Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Karthigai Deepam

What Happened When Gods Tried to Find the Infinite?

What if there exists a fire so vast that even gods could not find its beginning or end? Not just a metaphor. Not just a story. But a divine event remembered even today. Every year, on a sacred night in Tiruvannamalai, a massive flame is lit atop a hill visible…

MyLifeXP · Apr 24

Let Me Explain: How the Sangh mobilised Thiruparankundram unrest

On December 3, the morning of Karthigai Deepam in Thiruparankundram looked like it always does. Pilgrims drifting in, vendors settling into their usual spots, the town waking up to a rhythm it knows well.

Newslaundry · Dec 15, 2025

Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today

ED conducts searches at jewellery outlets in Tiruchi; S.S. Badrinath (83), founder of Sankara Nethralaya, passes away; TN Transport Dept to operate special buses for Karthigai Deepam festival in Tiruvannamalai.

The Hindu · Nov 21, 2023

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Special buses to be operated from Chennai to Tiruvannamalai for Karthigai Deepam festival

TN Transport Dept to operate 2,700 buses for Karthigai Deepam festival in Tiruvannamalai on Nov 26. Nine temporary bus stands set up to decongest crowd; 40 mini buses to provide last mile connectivity free of cost.

The Hindu · Nov 21, 2023

Potholed Mada Street restored for Karthigai Deepam festival in Tiruvannamalai

Tiruvannamalai's Mada Street widened to facilitate chariot-pulling during Karthigai Deepam. New concrete stretch provides relief for devotees on foot & prevents road cutting for utility works. Costly project funded under CMRDP 2022-23 to ensure longevity of road.

The Hindu · Nov 19, 2023

2,700 buses, 20 special trains to ply for Karthigai Deepam in Tiruvannamalai

For Karthigai Deepam, 2,700+ buses, 20 special trains, 14,000+ police personnel, 1,160 buses at 13 termini, 180 shuttle services, 59 parking lots, 82 health desks, 40 ambulances, 211 water taps, 836 washrooms, 1,258 street lights, 3,225 sanitary workers, 54 police watchtowers, 623 CCTV cameras & 600 firefighters w/26 water tenders…

The Hindu · Nov 16, 2023

Ahead of Karthigai Deepam festival, sadhus in Girivalam path come under surveillance

Police in Tiruvannamalai are re-checking personal details of 300 sadhus and saints on the 14-km-long Girivalam path for security measures during Karthigai Deepam festival and Pournami days. SP K. Karthikeyan is monitoring the exercise, which includes taking fingerprints and photographs of the sadhus. The data will help police prevent crime…

The Hindu · Sep 30, 2023

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Coverage From

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Bharatiya Janata Party

the Transport Department

28 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.