay tributes to 82-year-old Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham seer
Ians • 7 years agoJayendra Saraswati, who broad based the activities of the Sankara Mutt with inclusive activities, died in Kanchipuram on Wednesday in a private hospital. He was 82.
Jayendra Saraswathi dies at 82; updates: Final rites of Kanchi seer tomorrow at 8 am; tributes pouring in
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Jayendra Saraswathi passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 82
Five die as heavy rains batter Chennai and neighbouring districts in Tamil Nadu for second consecutive day
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe rains in Chennai played havoc for second consecutive day as schools in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts were closed.
Chennai rain: Two minor girls electrocuted after stepping on naked wire; three electricity board officials suspended
Fp Staff • 7 years agoTwo minor girls in Chennai died on Wednesday after being electrocuted in a water logged Kodungaiyur area, according to media reports.
Cyclone Vardah: TNCC Chief mocks at BJP for not aiding post storm clean-up
• 8 years agoTamil Nadu Congress Committee president Su Thirunavukkarasar on Sunday charged the BJP leaders with not doing anything for the post cyclone clean-up efforts in the State, though the saffron party leaders posed for pictures espousing the Swachh Bharat campaign.
Cyclone Vardah killed Chennai's internet, so our writer sent us a handwritten story
Sandhya Ravishankar • 8 years agoThe uprooted trees have bee removed, the arterial roads have been cleared, and work is on full swing two days after cyclone Vardah tore into Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts
Cyclone Vardah day after as it happened: Rajnath Singh holds meet to monitor relief work in TN, AP
Fp Staff • 8 years agoCyclonic storm Vardah, which was earlier expected to weaken considerably, may not see its intensity going down when it makes landfall near Chennai on Monday. According to the Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department, (IMD), Vardah
Cyclone Vardah: Two people killed in Tamil Nadu as landfall process begins
• 8 years agoTwo persons were killed due to cyclonic storm "Vardah" which began making landfall near Chennai, uprooting trees, disrupting land and air transport, throwing normal life out of gear.