Trips are of two types. There are the ones that we take as pilgrims, and the others that we take as tourists. But is there a possibility, to be both at the same time? There is – only at two places in India. We are going to take a look at one of them in this blog. Indians, especially the Tamils and their kings down South have always been pioneers of Engineering, cultural richness and architectural wonders throughout our history. Thanjai Periya Kovil, The ‘holy’ Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani...Read More

The outbreak of Covid-19 disease started in Wuhan city of Hubei province of China during late 2019. It became an epidemic in China in early 2020 and pandemic thereafter. It collapsed economy of many countries and distorted normal life of almost all the people across the globe. Today the medical science and technology is said to be at its peak of mankind. But unfortunately there is no medicine for this pandemic yet and the research for vaccine is under progress in almost all the countries. Even...Read More

Urbanization has a beautiful face of increased infrastructure, shopping malls, sky scrapers, metro and mono rails, cinemas, job opportunities, etc. But the other face of it is impermeable surfaces, reduced greenery density, increased population and atmospheric heating in metros and cities. In cities, especially metro like Chennai this leads to a high rise in the temperature even during the winter season and most importantly a consistent increasing trend in annual mean minimum temperature.Read More