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How One Artist Gave a Face to India's Gods

Look closely at any traditional image of Goddess Lakshmi, Saraswati, or Parvati. Have you ever wondered who imagined those divine faces? For centuries, people worshipped gods and goddesses through idols and sacred symbols. Then one artist changed everything. His paintings became so popular that they shaped how generations of Indians…

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4 Vishnu Temples Where Devotees Pray for Financial Stability

“ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय।” There comes a moment in almost every person’s life when money stops being just currency and starts becoming a source of anxiety. The fear of instability, loans that seem endless, business uncertainty, job insecurity, rising expenses. In such times, faith often becomes a quiet anchor. In…

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Faced with enrolment decline, colleges in central Travancore to battle it out in virtual world

Faced with a shrinking enrolment for the undergraduate programmes they offer, the colleges in central Travancore are now taking the battle to recruit students into the virtual world. Institutions such as CMS College in Kottayam and St. Berchmans College in Changanassery, among others, are leveraging reels and short videos for…

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Mahesh Bhupathi, Travancore princess and former Benfica player among franchise owners in Super League Kerala

Super League Kerala unveils six franchises with notable owners like Mahesh Bhupathi and Kaz Patafta, promising exciting football action.

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Fall in vote percentage leaves parties guessing in central Travancore

Kottayam and Pathanamthitta witness lower voter turnout, sparking speculation and analysis among political parties in Kerala.

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Churches take poll position, clarify stance ahead of election

Central Travancore churches clarify political stance for Lok Sabha elections, emphasizing impartiality, moral values, and safeguarding democracy and diversity.

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At the political crossroads, Kerala Congress factions navigate legacy and evolution in central Travancore

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Uncertainty grips political battle in Kottayam

Kottayam Lok Sabha election: A battleground of political factions, rubber crisis, and shifting alliances in central Travancore.

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Central Travancore stares at extreme drought conditions

Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts are facing the threat of extreme drought conditions with its major rivers rapidly dwindling.

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Beleaguered rubber sector pins hopes on State Budget

As Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal is set to present the annual State Budget on Monday, expectations are running high across the rubber heartlands of central Travancore for a potential increase in the stabilization price for rubber.

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Keen to pull plug on migration, Catholic Church seeks to turn its youth as entrepreneurs

As the massive wave of migration to Europe and Canada that has engulfed Kerala threatens to spiral out of control, the Catholic Church in central Travancore is exerting itself to put the brakes on the trend. Concerned over the flatlining of its population, the numerically dominant Syro-Malabar Church is launching…

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Kerala Congress factions to peg their poll campaigns to rubber

As the Lok Sabha elections draw near, the key Kerala Congress factions have begun designing their campaign strategies around the ailing rubber plantations — the mainstay of central Travancore economy for long.

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Kerala Congress to intensify stir on rubber

In a bid to woo back the agrarian electorate of Central Travancore ahead of the upcoming parliament elections, the Kerala Congress led by P.J. Joseph will campaign to highlight the crisis that has engulfed the State’s rubber plantations.

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Mullaperiyar dam case: demarcate land covered by 1886 lease, check if mega car parking is in the lease area, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Survey of India to examine whether a mega car park project envisaged by Kerala near the Mullaperiyar dam area enters the property covered by the Periyar Lake Lease Agreement of October 1886. The October 29, 1886 lease indenture was for a period of…

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Heavy rain lashes central Travancore, schoolgirl goes missing

The central Travancore districts of Pathanamthitta and Kottayam on Wednesday came under an intense spell of showers on Wednesday, triggering concerns of flash floods and landslips. T

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Local history buffs are engaging with neighbourhood communities to rediscover and preserve their heritage

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In Frames | Palliyodams of Aranmula

Just as the monsoon over Kerala enters its second leg, Aranmula, a river-side village in Pathanamthitta — a part of former Travancore, kicks off preparations to host a flotilla of snake boats along its banks. Men, on board decorated boats called Palliyodams, will soon start dropping in here from the 52…

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Restoration works on at 160-year old building constructed by Travancore king in Nagercoil

Tucked away from the busy Avvai Shanmugam Salai in Ozhuginasery in Nagercoil is a heritage structure locally known as Chathiram. Constructed in the 1860s by the then Travancore King Vishakam Thirunal (May 19, 1837 – August 4, 1885) for the army personnel to take rest, the building, which is more…

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Tourism prospects of Aranmula brightens with govt. sanctioning boat service on Pampa river

The efforts of Aranmula, a central Travancore village renowned for its heritage and traditions, to work its way into the tourism map have received a fillip with the State government approving operation of motor boats on the Pampa river

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Watch | How is the long-grained Travancore biryani prepared?

A video on how the Travancore biryani is prepared

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Twilight phase of monarchy in Travancore was a period of both conflict and development: Shashi Tharoor

The king and the dewan had done some extraordinary things which continued to benefit generations of people in Thiruvananthapuram for many years, notes Shashi Tharoor

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C. Kesavan remembered on 54th death anniversary

Flowers were offered at the statue of C. Kesavan, Chief Minister of the erstwhile Travancore-Cochin, at Museum Junction in connection with his 54th death anniversary on Friday

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What is special about the Travancore biryani? Follow the trail

Long grained biriyani popular in southern Kerala is intertwined with the story of Travancore

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M. Emperumal Naidu, a doctor from Kottar, who fought for temple entry for all in Vaikom

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A building that has seen many landmarks

It was in the building that Travancore’s first engineering college was housed after being started by Sri Chithira Tirunal in 1939. The college was shifted from the building in 1961 and now stands on a sprawling campus at Sreekaryam as the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram.

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