The village of Udyavar at Manjeshwaram is perhaps the only village in India where one is graced with the rare vision of members of the Muslim community marching in rath yatras during the annual festival of the village temple.
Temple complexes are simple temple structures without much ornamentation or glamour. These are local temples in every sense--from the deity to the architectural style as well as the materials used to build them.
“Meeting Acharya Vinoba Bhave was an eye-opener for me. That was the moment I decided to work for the betterment of society and help those who need it the most.”
Some of the bride’s families that Kausar met had a problem with the fact that Rakesh was adopted and stayed with a Muslim family. Some of them voiced their apprehension while others just said no to the match.
It is a matter of pride that out of over 43 applications spanning ten countries that competed for the 2017 Unesco Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple is the only religious centre in the whole of South India to bag the award in 2017.