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CURRENT NEWS
ON Stage - NCPA's official monthly magazine Issue - Dec 2025
Kattaikkuttu Sangam Fellowship 2026. Application Deadline: December 15, 2025 ...Read more
Concert in the Dark by Anil Srinivasan turns 8 - on Dec 10, 2025 at NAAM Centre, T Nagar, Chennai ...Read more
ON Stage - NCPA's official monthly magazine Issue - Nov 2025
The
Setubandha Scholar Scheme aimed at recognizing and supporting scholars
trained in traditional Gurukula systems. The scheme facilitates their
integration into mainstream academia through the award of postgraduate
and doctoral degrees ....Read more
Tamil Heritage Trust - "Understanding the Early Iron Age: Zonal
Differences Within the Indian Subcontinent" by Dr Oishi Roy, online Talk
on Nov, 1, 2025 ....Read more
Tamil Heritage Trust - "Chola Murals of Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur: A New Perspective" by P.S.Sriraman on October 4, 2025 ....Read more
Tamil Heritage Trust - Lecture in English by Falak Chowdhary on the topic: "Mumbai Through My Lens" on 13 Sep 2025 .....Read more
Bhagavata Mela Natya Nataka Sangam, Melattur (S.Kumar's troupe) presents programmes organised by MDnD, Chennai ....Read more
Tamil
Heritage Trust - In his Talk, "From the Sultanates to the Mughals:
Continuities in Maratha Architecture" by Architect Pushkar Sohoni ....Read more
'Sri Gananatha Trust', Melattur - "Brahmotsavam" of Sree Siddhi Buddhi
Sametha Arulmigu Dakshinamurthy Vinayakar Temple ....Read more
The Award Lecture by Dr Padigar on "Beyond the Texts: Insights from Early Chalukya Inscriptions” .....Read more
Tamil
Heritage Trust - Online Talk in English, July 5, 2025, 5.30 pm -
“Echoes of Ajanta: Tracing its Influence on Modern Art in India" by
Yamini Telkar ....Read more
Diploma Course in Kattaikkuttu ....Read more
THT Indology Festival 2025, the annual, week-long online event of Tamil Heritage Trust ....Read more
ON Stage is the NCPA's official monthly magazine...Issues - Jan to Jun 2025
Tamil
Heritage Trust - Online Talk in English "From the Niches of
History: The Nolambas", avid heritage enthusiast Uma Rudhran answers
these and other questions about the mysterious Nolambas - June 7, 2025,
5.30 pm ....Read more
"85th Year of Melattur Bhagavata Mela Nataka Mahotsav", in connection
with Sri Narasimha Jayanti Vasantotsav, 10 - 19 May 2025 Schedule
Online talk in English on May 3, 2025 titled
"Uyirēḻuttu System of Numeration Used in Tamil Astronomy Texts" ...Read more
THT's monthly talk titled Sir M Visvesvaraya: The Quest to Engineer a
Nation, Aparajith Ramnath in conversation with R Gopu and Ashwin Prabhu,
online talk in English on April 5, 2025, 5.30 pm IST ...Read more
Tamil
Heritage Trust - "Ancient Indian Education Systems: An
Exploration in the Backdrop of Modern Concepts,"online talk by Prof. B.
N. Jagatap on February 1, 2025. ....Read more
Tamil Heritage Trust - Online
talk titled, "Vrikshayurveda: A Legacy of Agriculture for Safe and
Sustainable Food Production" by Dr Sunita T Pandey of the G B Pant
University of Agriculture and Technology on January 4, 2025. ....Read more
Padma Awards 2025
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Snippets of information
Nov 2025
Raulane Festival
Kaikottikali
Nizam's Jewellery collection
Gaudiya Nritya - repertoire
Dr. Mahua Mukherjee's research on Gaudiya Nritya
Radha Prema Leela
Chola architecture
Oct 2025
largest hand tufted rug/carpet from Bhadohi
10-kilometre crash barrier and bituminous concrete road
longest piece of asphalt/bituminous concrete laid continuously
Karwa Chauth (symbolism of the sieve, the moon, the clay pot)
Kanihama village (Craft Tourism village)
Sep 2025
Sarada Hoffman
Rukmini Devi Arundale
Bula Choudhury (swimming)
Sun Rise Festival at Dong, Arunachal Pradesh
Navika Sagar Parikrama I & II
Khushi Pathan (designed military uniforms with solar panels)
Deepesh Kumari
Solung festival
Ramleela of Patoonda village
Aug 2025
Gaudiya Nritya
Achievements - Dance (Nivriti)
Achievements - Music (Vanshi Mudaliar, Ira Shinde, Alabhya Kamble, Pratibha Kadu, Raheloveena music academy)
Achievements - Space (National Space Day, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai)
Aradhya Singh sets new record by translating Hanuman Chalisa into 243 languages
Guiness Records set in dance field
Rakshabandhan ; Qamar Mohsin Sheikh
Manipuri - Propagation ; teachers sent to Santiniketan ; Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi
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Old Tamizh Film songs - Lyrics
Nov 2025
kaadhal kaadhal endru pesa - Utharvindri ulle vaa (1970)
maadhamo Aavani mangaiyo - Utharvindri ulle vaa (1970)
thenaatran garaiyinile - utharvindri ulle vaa (1970)
unnai thoduvadhu iniyadhu - Utharvindri ulle vaa (1970)
ange maalai mayakkam - Ooty varai uravu (1967)
poo maalaiyil - Ooty varai uravu (1967)
pudhu naadagathil - Ooty varai uravu (1967)
Raja Raja Sri - Ooty varai uravu (1967)
yaarodum pesa koodadhu - Ooty varai uravu (1967)
iravukkum pagalukkum - Engal Thanga Raja (1973) (updated Lyrics in English)
sedhi ketto - Edhir Neechal (1968) (updated Lyrics in English)
ullam
thedaadhe endru solludhae - Edhaiyum thangum idhayam (1962) (updated Lyrics in English)
Thiruchendoorin kadalorathil Senthilnaathan - Dheivam (1972) (updated Lyrics in English)
Dharmam thalai kaakkum - Dharmam Thalai kaakum (1963) (updated Lyrics in English)
hallo, hallo sugama? - Dharmam Thalai kaakum (1963) (updated Lyrics in English)
thottuvida thottuvida - Dharmam Thalai kaakum (1963) (updated Lyrics in English)
oruvan manadhu onbadhadaa - Dharmam Thalai kaakum (1963) (updated Lyrics in English)
vengaikku kurivaithu - Paasam (1962)
theredhu silayedhu thirunaal edhu - Paasam (1962)
uravu solla oruvarindri vaazhbavan - Paasam (1962)
ulagam pirandhadhu enakkaaga - Paasam (1962)
paal vannam paruvam kandu - Paasam (1962)
maalaiyum iravum - Paasam (1962)
jal jal jal enum salangai oli - Paasam (1962)
ninaithal podhum paaduven - Nenjirukkum Varai (1967)
Kannan varum neramidhu - Nenjirukkum Varai (1967)
enge neeyo nanum ange - Nenjirukkum Varai (1967)
enge neeyo nanum ange (pathos) - Nenjirukkum Varai (1967)
muthukkalo kangal - Nenjirukkum Varai (1967)
thaniyaa thavikira vayasu - Paadha Kanikkai (1962)
sonnadhellam nadandhidumaa - Paadha Kaanikkai (1962)
aandondru
ponaal - Policekaaran magal (1962)
veedu varai uravu - Paadha Kaanikkai (1962)
unadhu malar kodiyile - Paadha Kaanikkai (1962)
poojaiku
vandha
malare vaa - Paadha
Kaanikai (1962)
ettadakku maligaiyil - Paadha Kaanikkai (1962)
athai magane poi varavaa - Paadha Kaanikkai (1962)
nee illadha ulagathile - Deivathin Deivam (1962)
Kannan mananilayai - Deivathin Deivam (1962)
poo mudippal indha poonkuzhali - Nenjirukkum Varai (1967)
kaatru vaanga ponen - Kalangarai Vilakkam (1965)
enna uravo - Kalangarai Vilakkam (1965)
Pallavan Pallavi paadatume - Kalangarai Vilakkam (1965)
ennai marandhadhen - Kalangarai Vilakkam (1965)
ponnezhil poothadhu - Kalangarai Vilakkam (1965)
Oct 2025
naane varuven - Yaar Nee? (1966)
naane varuven (title song in cemetry - Jayalalitha as Mohini)
naane varuven (painting scene - Jayalalitha as Sandhya)
naane varuven (boat scene - only voice)
naane varuven (hillside - Jayalalitha as Mohini)
vaazhkkai enum odam - Poompuhar (1964)
andru kollum arasin aanai - Poompuhar (1964)
thappitthu vandhanamma - Poompuhar (1964)
poda chonnaal pottukaren
- Poova Thalaiya (1969)
Madhurayil parandha - Poova Thalaiya (1969)
adi saridhaan podi - Poova Thalaiya (1969)
Sep 2025
pottu vaitha mugamo - Sumathi en Sundari (1971)
kalyana sandhaiyile - Sumathi en Sundari (1971)
aalayamaagum mangai manadhu - Sumathi en Sundari (1971)
podhigai
malai uchiyile - Thiruvilaiyadal
(1966)
pazham neeyappa - Thiruvilaiyaadal (1965)
paattum naane - Thiruvilaiyadal (1965)
paatha pasumaram - Thiruvilaiyadal (1965)
Om Namasivaya - Thiruvilaiyaadal (1965)
oru naal podhumaa - Thiruvilaiyaadal (1965)
ondraanavan uruvil irandaanavan - Thiruvilaiyaadal (1965)
neela selai katti konda - Thiruvilaiyadal (1965)
isai thamizh nee seidha arumsaadhanai - Thiruvilaiyaadal (1965)
illadhathondrillai - Thiruvilaiyadal (1965)
engirundhaalum vaazhga - Nenjil or Aalayam (1962)
enna ninaithu - Nenjil or Aalayam (1962)
muthana muthallavo - Nenjil or Aalayam (1962)
ninaipadhellam
nadandhu
vitaal - Nenjil Or Aalayam (1962)
oruvar vaazhum aalaiyam - Nenjil or Aalayam (1962)
nalladhu kanne - Raman Thediya Seethai (1972)
ullathin kadhavugal kangaladaa - Iravum Pagalum (1965)
erandhavana sumandhavanum - Iravum Pagalum (1965)
iravu varum pagalum varum - Iravum Pagalum (1965)
pala pala pala ragamaa irukkudhu poottu - Anandha Jothi (1963)
poiyile pirandhu - Anandha Jothi (1963)
oru thaai makkal naam enbom - Anandha Jothi (1963)
ninaikka therindha maname - Anandha Jothi (1963)
Kadavul irukkindrar - Anandha Jothi (1963)
kaala magal kan thirapaal - Anandha Jothi (1963)
Aug 2025
pachchai maa malaipol meni - Thirumal Perumai (1968)
paniyilladha Margazhiya - Anandha Jothi (1963)
thiruvalar selviye - Raman thediya Seethai (1972)
kan moodum velaiyilum - Maha Devi (1957)
Paar magale paar - Paar magale paar (1963)
aadi adangum vazhkkaiyada - Neerkumizhi (1965)
aval parandhu ponale - Par magale par (1963)
madhura
nagaril
thamizh sangam - Par magale par (1963)
aval oru navarasa nadagam - Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1973)
Jul 2025
engal kalyaanam galaataa kalyaanam - Galatta Kalyanam (1968)
mella varum kaatru - Galatta Kalyanam (1968)
thulli thulli vilaiyada - Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966)
penne maandhartham...penmai endra - Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966)
kaiyodu kai serkkum kaalangalae - Kaaviya Thalaivi (1970)
gubu gubu naan engine - Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966)
kaathirundha kangale - Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966)
paadadha
paatellam paada vandhaal - Veera Thirumagan (1962)
kaalangalil
aval
vasantham - Paava Mannippu (1961)
May 2025
maname Muruganin mayilvaganam - Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966)
ambigai neril vandhaal - Idho endhan Deivam (1972)
thaane mulaitha maram - Idho endhan Deivam (1972)
Apr 2025
ettil ezhudhi vaithen - Vanambadi (1963)
Kannan pirandhaan - Petraalthan Pillaiya (1966)
Chella kiliye mella pesu - Petraalthan Pillaiya (1966)
by P.Susheela (updated Lyrics in English)
chellakiliye mella pesu - Petraalthan Pillaiya (1966) by TMS (updated Lyrics in English)
Mar 2025
Happy indru mudhal happy - Ooty varai uravu (1967)
thedinen vandhadhu - Ooty varai uravu (1967) (updated Lyrics in English)
Feb 2025
kaiyodu kai serkkum kaalangale - Kaaviya Thalaivi (1970)
oru naal iravu pagal pol nilavu - Kaaviya Thalaivi (1970) (updated Lyrics in English)
thottuvida thottuvida - Dharmam Thalai kaakum (1963)
thottaal poo malarum - Padagotti (1964)
Jan 2025
oorengum thedi oruvarai kanden - Then Nilavu (1961)
oho endhan baby - Then Nilavu (1961)
nilavum malarum paadudhu - Then Nilavu (1961)
kannil vandhu minnal
pol
- Nadodi Mannan (1958)
maasila unmai kadhale - Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956)
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States & Union Territories
India has nine cities in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
Maratha Military Landscapes of India
Mango varieties in India (Statewise)
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Pillars of India Today
Safeer, a practising Muslim stepped in last Friday to conduct the last rites of Rakhi, 44 as per the Hindu tradition
Mohammed Sultan (Traffic Thatha)
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